Interim Team Manager Children with Disabilities

South Wales

£38 PAYE/£47.88 Umbrella in line with the ADSS pledge

An Interim Team Manager is required to join a South Wales Local Authority to oversee their Children with Disability team. This is a full time position offering hybrid working, office base is the Guildhall in Swansea. This role offers an initial 3 month contract covering a period of sickness.

The team supports Children and Families who have a permanent and substantial disability, taking them through the assessment process and providing targeted support through preventative services or care and support planning as appropriate. Identifying and managing any safeguarding risks and having responsibility for disabled children who are looked after.

The primary duties of the role are:

• To provide the leadership, management and co-ordination of the Social Work team or where relevant multi-disciplinary team;
• To safeguard and promote the wellbeing of vulnerable people including children/young people through the provision of high-quality Social Work or where relevant multi-disciplinary practice in assessment, interventions, care/support planning and review;
• To mentor and develop professional practice within teams through the delivery of advice, guidance and support to social work practitioners and other professional disciplines within teams where relevant;
• To ensure that the statutory requirements placed upon the division, in terms of legislation, policies and procedures, regulations, regulatory requirements and standards are complied with and met;
• To comply with Safeguarding procedures and practices;

In this role you will have management oversight of Practice Leads of the Pods within the Children with Disabilities service.

To apply for this role, you will need to hold -

• A relevant Social Work Qualification
• Registration with Social Care Wales
• Significant experience of managing complex cases, staff supervision and management
• Knowledge of working with the SOS methodology
• Enhanced DBS registered on the update service or be happy to apply for a DBS
• 3 Years of referencing

Benefits of working for Hoop:

• 20 years' experience of the Social Work market
• Your local agency based in Cardiff
• Welsh-speaking consultant available should you wish to converse in Welsh throughout your job search
• PAYE and Umbrella payroll options available - you choose!
• Dedicated point of contact (support team to cover whilst on leave)
• Twice weekly payroll
• Actively supplying every Local Authority in South/West Wales and South West England
• Provides free on-site quarterly training sessions (Contributes CPD)
• Refer a friend scheme available
• Loyalty Bonus to QSW's
• Wellbeing sessions

Given the nature of the role, only applications from individuals with a social work qualification and registration with either professional body - Social Care Wales/Social Work England can be considered. Please only apply if you meet this criteria.

Contact Sarah Leigh at Hoop Social Work in Cardiff today on for an informal chat.