Our Client, Liverpool City Council, is seeking a Deputy Team Manager to join their Children's Team.

Fantastic payrate of £48.78 per hour!

Are you a Childrens Social Worker in Merseyside, passionate about making a difference in your community? Do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity!

Responsibilities of this role:

• To ensure the Council meets its statutory obligations to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, complying with legislation, statutory guidance, policy and procedures and relevant frameworks.
• Under the direction of the Team Manager provide leadership and professional expertise to the social work team ensuring a high standard of service delivery. 
• Assist the Team Manager in the recruitment, induction and training of team members. 
• To provide support and supervision for specified team members on a planned regular basis in line with the Supervision policy. This includes conducting annual Performance and Development Reviews and ensuring development plans are implemented.
• Jointly prioritise and allocate work within the team with the Team Manager ensuring that children and families receive a timely and efficient service.
• Assist with ensuring the maintenance of the performance of the team against agreed targets and performance indicators via regular and effective monitoring and analysis. To ensure that all team members are kept fully informed of the team’s performance and are enabled to contribute towards improving performance.   
• Assist the Team Manager in the effective management of sickness absence and under-performance in accordance with the Council’s HR policies and procedures.
• Assist the Team Manager in the management of complaints.
• To ensure that health and safety policies are abided to within the team. 

Requirements of this role:

• Must be a Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England.
• Must have minimum of 2 years’ experience as Social Work Team Manager
• Must have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar role

Benefits of working through Reed, include:

• Dedicated Recruitment Consultant.
• Aftercare service delivered by Candidate Care Team.
• Free CV building and Interview support.
• Free DBS checks.
• Weekly payroll.
• PAYE payroll option with additional benefits including holiday pay, healthcare, pension plus more.
• CPD contributions.
• Access to full UK jobs market with top tier status across many public and private sector clients.
• Supporting the Reed Foundation which has given £9.5m to charity since 2010.

Does this role interest you? Apply today!