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Assistant Team Manager 

Grade:11

£43,,421  - £46,464 Per annum

Wrexham County Borough Council is looking for an experienced Assistant Team Manager for our Looked After Children’s Team. You will be one of three Assistant Team Managers, reporting to the Team Manager, and together we want you to deliver our vision for the looked after children of Wrexham and their carers.

We want Wrexham to be the place where looked after children have the opportunity to build relationships with one or more adults who care for them throughout their childhood and beyond, and who are superb advocates for the looked after children in their care.

We want our looked after children to feel safe and loved and to receive the best possible education to prepare them for adulthood.

To meet these objectives we want someone who can ensure services are of a high quality and exceed national standards. You will need to work across services, the council and partners to maintain excellent practice and working relationships.

You will need to be experienced in working with looked after children, bring innovative ideas that will support your practitioners to provide the best possible service to the looked after children of Wrexham and their carers.

The Assistant Team Manager post in the Looked After Children  attracts a recruitment incentive payment of £2,996 as a welcome to the Council.

The payment is pro rata for part time employees. The payment is subject to normal employee deductions e.g. pension, NI and Tax and other terms and conditions apply, please rsee the Recruitment & Retention Payment Guidance note for more details.

Please view our employee benefits available to you whilst working in the Council if you are successful in your application (Working for us | Wrexham County Borough Council) 

The Council welcomes applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, gender, disability, sexuality, religious belief or age.

The Council is committed to developing its bilingual workforce and welcomes applications from candidates who demonstrate their capability to work in both English and Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English. 

For further enquiries about the role, contact Deborah Brandley 01978 295346

An enhanced DBS & Social Council for Wales registration is required for this position.