Vacancy Details

Description

G12 £50,269 - £53,460 per annum
Children’s Social Care is seeking a Team Manager who is a highly motivated individual that is passionate about supporting children and families and ensuring children in Wrexham are safe as well as supporting the team to develop and grow. Family Support Team (FST) is a social work team supporting children and families who are open to Children’s Social Care under Care and Support Plans and Child Protection plans. The team is responsible for:
•    Care and Support plans 
•    Providing robust support to families and children ensuring best outcomes are met 
•    Management of Child Protection Plans 
•    Public Law Outline 
•    Taking cases to the first court hearing 
As the Team Manager you will be responsible for working in partnership with external and internal agencies to ensure collaborative working. You will be responsible for a staff team of 15 Social Workers, 3 Social Care Assessors and 3 Assistant Team Managers.  
Our Family Support Team are all amazing, they inspire great ideas, drive new plans forward and help to make Children’s Social Care a fantastic place to work. We ensure that we are always recruiting and retaining workers whilst promoting a diverse mix of colleagues who are representative of the community we serve.
With the work that we have done so far and with the ambitions we have for the future, it’s a really exciting time to join us and to become part of the journey with us.
Additional benefits you will receive:
·    Up to 32 days annual leave per annum
·    Access to a relocation package of up to £5,000,
·    Flexible working options and our commitment to supporting health and wellbeing
·    Detailed induction programme
·    Employee Assistance Programme
This role supports hybrid working, a broadly even balance between working from home and working from an office base.
This Team Manager post in the Family Support Team/ Looked after children team and Assessment intervention team attracts a recruitment incentive payment of £2,996 as a welcome to the Council. 
In certain conditions an additional retention incentive payment of £2,996 may also applicable on the anniversary of your appointment if you remain in service in an eligible role/ team. 
This payment will be pro rata for part time employees and is subject to normal employee deductions e.g. pension, NI and Tax and other terms and conditions apply.   Please see 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). 
An Enhanced DBS check & Social Care Wales registration is required for this position.
We are not currently a licensed sponsor with the Home Office, so unfortunately we cannot sponsor a candidate who will need a visa to undertake this role.
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.