Job Description:

Role: Deputy Team Manager (DTM) MASH

Department: Children, Families and Education

Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a Deputy Team Manager (DTM) MASH on behalf of Luton Borough Council within their Children, Families and Education department.

Main purpose of position:

To work alongside the Team Manager to lead the team. Line managing, supporting and coaching a team including ASYE's, Social Workers and Senior Practitioners.

As a Deputy Team Manager, you will be responsible to:

• Work closely with the Team manager in managing in the day to day operations of the team.
• Prevent the separation of children from their families whenever possible and appropriate.
• Ensure children and young people reach their full potential and have equal access to services available.
• Proactively identify opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the team through using managerial performance data (KPI's).
• Develop, support, coach, train and motivate staff to deliver and maintain excellent standards of social work practice, carrying out effective Check-In's, having regular supervision meetings.
• Use advanced professional knowledge, skills, experience and your initiative to demonstrate a clear understanding of safeguarding in accordance.
• Liaise with partner agency representatives in order to promote multi agency working on plans for children and their families

Skills and Experience

• In-depth post qualifying experience including in - depth experience in the field of child and family social work .
• Able to assist the Team Manager in managing, motivating and developing a social services team.
• Able to develop and maintain effective administrative and organisational procedures.
• Able to lead and chair multi- disciplinary meetings.
• Able to negotiate and influence service users, staff at all levels, elected members and other professional both internal and external.
• Knowledge of current legislation, national guidance and best practice relevant to the post.

DBS

Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for Disclosure and Barring Service checks to be undertaken. Therefore, it is essential in making your application you disclose whether you have any convictions, bind overs or cautions and, if so, for which offences. This post will be exempt from the provisions of section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders 1974 (Exemptions) (Amendments) Order 1986. Therefore, applications are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are 'spent' under the provision of the Act, and, in the event of the employment being take-up, any failure to disclose such convictions will results in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority. The fact that a bind-over or caution has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.

About Us

Luton Borough Council have partnered with Kent County Council to create Connect2Luton, a recruitment managed service for all contingent temporary agency, contract, and interim roles at the Council.

Our heritage and being local government owned which means we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the public sector, with many of our employees having previously worked for the Council or have supplied previously into the Council, for several years.

We are an equal opportunities employment agency and business that positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

Connect2Luton is a trading style of Luton & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Luton Borough Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Luton is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.