Assistant Team Manager - Families First (Non-Case Holding)

Liquid Personnel is recruiting Assistant Team Manager for its client's Families First (Non-Case Holding) Team at Spennymoor.

This is a non-case holding role, making it an excellent opportunity for an experienced Social Worker, Senior Practitioner, Advanced Practitioner, or Assistant Team Manager looking to develop their leadership skills and move into a more supportive management-focused position.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Supporting the Team Manager with the day-to-day operational management of the team
• Quality assuring assessments, plans, and casework
• Chairing team and professional meetings
• Providing guidance, mentoring, and support to Social Workers
• Assisting with the allocation of work across the team
• Supporting performance management and practice improvement
• Undertaking any additional tasks required to support the Team Manager and wider service

Qualifications & Experience:

• To be successful in this role you must have, Social Work England registration
• Qualified Social Worker
• Strong knowledge of Children's Services and safeguarding practice
• Experience supporting and developing practitioners
• Previous management or supervisory experience is desirable but not essential
• Why Liquid Personnel?
• Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *
• Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.
• Reasonable Adjustments: If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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