Job Introduction
Team Leader - Family Support and Safeguarding (Central Locality)
Salary: £50,787 to £54,999 per annum, plus Market Supplement of £2,500 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time (37 hours per week, Monday to Friday)
Closing date: Sunday 2 March 2025, 23:59
The Service:
Children's Social Care provides social work interventions to children in need; this includes those children subject to child in need or protection plans and children looked after, and the service also supports care leavers and children with disabilities. We offer a range of options for children who need placements outside their families, including fostering and residential care alongside adoption, special guardianship and kinship arrangements.
Your New Role:
You will join a team of Team Leaders based in the Family Support and Safeguarding Central 1 Locality, supporting Social Workers at ASYE, main and higher grade level. You will supervise a team of social workers supporting vulnerable children open to the department, subject to Child in Need or Protection plans and Looked After Children. You will ensure all team requirements are met regarding staff development, performance management, compliance with statutory guidance and local policies and procedures, quality assurance and budget management. You will embed a restorative approach to practice and drive forward our improvement goals.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
What you'll need to succeed:
You have a recognised professional qualification in social work and are registered with Social Work England. You have excellent organisational and communication skills and take pride in everything you do. You are curious and creative and above all have a 'can do' attitude. You can work as part of a team and ensure that front-line practice contributes to strategic priorities. You have substantial post qualification social work experience in Children's Social Care, preferably in a Locality team. You can demonstrate a level of authority and can support, challenge and scrutinise professional practice.
Please read the job profile for the full details of this role.
You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.
Additional Information:
The full job profile is attached below.
Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:
Roger Warren, Service Leader, roger.warren@portsmouthcc.gov.uk, 023 92 841 217
A commitment to our values:
We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours.
Application process:
How to complete your application: https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/how-to-apply/
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.
Click on the 'Apply' button to register or log into your applicant account, complete our profile builder, and enter your personal statement. In your personal statement, please detail why you feel you are suitable for the role using the 'Who is the Person' section of the job profile.
If you apply without a detailed personal statement, it is unlikely that your application will be successful.
Please ensure you provide your full education history from secondary school, include name/address of establishment, details of relevant qualifications & awarding body. Please explain any gaps - this is essential for all safeguarding children's roles.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
We look forward to speaking with you soon. Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
Why come to live and work in Portsmouth?
Portsmouth is a great waterfront city and a vibrant place to live and work. It is an island city with an “inner city” feel, a seaside location packed with attractions and events, and the advantage of fantastic countryside on its doorstep. With fast road and rail links to London, Brighton and major airports, and ferry links to Europe, it is the perfect place to live and work. Portsmouth has a strong history of partnership working and has successfully integrated several local services.
What we can offer you:
Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.
Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage: Careers Portal - Find jobs with Portsmouth City Council
Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Every post is subject to PCC and Portsmouth Safeguarding Children Partnership safer recruitment procedures.
