Team Manager – maternity leave cover

Includem requires an experienced Team Manager to lead our services based in Aberdeen on a 12-month fixed-term basis, to cover a period of maternity leave. This is an exciting opportunity to join an established team that is co-located at Craigielea Children’s Centre, working in partnership with Aberdeen Children and Family Social Work.

The key responsibilities of the Team Manager include, but are not limited to:

• Manage service delivery to maximise capacity and ensure compliance with contract specifications.
• Maintain a young people focus in relation to services delivered by ensuring best outcomes achieved and recorded for young people.
• Lead a team of professionals, with responsibility for all elements of people management.
• Engage effectively with partner agencies on a day-to-day basis, in addition to seeking new opportunities for partnership/collaborative working.

About You

With proven experience of managing and supervising professional individuals delivering high quality services, you will be able to maximise service delivery resources efficiently and effectively to meet the needs of children, young people, and families. With knowledge of young people policies and legislation, you will put risk enablement at the heart of your decision making. In addition, you will possess:

• Educated to degree level in relevant qualification in Social Work or Social Care, or a willingness to work towards this.
• Ability to embrace challenges, take initiative, originate action, and work well with a great deal of autonomy.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to challenge and influence a variety of stakeholders with well-reasoned arguments.
• Excellent attention to detail with a focus on continuous improvement.

TO APPLY PLEASE EMAIL A COPY OF YOUR CV TO recruitment@includem.co.uk.

Closing date: 13th October 2024

If you are shortlisted for the position, you will be invited to attend:

Group interview: 22nd October 2024

Individual interview: 30th October 2024

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract

Contract length: 12 months

Pay: £37,602.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Flexitime
• Life insurance
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Store discount

Application question(s):

• Do you have business insurance on your car insurance?
• Is your car compliant with conditions for Low Emission Zones?
• Can you work flexibly between 8am and 10pm 5 days over 7?
• Are you registered with the SSSC?
• Have you been the subject of any investigation or disciplinary processes within an employment setting?
• Why do you want to work with includem to support children, young people and families?
• What skills and experiences will you bring to enable you to deliver the role?

Experience:

• Team management: 1 year (required)
• children social work: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• UK Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 13/10/2024