Team Manager Leaving Care OCC616995

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Team Manager Leaving Care OCC616995, Kidlington

Client: OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

Location: Kidlington, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 99f59c08810c

Job Views: 96

Posted: 14.03.2025

Expiry Date: 28.04.2025

Job Description:

Salary range: £55,783 - £59,010 per annum

Work location: Samuelson House, Banbury and Ron Grove House, Kidlington

Hours per week: 37 - we are open to discussions about flexible working

Contract type: Permanent

Vetting requirements: This role is subject to a criminal records check

Closing date: Monday 1st July 2024

Interview date: Monday 8th July and Tuesday 9th July 2024

About us

In Oxfordshire we are ambitious for our care leavers and unaccompanied young people. This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference in Oxfordshire's Leaving Care Team. If you are passionate about achieving great outcomes for Care Leavers and unaccompanied young people, please apply to join our service. The vision for the service is to deliver inclusive and innovative approaches to delivering quality services. We have an exciting agenda for service delivery, including co-production with our Care Leavers.

About the role

This is a good time to join the service following Oxfordshire’s recent inspection. The Leaving Care separate judgment determined that ‘The Experience and progress of care leavers is GOOD'. We continue to be committed to work across all care leavers to improve outcomes. The role involves supervision of Personal Advisers who support young people with a variety of needs including going through the asylum process. You will support Personal Advisers to achieve the key performance indicators for care leavers and lead on areas of the Service Development Plan. A key aspect of this role is to work in partnership with internal and external agencies.

Working with:

• Children We Care for teams: joint working of Personal Advisers and Social workers from age 16, robust transition planning, ensuring young people’s independent skills are appropriately assessed, supporting preparation and readiness for independence.
• Adult Safeguarding: Collaborative working with Adult Services to ensure we safeguard our Care Experienced young adults where risks are identified.

About you

If you are seeking your next step up to a Team Manager position or are already an experienced manager who wants to make a difference for our young people, then we want to hear from you. You will be keen to develop your skills as a can-do leader who embraces change and different approaches to achieving the best outcomes for young people. You will be committed to leading by example based on our stated values and behaviours.

Rewards and benefits

• Culture of flexible working
• Technology to support agile working where role permits
• Up to 33 days holiday p.a. plus bank holidays
• Option to ‘buy’ additional holiday
• Employee Assistance Programme including access to health and wellbeing support
• Membership of the Local Government contributory pension scheme, with an employer’s contribution of up to 19.9%
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Local and national discounts for shopping and travel
• Great learning and development opportunities to support your ongoing development