Assistant Team Manager Disabled Children's Team

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Post No. POSN003119 - Assistant Team Manager - Disabled Children’s Team

Fixed Term until 31st March 2028

The Disabled Children’s Team is looking for a temporary replacement for one of our Assistant Team Managers until the end of March 2028. The post would be ideal for someone ready to take on their first ATM role, or for someone who is already an ATM but looking for an opportunity to gain experience with disabled children.

The Disabled Children’s Team is a multi-disciplinary team comprising social workers, occupational therapists, a care-coordinator, a transitional planning officer, and preventions workers. The team is committed to delivering a quality service to disabled children and their families through in-depth assessments, collaboration and coproduction with our partner agencies, and through innovative and targeted support services. The team is responsible for all aspects of social work including child assessments, care and support plans, child protection investigations, case conferences, core groups, court work and supporting children who are looked after by the local authority.

Working within the disabled children’s team offers practitioners a diverse work experience, and no two cases are the same. The team is currently expanding as we explore different areas of work, so this is an exciting time to be involved. As such we need people who can work with change, can offer leadership and support to the whole team, and have the expertise to support the team manager and the duty process. In addition, you will be expected to manage a complex caseload and supervise non-qualified staff within the team. There is also an expectation that you will take a lead on wider initiatives, including participation in project groups and forums, to inform better practice within the team. The successful candidate will therefore need to be able to demonstrate a good understanding of the issues facing disabled children and their families.

You will have a social work qualification (Degree, DipSW, CQSW) with significant post qualifying experience and have excellent skills in child protection and assessment. You will need to be able to demonstrate good written and spoken communication skills and the ability to forge good working relationships with a range of professionals particular those in health and education.

You must be registered with Social Care Wales.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (formerly CRB).

We welcome applications for all our jobs in either Welsh or English. An application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Newport City Council is committed to working towards its workforce being more representative of the population that we serve and particularly welcomes applications from people from minority ethnic communities represented (or living) in the city. Selection will be made on ability and skills to undertake the role.

Newport City Council is not currently supporting applicants with sponsorship for right to work. In applying for a vacancy, applicants should already have the right to work in the UK.

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