Team Leader - Children's Social CareREQ01108Location - Sale Waterside, Sale M33 7ZFSalary - GBP 39,782 - GBP 41,675 per annum pro rata (GBP 19,891 - GBP 20,837 per annum)Salary grade - Band 10Job category - Social CareJob type - Children's ServicesWorking pattern - Part TimeWorking hours - 18.125hrsContract type - PermanentClosing date - Sunday 3 November 2019 at 23.59Interview date - Thursday 14 November 2019Trafford Council is developing a new values led way of working, which is driven by our passionate staff and aims to help us deliver the seven priorities of our new corporate plan.One of these priorities is children and young people and we want them to have a fair start in life. To help us achieve this priority our Children's Social Care Service is moving forward!We recognise that we need to support our Social Workers with additional Team Leader capacity in all our areas of business. We have a journey ahead of us, and we want you to be part of our journey.As a Team Leader you will be a confident and ambitious manager, contributing to our journey on restorative relational practice. We have a strong recruitment and retention record here in Trafford Children's Social Care with fantastic workforce development opportunities for staff. If you are passionate about improving lives for children and young people and supporting staff to thrive, we have 1 part time Team Leader post covering:South Area Children's Social Care Team.This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.Our EPIC values are really important to us - they are Empowering, People centred, Inclusive and Collaborative and they are a cornerstone for how we work with our partners and residents to help us achieve our vision to make Trafford a better place for everyone. If you share our values and have the same passion to make children and young people's lives better then we want to hear from you.Trafford recognises the importance of staff health and wellbeing and offer a number of initiatives for staff including health and wellbeing events, mindfulness, running & walking groups and health and wellbeing events.o Benefitso Pensiono Home Technology Scheme o Car Lease Scheme o Cycle to Work scheme o Simply Healthcare o Employee Discount Scheme - 'Perks at Work'Trafford the place - Trafford continues to be one of the best places to live, in the country. According to statistics, the borough scores highly in terms of recycling, education, employment and crime reduction,and has a reputation of being one of the safest places to live in Greater Manchester.Trafford has some of the best schools in the country; it also has excellent transport links and is globally recognised for its, sport,culture and leisure interests.If you would like to discuss this post further please contact Kate Press on 0161 912 2968.To access the job description/person specifications please click here:www.trafford.gov.uk/residents/jobs/job-descriptions/Team-Leader-Social-Care-B10.pdfFor information about working at Trafford Council please click here:https://www.trafford.gov.uk/residents/jobs/docs/Info-For-Applicants.pdfThe Council needs to hold and process information about employees, workers and other individuals as appropriate, for various reasons. With the General Data Protection Regulations coming into force we have in place a new privacy notice for staff, contractors, volunteers, trainees, those on work experience and job applicants.To find out more, please click here: http://www.trafford.gov.uk/about-your-council/data-protection/privacy-notices/Service-Level-Privacy-Notices/Recruitment-Employment-Privacy-Notice.aspx