We are seeking a Team Manager who is child‑centred, supportive and confident, with the ability to lead and inspire a Children in Care team. You will be professionally curious, calm under pressure and outcomes‑focused, providing reflective supervision and ensuring high standards of practice. You will be a strong communicator and collaborative leader, committed to permanence, stability and positive life chances for children and young people.
Please refer to the Job Description attached for more information.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Karen Speid Service Manager [email protected]
Candidate Profile
As a Team manager you will need to provide strong, ethical, and outcome‑focused leadership to a Children in Care team, ensuring children and young people experience stability, safety, permanence and improved life chances. The Team Manager will ensure statutory duties are met, high‑quality social work practice is embedded, and staff are supported to deliver child‑centred, relationship‑based interventions.
Due to the nature of the work, you will be expected to work in a demanding working environment dealing with a variety of complex, risky, and diverse issues when supporting and safeguarding the many children and young people we work with. You will be responsible for risk management and decision making within the team. This requires you to have extensive knowledge and experience with professional standards for social work as well as the laws, statutory guidance, and local policies and procedures and to ensure these are being modelled and adhered to within the team. In line with our Signs of Safety practice model, it is expected you will have previous training and/or experience working with a solution focused approach.
This post is for a fixed term of 3 years 5 months.
You would need to possess a relevant social work degree
qualification (i.e.: DipSW or CQSW or degree in
social work).
Are registered with the professional regulator
for social work (Social Work England).
Please upload your personal statement under the Relevant Experience and Skills section and ensure this fully aligns to the role criteria. This should not be more than two sides of A4.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)