Team Manager

3 Month Contract With A local Authority

To deliver and continuously improve services for children young people and their families through high-quality social work interventions and effective partnership working. The Team Manager will lead a team of professional social workers and support staff to ensure childrens safety promote family resilience and ensure service delivery aligns with statutory requirements corporate policies and budgetary parameters.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead manage and support a multidisciplinary team including social workers alternatively qualified staff and support personnel.
  

• Ensure the team delivers high-quality interventions in line with legislation corporate policies and allocated resources.
  

• Promote and champion social work values prioritizing child safety and family-centered practice.
  

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement innovation and reflective practice within the team.
  

• Embed effective quality assurance processes performance monitoring and evaluation of service delivery.
  

• Ensure services are delivered efficiently effectively and in line with statutory frameworks.
  

• Promote co-production and actively seek the voice of children young people and families in planning and delivery.
  

• Ensure interventions are timely proportionate and evidence-based keeping children safe and where possible supported within their families.
  

• Collaborate with partner agencies to deliver integrated services and support pathways.
  

• Provide regular reflective supervision to all team members ensuring staff development and competence.
  

• Monitor team attendance absence and recruitment needs to maintain service continuity.
  

• Encourage a learning culture supporting staff to access training development opportunities and mentoring.
  

• Promote staff wellbeing resilience and high morale within the team.
  

• Accountable for team performance ensuring delivery against key performance targets and organizational objectives.
  

• Support efficiency and innovation in service delivery and resource management.
  

• Maintain transparency and accountability in reporting decision-making and practice standards.
  

Requirements

• Extensive experience in social work including assessment and child protection.
  

• Proven leadership experience in managing multidisciplinary teams.
  

• In-depth understanding of child protection legislation social work practice standards and safeguarding procedures.
  

• Experience in partnership working with statutory voluntary and community organizations.
  

• Strong leadership and people management skills including coaching and performance management.
  

• Ability to establish effective professional relationships with children families carers and partner agencies.
  

• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
  

• Capacity for reflective practice innovation and openness to learning.
  

• Ability to manage resources effectively within budgetary constraints.
  

• Strong value base guiding ethical and child-focused practice.
  

• Commitment to quality transparency and accountability.
  

• Advocates for childrens rights and actively promotes their voice in all aspects of service delivery.
  

• Resilient flexible and able to lead under pressure.
  

• Bi-Weekly Payments
  
• 37 Working Hours Per Week
  
• Driving License and Access to vehicle required