Team Manager

Social Work Team Manager – Life Beyond Care Team (Children’s Services) | 10719 | Permanent Contract | 37 hours per week | £50,166 to £54,277 per annum | Grade L | Dereham

We are proud to have recently received an Ofsted grading of ‘Outstanding’ with recognition of our ‘aspirational senior leadership’. This reflects our commitment to delivering high quality support to care leavers, helping them build independence and achieve positive outcomes into adulthood. Norfolk is a child‑centred authority where children and care leavers are at the heart of everything we do.

• Lead work with young people aged 15–18 who are in care, as well as care leavers and young adults aged 18+.
• Provide strong, supportive leadership, enabling staff to deliver high‑quality work and achieve lasting positive outcomes.
• Manage a diverse group of staff and a busy locality team focused on delivering a high‑quality service to care leavers.
• Collaborate with a wider management team, contributing to recruitment, performance management and resource oversight.
• Mentor staff and model relational and creative practice, ensuring practice remains centred on the needs and aspirations of young people.

• Recognised social work qualification.
• Strong understanding of the challenges young people face as they transition to independence and adulthood.
• Experience of working with care leavers is beneficial.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring skills.
• Willingness to grow in areas such as recruitment, performance management and resource oversight.

• Competitive salary.
• Generous holiday entitlement.
• Health and wellbeing services including fast‑track physiotherapy and a free counselling service.
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi‑time, part‑time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
  • Norfolk Rewards employee discount programme.
  • Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers.
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable).
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work.
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions.
  • Tax‑efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes.
  • Access to our tax‑efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra‑low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility).
  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job.

Recruitment closing dates:
Redeployment closing date 25 June 2026 at 23:55;
All other applicants closing date 2 July 2026 at 23:55.