Practice Manager - Child Protection​/Child Council Posted

Fixed term for 12 months

Practice Manager Child Protection and Child in Need Team.
Grade: 5A Working hours: 36 hours per week Interviews will take place on 29th September 2026

An excellent opportunity has arisen to appoint a Practice Manager within our Child Protection/Child in Need Team

Our Child Protection and Child in Need service is made up of 6 teams, each with their own Practice Manager, two Advanced Social Workers and seven Social Workers. Workers in this department seize the opportunity to support families to make progress so risks are reduced for children and young people. Our social work teams are supported by a bespoke team of family practitioners co-located with the social work teams, dedicated administration support alongside minute taking pools to help to reduce the time spent on administrative tasks and close working relationships with our integrated family time service.

In Salford, we are interested in you as a person and the practitioner you are or who you aspire to be.

• Oversight and management of the day to day delivery of all aspects of the Social Work team. Your role will have a focus on the quality and improvement of social work and service deliver
• You will ensure the service is facilitating effective participation of children, young people and families and that their lived experiences are known, understood and inform plans.
• You will be responsible for ensuring documentation, record keeping, accounting and communication is maintained, and effective information strategies and systems are in place to enable appropriate sharing of data and information. Including responding to complaints.
• You will ensure the regular and effective analysis, monitoring, measurement and maintaining of the performance of the team to ensure impact on outcomes for children and families is understood.
• You will be accountable to the Service Manager for staff supervision, care and development of the team.

• Up to 34 days holiday a year (plus bank holidays).
• Competitive salary
• Hybrid working giving flexibility for you to manage your diary and offer a better work/life balance.
• Refurbished office space with free parking on site. The majority of our teams are sat together in Swinton at Unity House.
• Rich in resources to help you with any child or family you work with.
• Robust training offer and mentoring scheme to support you with your career and aspirations.
• A comprehensive Wellbeing Offer
• Regular, quality, reflective supervision from a consistent management and leadership team.

Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character.

• Passport/ - You will be required to provide original documentation confirming your right to work in the UK. Successful candidates will also be required to provide proof of address.

• Qualifications/registrations if applicable for the role

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