Children's Team Manager - Family

Our client Manchester city council is looking for a Children's Team Manager to join their Family Help team.

The team manager role is for the Children’s social work team in South Manchester based in Wythenshawe. The service is currently a test & learn site for the Family First Reforms and a new Family Help model of working. This means that the service operates a throughput service covering duty and longer term work including CIN, CP, PLO and care proceedings.

The team manager will be responsible for a team of 2 Advanced Practitioners and 4 Social Workers. The team is part of a 10 week allocation rota, when they will be allocated new referrals via AGS (MASH team). The team are responsible for all initial assessments and intervention and continuing to work with families throughout involvement. The team manager will have oversight of children who are subject to child in need, child protection, pre-proceedings, care proceedings and awaiting adoption.

You will be a strong, experienced leader who will support and develop a team of social workers. You will be office based with occasional home working (discretion of manager) but we want managers to be visible and accessible to support their teams during this time of change. You will join an experienced management team and have access to regular supervision and training.

The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the DBS.

Our objective is to be an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from everyone with suitable skills and ability regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender, disability, sexual orientation, age, religion or belief. All applications will be accepted and reviewed solely on merit.