Assistant Team Managers - Children in Care Service

This is your moment. Shape the Future. Feel Supported. Belong in Newcastle.

Newcastle is more than a workplace-it’sa community. A vibrant, multicultural city where creativity, kindness, and resilience run deep. From the Quayside to Jesmond Dene, from Ouseburn’s indie cafés to our world class universities, this is a city that welcomes you and your ideas with open arms.

We are recruiting to recruit 2 enthusiastic and experienced

Assistant Team Managers to support our Children in Care Service who believe every child and young adult deserves stability, respect, and the chance to flourish.

Step into leadership and help shape a high performing team delivering brilliant social work.

In this role,you’ll support the Team Manager, guide practitioners through varied and rewarding casework, and provide day to day professional leadership that helps colleagues thrive. Yourexpertisewill help create safe, supportive spaces where young people can heal, grow, and build brighter futures.

Ifyou are passionate about safeguarding, skilled in decision-making, and ready to make a real impact,we wouldlove to hear from you.

We’renot just a local authority.

We’rea city with ambition, heart, and a bold vision for children. AtChildren & Families Newcastle,we’rebuilding something special: a service rooted in relationships, restorative practice, and real impact.

We’vebeen judged

Good with Outstanding areasby Ofsted — andwe’renot stopping there.

We’reworking towards becoming a UNICEF Child Friendly City and a Marmot City, tacklinginequalityand putting children at the centre of everything we do.

Our values are simple but powerful:

Be safe. Be heard. Be innovative. Be supported.

We want Newcastle to be a place where people enjoy coming towork, whereyou feel able to talk openly when things are difficult, where your ideas matter, and whereyou’reencouraged to grow. We invest in our people because we want them to stay, progress, and buildlong-term careers with us.

Our leadership team is visible, approachable, and deeply connected to the realities of frontline practice. They understand the pressures, celebrate the successes, and stand alongside you when challenges arise.

We know that great social work happens when people have balance, space, and trust.

That’swhy we offer:

• While many employers are pushing for a return to the office, we continue to recognise the value of working from home.
  
  Which means hybrid working that genuinely works - not just in name,meaning the freedom to avoid the rush hour or do the school run.
• The ability to carry over up to one week’sworthof flexi with an allowance of two flexi days a month to take off.
• A culture that recognisesyou’rea whole person, not just an employee.

Our teams are basedin our locality bases in the heart of our communities andat Partnership House, a modern, collaborative space designed to support meaningful relationships and team connection.

You’llalsobenefitfrom:

• Free parkingat Partnership House
• Excellent transport links.
  
  Regent Centre Metro is a 5minute walkfrom the office, andit’sonly 13 minutes into the city centre for afterwork plans.
• Pool car scheme
• NHS car fleet scheme

Benefits That Make a Real Difference

We want you to feel valued,notjust in your work, but in your everyday life. Through our benefits package,you’llhave access to:

• Vivupdiscounts, including savings at major supermarkets and 5% off B&Q
• £12.50 spa days at the Crowne Plaza
• A wide range of wellbeing, lifestyle, and financial support offers
  
  It’sall part of creating a workplace where you feel appreciated, supported, and part of something bigger.

Newcastle is a city full of energy,…