Social Work Team Manager

Hours: 37 Hours

Contract: 1 x Fixed Term to December 2027

About the role

Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of children who are looked after? Are you committed to high quality care planning for children and working closely with teams around children to ensure we provide high quality corporate parenting? Are you ambitious for our children? If so, the Children Looked After Service is a seeking team manager to lead our delivery of care to children.

Our Better Lives Strategy sets out our ambition for improving lives in Leeds. We want people with care and support needs to be able to do the things that matter to them and live in a good home within a caring community. It’s about more than social care, it’s a council-wide initiative so that services will work together to make a real difference to individuals and their communities.

About you

As a Team Manager you will bring to the role:

• A strong working knowledge of the statutory requirements and duties in relation to Children who are Looked After.
• Skills in developing strong and enduring links and relationships both with families, carers and partners internal and external to the council
• The ability to support staff to feel motivated and engaged in the values, vision and direction of the service, promoting the behaviours of the Council
• A proven ability to demonstrate leadership qualities including the ability to model a reflective restorative approach which facilitates a team culture of evidence-based practice
• A passion for working collaboratively to enhance and improve the lives of children who are looked after.
• A significant level of relevant experience, including the supervision of staff.
• For this role it is essential the post holder is Social Work qualified and registered with Social Work England.

What we offer you

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds. We are also an Age friendly employer, a Mindful employer and a Disability Confident leader.

All new Leeds City Council appointments are made subject to the satisfactory completion of a six-month probationary period.
This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria.

Ensure you are eligible before applying.

Job Description

Job Purpose: The role of the Team Manager is to lead, motivate and direct a team of professional social work staff to deliver a high standard of social work, which places the child at the centre and ensure that statutory duties and responsibilities of the Local Authority are being met. To be the key contact and advisor on…