Family Connect Safeguarding Manager

Family Connect Safeguarding Team Manager (Social Worker)

37 hours per week (permanent)

Grade PO16 Qualified £53,460 to £56,724

• Market factor allowance of £3,000
• Full reimbursement of your annual Social Work England registration fee
• Incentive Golden Hello of £5,000, paid in two instalments (paid pro rata for part time hours)

  £2,000 upon commencing employment with Telford & Wrekin Council. £3,000 when you have completed 2 years' continuous service

Do you aspire to work for an Outstanding Local Authority? Here at Telford and Wrekin Council, we have been judged to be outstanding overall in terms of effectiveness (the only Authority in the West Midlands with this judgement).

Here’s just some of the great things Ofsted had to say when they visited us recently:

• Children are cared for and cared about
• Social Workers and other staff who support children are very committed and they are exceptionally well trained
• Children are listened to and their experiences are well understood
• Senior Leaders aspire to a service for every child that they would welcome for their own
• Children benefit from a stable workforce which is highly committed and experienced
• Staff experience a wide range of development opportunities

Established Family Connect is a multiagency partnership approach to safeguarding children and young people, operating a single point of contact for services accessed by the public and professionals to ensure that the right service is delivered at the right time, in the right place by the right people.

• Provide leadership, management, supervision, accountability and quality assurance for a group of social work and other staff within a specific service area.
• Ensure that the service provided is of a consistently high standard and meets the needs of Telford & Wrekin's communities and supports the Council's visions and priorities.
• Positively engage in, actively promote and lead the systemic approach to work being done with children, young people and families.
• Undertake duties expected of social work managers in line with the Professional Capabilities Framework at advanced level.
• Join an exciting team adopting new strengths‑based approaches and drive continuous service improvement.

• Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check (required for working with children and young people).
• English language fluency, as required by the Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers.
• Regulated activity with children and adults in vulnerable circumstances does not permit applicants barred from working with one or both groups.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people entrusted to the Council’s care.

• Competitive rates of pay
• Automatic access to a secure, flexible and tax‑efficient Local Government Pension Scheme
• Staff benefits and discounts including salary sacrifice schemes
• Free parking
• Generous leave entitlement (24 days rising to 32 days) plus 8 bank holidays and an additional concessionary day
• Free access to our employee assistance programme and confidential counselling

Telford & Wrekin Council values social work careers and provides good quality experiences to social workers. We are committed to developing the future social work workforce and offer tailored in‑house training, access to the West Midlands Teaching Partnership, and robust supervision policies to achieve positive outcomes for workers and the families we support.

We celebrate a diverse and inclusive culture where people can be themselves at work and all have a voice.

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Find out further information about working at Telford & Wrekin Council, including our full list of benefits.

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Please contact Emma Martin, Service Delivery Manager, for further details or any queries.