Team Manager - Children Care

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Children in Our Care Permanent Team Manager -

Grade: G12;
Salary Range: £55,662 - £59,490 (pay scales under review)

Children are at the heart of Walsall local authority. They receive support, help and services that reduce risks for them and meet their needs. (Ofsted, 2025)

Do you want to join our OUTSTANDING local authority?

Team Manager in Team 3 within Children In Our Care.

• We have an opportunity for an experienced social worker to work as a Team Manager within Team 4 working to achieve great and permanent outcomes for children in our care.
• You will be positively and well supported by a Group Manager and be part of the support network across the wider management team.
• You will have responsibility of managing a Senior Practitioner, a Senior Social Worker, four Social Workers and a Children and families practitioner.
• The culture of the service has changed to meet the changing needs of the children and families we work with, and as well as permanency planning for children and young people in our care the focus is also looking at whether they can return to parents through reunification and have the ethos of 'children in our care for now'.
• The focus is also on relationship-based practice and working systemically with children, young people and their families, peers and professionals to ensure we achieve positive outcomes and aspirations for our children and young people in care.
• We are excited to hear from practitioners who are interested in managing a team, support their Senior Practitioner with specific tasks, manage team performance and share their experience and knowledge to support development, help social workers to reflect and develop their practice and progress Care plans for children and young people.

If you are interested and would like to have an informal chat about the role and get a feel for it before deciding whether to apply, please get in touch with  – Group Manager of children in our care service.

Closing date:
Monday 6 March 2026

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Job Description and Employee Specification

• This post is covered by the Government's Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.
• Walsall Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and vulnerable adults entrusted to our care. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people and vulnerable adults.
• Note:
  
  Applicants appointed to posts that require enhanced DBS clearance must declare any periods of time lived, studied or worked abroad and be prepared to provide an Overseas Criminal Records Certificate (OCRC) or a Statement of Good Conduct (SOGC) relating to overseas periods.
• The information in this role is subject to the employee specification and the selection process described by Walsall Council.
• We encourage applicants to provide a detailed statement describing how skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification as part of the application.

Please note: We are not accepting Agency applications or referrals at this time.