East Locality Family Safeguarding Team Manager

East Locality Family Safeguarding Team Manager-

Permanent

G12: per annum. £57,499 – £61,453 (+10% Retention Payments after 2 years, increasing at 4 and 6 years)

'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?

If so, we have a current opportunity for an experienced social worker to work as a Team Manager within our East Locality

Children and families are at the heart of our practice in Walsall as identified within our recent Ofsted inspection:

'Children benefit from positive, trusting relationships with their social workers. Social workers enable children, through direct work, to share their lived experiences, hopes and aspirations.'

Within the role of team manager, you will be responsible for ensuring we continue to provide “Outstanding” support for our children and families.

You will part of a leadership team that has 'created a learning organisation that has effective and accountable relationships with each other and with partners' (Ofsted, 2025).

You will be responsible for the leadership and management of a social work team(s) ensuring that vulnerable children and their families receive responsive services that safeguard and promote their welfare. This will include actively promoting and contributing to the strategic developments for children and their families in Walsall working with a restorative approach.

You will be responsible for Senior practitioners, social workers, NQSW’s and trainee social workers. As well as this, you will have full responsibility for the delivery of services to children, young people, their families and carers, in line with legislation, guidance and local policy and procedures.

This role will involve making highly complex decisions relating to social service provision for children, young people and their families within Walsall.

To provide the right conditions for you, we are committed to manageable workloads, high support from managers, essential paperwork only, enabling technologies.

Within Walsall we offer a comprehensive training and development programme which contributed to our OUTSTANDING Ofsted grading in May 2025.

'There is a comprehensive training offer for workers in Walsall. There is an impressive offer to workers in gaining a social work qualification and for newly qualified social workers developing their knowledge of frontline practice. The general training offer is wide ranging and gives workers the opportunity to learn incrementally about their role.'

Wellbeing is at the heart of our work. We offer specialised clinical supervision, a 9-day fortnight to support work/life balance, flexible working and specialist employee assistance and therapeutic support when it is needed. We know we need to make social work a career people want to stay in.

If so, please contact Jenny Cockcroft Group Manager who will connect you with one of our practitioners: je

When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted.

Please also ensure that you complete the work history and qualifications sections of your application form. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them. Please see our Information for Applicants leaflet for further…