Team Manager - Children in Care

An exciting Team Manager opportunity has arisen to be a part of The Children In Care Service in Halton.

If you are already a children’s social care manager or an experienced Social Worker looking to make your next move, we would love to hear from you.

This role will involve supervising and managing a team of Social Workers. The team is responsible for ensuring that all Children in Care and Care Leavers are supported to achieve positive outcomes and support them in planning to build their lives as young adults, ready to leave care, and live independently.

The team is also responsible for finding permanent families for those children who cannot live within their birth family.

Our team is responsible for care planning for children in care aged between 0-18 ensuring they are safe, happy, and achieving their aspirations and goals. You will work closely with our partner agencies to deliver high quality care and support to our children and young people.

As a Team manager the role includes supervising staff, managing performance, chairing all relevant meetings, and ensuring permanency is being achieved for our children and young people.

The candidate will have experience and knowledge of Children in Care and Leaving Care legislation, good practice and guidance, safeguarding and working with partner agencies out of borough, supervision experience and be passionate about what it is to be a corporate parent in supporting our care experienced young people.

The Social Work Academy plays an integral role in supporting our staff across all service areas, with the aim of improving outcomes for our children.

We’re a learning and developing Local Authority, with our Executive Director and Director for Children’s Social Care fully involved and supportive of our developing and improvement journey.

There is a stable and very experienced Senior Leadership Team in Halton, with supportive and nurturing Service Managers working in our looked after service.

Do you have a passion to make a difference to the lives of children?

Are you looking for somewhere where you can make as much of a difference to the life chances of children and young people as possible?

A place where you are always looking forward? Where there’s a big focus on continuous learning and career progression?

We have a strong vision for social work practice in Halton and we are currently embedding a relationship-based practice model that has systemic practice at its core. We’re on a journey for excellence and we’ve made it our mission to ensure that children and young people get the best service from us, so they are able to thrive and achieve.

We offer an extensive benefits package as well as an attractive financial package with a range of other benefits, including a generous leave allowance (up to 34 days), a flexible working week, free parking, car allowance, health and wellbeing initiatives and discount scheme.  We are within easy commutable distance of Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside regions.

Halton is a thriving and vibrant Borough where people can learn and develop their skills; enjoy a good quality of life with good health; a high quality, modern urban environment; the opportunity for all to fulfil their potential; greater wealth and quality, sustained by a thriving business community; and safer, stronger and more attractive neighbourhoods.

Team manager posts are subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosure and Social Work England Registration.

For an informal discussion about our Children in Care Team Manager posts please contact Lyndsey Ratcliffe on 0151 511 8594 (Children in Care & Care Leavers)

Alternatively you can email socialworkacademy@halton.gov.uk

Please note that Halton Borough Council is unable to offer or support any form of UK VISA sponsorship.

The advertised salaries are inlcusive of a market supplement of £8,420.

At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – resourcing@halton.gov.uk

To apply for this post you must be a qualified social worker ideally with post qualifying experience within a statutory children’s social care setting, along with knowledge and understanding of working with children in care and care leavers and our key partners as a corporate parent. Full Social Work Qualification is required. In addition, this post is subject to Enhanced DBS Disclosure, a UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is required and Social Work England Registration.

Interviews will be held: 16/01/2025