Team Manager in Ipswich

• Lead and develop the High Demand Team, providing flexible support where demand is greatest
• Provide additional management capacity within Family Help services
• Oversee safeguarding, risk, workload management and service performance
• Provide reflective supervision, practice leadership and professional challenge
• Embed psychologically informed, strengths-based and relationship-led practice
• Build strong partnerships across Family Help and wider children's services
• Support staff development, service improvement and positive outcomes for children and families
• Provide flexible countywide support during periods of increased demand
• Help manage demand and maintain high standards of practice
• Support the successful embedding of new practice approaches during the transition to the Families First model
• Respond to fluctuations in caseload volume across Family Help services

Requirements

• Relevant Social Work qualification and current Social Work England registration
• Significant experience within Children's Services, including Social Care Fieldwork, Family Help, safeguarding, assessment, child protection or other frontline children's services teams
• Substantial experience leading, managing and developing staff within a children's social care setting
• Strong understanding of legislation, safeguarding, assessment, risk management and child protection practice
• Ability to provide reflective supervision, professional challenge and clear practice leadership
• Experience managing competing priorities, resources and service pressures to achieve positive outcomes
• Strong partnership-working, analytical, communication and decision-making skills
• Experience managing risk, performance and service improvement within a complex environment
• Experience of leading change and service transformation (beneficial)
• Understanding of Signs of Safety, strengths-based and solution-focused approaches (beneficial)
• Knowledge of psychologically informed and evidence-based intervention models (beneficial)
• Experience working effectively with partner agencies and multidisciplinary teams (beneficial)
• Driving licence and access to personal transport, or other suitable means of meeting travel requirements
• Ability to travel regularly between Beacon House, Ipswich and Riverside, Lowestoft
• Supporting statement required; supporting documents must be PDF or MS Word format
• DBS checks or police vetting required for relevant posts

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading and developing teams within Children's Services, with a strong focus on safeguarding, risk management, and service performance. Proficient in embedding psychologically informed and strengths-based practices to achieve positive outcomes for children and families.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Social Work Qualification
• Current Social Work England Registration
• Experience in Children's Services
• Strong Understanding of Safeguarding and Risk Management
• Reflective Supervision and Practice Leadership

Hard Skills

• Safeguarding
• Risk Management
• Assessment
• Child Protection
• Service Improvement
• Change Management
• Analytical Skills
• Decision-Making
• Partnership Working
• Evidence-Based Intervention Models

Soft Skills

• Communication
• Leadership
• Team Development
• Professional Challenge
• Problem-Solving

Certifications & Qualifications

• DBS Checks
• Police Vetting

Industry Keywords

• Children's Services
• Family Help
• Social Care Fieldwork
• Signs of Safety
• Strengths-Based Approach
• Solution-Focused Approach
• Multidisciplinary Teams
• Service Transformation