Team Manager in Liverpool

Location: Liverpool, UK

Salary: 58,543 - 64,645 per year

Employment: Full time

Category: Social Care

Posted: 2026-09-14

Valid to: 2026-09-25

Employer: Liverpool City Council

A bit about us:

Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic, and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We've got ambitious targets to meet and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do. Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.

We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with its rich culture, as well as affordable housing, good schools, beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part time fixed term Team Manager to join Adult Social Care & Health in our Adult Access Team. Adult Access is the front door of Adult Social Care & Health which enables a clear direction for enquiries resource, demand management, and accountability. Adult Access has four areas of operations to enable the delivery of the wider Adult Social Care Target Operating Model. These functions are:

• Wellbeing Advisors.
• Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT): Adult Social Care and Occupational Therapy.
• Independence and Reablement.
• Safeguarding Triage.

All team functions will focus on a seamless person-centred, strength-based approach from first contact. In practice, Wellbeing Advisors, Social Workers, Social Care Assessors and Occupational Therapy will work together as a team. The aim being to prevent, reduce and delay people needing formal and longer-term care, and to provide short term reablement support, where required, to enable people’s independence.

The Role:

As a Team Manager within a fast-paced Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), your role is to provide leadership, direction, and support to ensure the team delivers high-quality outcomes for customers and stakeholders. You, as a Team Manager will lead and motivate a team of professionals from different disciplines. You will support decision-making and resolving complex cases or issues. Success as a Team Manager requires strong leadership, excellent communication skills, sound judgement, organisational ability, and the capacity to balance competing priorities while supporting both team performance and customer outcomes. Through every interaction as Team Manager, apply the Prevent, Reduce, Delay principles of the Care Act 2014 to promote independence and wellbeing.

This role is fixed term to meet a temporary business need, ensuring management capacity and service delivery during a defined period while maintaining flexibility for future workforce planning. The position is made up of 2 part-time Team Managers, each working 17.5 hours each week and will end 12 months from start date.

Our offer to you:

• At least 31 days holiday, plus bank holidays rising to 35 after 5 years’ service (pro rata if part time) - option to purchase further days
• Agile working (role dependent) - a “Flexibility First” approach to agile working, where flexibility is the norm rather than the exception
• Part of the Local Government Pension Scheme – option to join the AVC Scheme
• Progression - opportunities and training through a wide range of high quality learning
• Health and Wellbeing - offer including Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work and Travel Pass Schemes
• Drive Time – a salary sacrifice car lease scheme
• Family friendly policies with enhanced leave
• Discounted Gym Memberships
• Employee Volunteering Scheme

Next steps:

Closing date: midnight on 25 September 2026

Shortlisting date: w/c 28 September 2026

Interview date: w/c 5 October 2026

Interview type: face to face

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Once the role has closed, you will not be able to submit an application, and we are unable to reopen the vacancy for you to complete it. We strongly recommend submitting your application well in advance of the closing date to avoid disappointment.

If you would like any further information or an informal discussion, please contact Jacqueline Mahoney on Jacqueline.Mahoney@liverpool.gov.uk or Benjamin Bradley on Benjamin.Bradley@liverpool.gov.uk.

Liverpool City Council is committed to fostering a workforce representative of the communities we serve. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in appointing candidates based on their skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. To support this commitment, we guarantee an interview to candidates from under-represented groups who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. If you require any reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010, such as an application form in a different format or additional time to complete your application, please contact us at recruitment@liverpool.gov.uk.

Although we advertise on Jobs Go Public, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications. Please ensure you complete your full profile, work and education history in Tribepad.

Eligibility to work in the UK will be verified in the final stages of the selection process. All candidates must either already have a right to work in the UK before commencing employment or meet the Home Office criteria for Visa sponsorship. Candidates who require sponsorship should evaluate the Home Office eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa before applying.

Please be advised it is our understanding that this role does not meet the requirements of a skilled worker visa as set out by UK Visa and Immigration.