Team Manager - Staffordshire Families Integrated Front Door

Are you an experienced social work leader ready to make a real impact at the Front Door? The Staffordshire Families Integrated Front Door (SFIFD) is on an ambitious improvement journey, and we’re looking for a skilled and motivated Team Manager to lead our Integrated Front Door at a critical point of change and development.

This is an exciting opportunity to:

• Lead a key service that shapes children and families’ first experience of social care
• Influence practice, culture and outcomes at pace
• Be part of a supportive leadership team committed to learning, collaboration and improvement

If you are passionate about safeguarding, early help and empowering teams to deliver their best work, we would love to hear from you.

Main Responsibilities

You will:

• Lead and manage the day‑to‑day operation of the Integrated Front Door service, providing strong, visible leadership to Consultant Social Workers, Social Workers and support staff
• Ensure statutory safeguarding responsibilities are met in line with legislation and guidance
• Provide strong professional leadership, supervision and support to social workers and support staff
• Oversee safe and timely allocation of work and effective decision‑making at the Front Door
• Embed high‑quality, strength‑based and restorative practice across the team
• Drive service improvement through quality assurance, learning and change activity
• Manage complaints, complex case issues and learning reviews where required
• Build and maintain strong multi‑agency partnerships to deliver the right help at the right time
• Ensure effective information sharing to support safeguarding and outcomes
• Manage staffing and financial resources efficiently and within budget
• Take a lead role in driving the SFIFD improvement plan.

The Ideal Candidate

You will:

• Have substantial experience of working in children and families services.
• Have social work qualification, alongside significant post-qualifying experience in a senior or advanced social worker role - ideally to include experience of managing, supervising or supporting social work staff
• Have experience in reflective decision making, a sound knowledge of Staffordshire’s processes, internal and commissioned services, and professional external agencies.
• Be flexible with working hours as there will be occasions where evening work may be needed
• Bring a desire to support children and families to give them the right support, at the right time with the aim of keeping families together where it’s safe to do so
• Be passionate, enthusiastic and enjoy working in a dynamic and fast paced environment.

This is a unique experience to work outside of the district teams and help to shape how we support children and families from first contact at Staffordshire's Integrated Front Door.

For more information about this role, please contact Rhi Dale on rhiannon.dale@staffordshire.gov.uk or on 01785 278261. Interviews will be held week commencing 23rd February 2026.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council: Our Values: The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively. Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy: We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future. We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits: We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire.

Our recruitment process: As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities. As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post. As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.