East Locality Family Safeguarding Team Manager - Ref: CH07126 in Walsall

East Locality Family Safeguarding Team Manager- Ref: CH07126

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.'

About the job

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.

Our Offer:

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.

View Job Description and Employee Specification

Closing Date: 28th September 2026

Walsall Council’s Children’s Services are the only Ofsted ‘Outstanding’ local authority in the Black Country. During a visit in May 2025, Inspectors described Walsall Council as a place where children were at the heart of. The council’s journey of continuous improvement started in 2017 and has since transformed into a service with a clear vision, clear priorities and a clear plan, all informed by the views of our staff and children. Staff are at the core of delivering great outcomes for children and young people in Walsall, which is underpinned by our Walsall Right 4 Children vision. The latest Ofsted inspection demonstrated that staff in children’s services are proud to work for Walsall Council and feel supported to do great work.

Walsall Council takes seriously the responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all the children, young people and vulnerable adults entrusted to our care and it is our expectation that all staff will share this commitment. We will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Note: Applicants appointed to posts that require an enhanced DBS clearance must declare any periods of time that they have lived, studied or worked abroad and be prepared to provide an Overseas Criminal Records Certificate (OCRC) or a Statement of Good Conduct (SOGC) relating to anytime they were overseas.