At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a dynamic team to support families and safeguard children’s wellbeing.
- Company: Join Telford & Wrekin Council, committed to innovative family safeguarding.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, generous leave, flexible working, and career growth.
- Other info: Hybrid working model with a focus on staff wellbeing and support.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in children's lives while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in social work and strong communication skills are essential.
The predicted salary is between 56460 - 59724 £ per year.
Role Overview
Children’s Team Manager – Family Safeguarding at Telford & Wrekin Council.
Annual salary: £56,460 - £59,724 (includes market factor). Full reimbursement of Social Work England registration fee and Essential Car User Allowance.
Key Responsibilities
Family Safeguarding is a model of system change where specialist adult practitioners are embedded within Family Safeguarding teams of Social Workers.
The intervention supports a whole‑system change to a local authority’s child protection approach for children up to adolescence, focusing on supporting the needs of children and adults so that children can safely remain within their families.
The role involves
- Establishing multi-disciplinary teams where specialist adult practitioners in domestic abuse, mental health and substance misuse are co‑located with Social Workers under a unified management structure, enabling a whole‑family response with direct assessment and support and multidisciplinary case discussions.
- Implementing Motivational Interviewing as a framework for practice for all staff, providing training and ongoing skills development workshops, and following a structured solution‑focused intervention programme with families to increase engagement.
- Using an electronic assessment workbook that serves as a single data‑tool for all professionals, linking to the work programme and reducing time spent on recording and sharing information.
- Core Competencies
Children and young people are at the heart of all we do. The qualities important to the role are:
- Understanding that there are layers to a person; ability to see people as "whole".
- Practice care and kindness.
- Listening to children and young people, understanding their views, hopes, aspirations and worries.
- Strong communication skills.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and leave package – starting at 24 days, rising to 32 days with service, plus 8 bank holidays and an extra concessionary day.
- Flexible working and career progression.
- Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Staff discounts & salary sacrifice perks.
- Free parking and confidential wellbeing support.
- Hybrid working model.
- Legal and Equality
Posts working with children or vulnerable groups will be subject to an appropriate criminal records check.
It is an offence to apply for a role that involves regulated activity with children and adults in vulnerable circumstances if you are barred from working with one or both of these groups.
Please note: We do not hold a sponsorship licence for visas.
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