Assistant Team Manager – Adoption

NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNCIL; Northallerton; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

North Yorkshire Council in Northallerton (North Yorkshire) is seeking a senior leader to manage the Adoption Team, overseeing social workers and support staff to deliver high-quality adoption services.

The role requires strong leadership, expertise in adoption practice, and the ability to guide policy compliance. A flexible, hybrid work model is available, with DBS Enhanced disclosure required for appointment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Adoption Social Workers and Support Workers.
• Knowledge of adoption policies, procedures and regulations.
• Enhanced DBS disclosure is required for appointment.

Responsibilities

• Inspire, lead and manage Adoption Social Workers and Support Workers to deliver services.
• Provide agency advice to the adoption panel and the ADM in adoption plans.
• Support best practice and achieve positive outcomes for children and families.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Adoption practice

Job description

Grade: M
Salary: From £48,738 - £53,051
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 per week (flexible work bases and hybrid working available)
Location:Northallerton, North Yorkshire
Note - we have opportunities across the service with various locations considered

We have excellent opportunities to be part of a leadership team within the adoption service and if you are passionate about inspiring staff, supporting best practice and achieving the best outcomes for our children and families, then this could be the job for you!

About the service

You will be joining our established and supportive team and become an influential part ofour highly regarded, high performing adoption service.Here at North Yorkshire Council, we are extremely proud of the work our Children’s Services do.

This is a significant role within the North Yorkshire Council Adoption Team (which is part of One Adoption North and Humber) delivering management duties and supervising frontline staff made up of social workers and support workers.

About the role

You will have a good understanding of adoption and best practice within this field of work, combined with strong leadership skills, adoption is a diverse area of practice within social work and every day brings new challenges and rewards.

One of the primary aspects of the role is to inspire, lead and manage Adoption Social Workersand Support Workers, to ensure the effective and consistent delivery of our adoption service to children and adoptive parents in accordance with the relevant policies, procedures and regulations.This is a diverse role which also includes providing agency advice to the adoption panel and to the Agency Decision Maker (ADM) in the context of plans of adoption for children.

If you are a highly motivated leader with a ‘can do’ attitude and have a passion to achieve the best outcomes for children, then we would love to hear from you.

It is an exciting time in Children and Young Peoples Services in North Yorkshire as we plan our approach in respect of the Families First Partnership Programme and how we will be responding to the social care reforms. Work is underway to plan our approach and implementations for 2027. As a result of this, some realignment may happen with job roles in the future, we want to be transparent about this in respect of this role.

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.