Assistant Team Manager - Assessment Team

BCP Council; Hurn; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority team in England seeks a dedicated Assistant Team Manager to lead within our MASH Team. Candidates must be registered social workers with significant experience in children social care. Responsibilities include undertaking assessments, managing a team, and ensuring that children and their needs are prioritized. The role offers a competitive salary of £52,413 with additional supplements and benefits, including flexible working arrangements and career development prospects.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible working arrangements

Relocation Scheme

Competitive salary with pension scheme

Qualifications

• Significant post qualifying experience working with children and families in the statutory sector.
• Ability to embed systemic practice within teams.
• Commitment to enhancing the lives of local children.

Responsibilities

• Undertake initial and continuous assessments from referral to case closure.
• Facilitate family network meetings.
• Ensure children and their voices are at the heart of practice.

Skills

Experience in Children Social Care

Management experience

Strong assessment and analytical skills

Ability to build effective relationships

Education

Registered social worker with Social Work England

Job description

BCP Council is looking for dedicated and compassionate Assistant Team Manager to join our team. We are proud to have achieved a GOOD rating from Ofsted, recognising our commitment to providing excellent care and support for children and families. Assessment Team: undertake an initial single assessment within a statutory timescale and continuous assessments from referral through to case closure. They facilitate family network meetings to help to bring the family's support network together. Work from this team will either close, step down or transfer to another team at an agreed time. Social workers sit in four pods with a four-weekly turnaround (the 20-day time limit on assessments).

We are looking for experienced Assistant Team Managers from within Children Social Care or aspiring senior Social Workers, with management and supervisory experience, to join our MASH Team and help us achieve our vision for all our children, young people and families in Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council. You will need to be a registered social worker with Social Work England and have significant post qualifying experience working with children and families in the statutory sector. Across our Children's Service Directorate, we have adopted a systemic approach to practice - ensuring children and their voices are at the heart of everything we do. You will ensure this approach is embedded as a core ethos within your teams. You will be able to build effective relationships, demonstrate strong assessment and analytical skills and work effectively as part of a management team. If you have a passion and desire for a particular area of social work, talk to us, we have vacancies in Assessment Team.

BCP Council provides services to a diverse community of 400,000 residents and employs more than 5,000 people. Our area includes over 15 miles of beautiful world-renowned coastline. We can offer career defining roles to transform and improve services. By working with us, you can help deliver a vision of a thriving, word-class, prosperous and inclusive place for generations to come.

Our Benefits A Place to Thrive - Join BCP Council At BCP Council, we're not just building a workforce- we're transforming how we recognise and reward our people., Children's social care Could you play a part in delivering an outstanding service that improves the lives of the children in our community? If so, BCP Children's Services is looking for you. To transform and improve our services we are looking for committed and resilient social care professionals who will be fully supported to become the best practitioner that they can whilst developing a meaningful career. We are looking for colleagues to join us who think big, enjoy a challenge and can bring fresh ideas to our services in order to help enhance the lives of our local children in childhood and beyond. We want the best possible outcomes for children and young people across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Our children's services teams aim to create the right environment for social work to flourish and for our children and young people to achieve their goals and ambitions. If you're dedicated to making a real difference, have the skills, experience and commitment and if you want to be part of a team where your efforts and contributions will be noticed, we want to hear from you.

Salary and Benefits

• Salary £52,413 Starting Salary plus £7,130 contractual supplement
• Recruitment & Retention Supplement for this role may be up to £7,130 per annum (pro rata for part time colleagues). Recruitment and Retention Supplements are in addition to the base salary. They are temporary, and awarded solely at the discretion of BCP Council, in accordance with our Interim Salary Supplement policy, which will be replaced by the new Pay and Allowances policy being introduced on 1 December 2025.
• Full induction, with a very supportive Practice Fundamentals offer
• Clear career progression pathway and excellent learning opportunities
• Regular Supervision
• 25 days annual leave (pro rata, for those without continuous service), plus bank holidays
• Competitive salary with access to local government pension scheme
• Flexible working arrangements in our newly refurbished Civic Offices with Local Offices near to where you need to work
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Relocation Scheme
• Staff network groups

To be considered for this role all applicants must have full Right to Work in the UK without any current or future requirement for sponsorship in the future. If you think this could be your next step and you are a registered social worker, we want you to join our team.