Assistant Team Manager, Children We Care For

Jooble; Swindon; On-site; GBP 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading local authority as an Assistant Team Manager in Swindon, where you'll manage a team of social workers dedicated to improving outcomes for children in care. This role offers a competitive salary, professional growth opportunities, and a chance to make a real impact in the community. With a focus on supportive relationships and a commitment to safeguarding, you'll play a key role in transforming children's services in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Relocation allowance up to £8,000

Free car parking at Swindon campus

Good commuter links

Qualifications

• Experience in safeguarding and child protection legislation.
• Management experience preferred or readiness to step into a management role.
• Fluency in English is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage a pod of four social workers.
• Provide reflective supervision focused on relationships with children.
• Support the development of social workers through training.

Skills

Supervision

Management

Safeguarding

Education

Qualified Social Worker

Job description

Assistant Team Manager, Children We Care For

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37 hours per week.

At Swindon Borough Council, we want our town to be the best it can be. Our ambitious vision in the new Swindon Plan is supported by realistic transformation programmes, with the people of Swindon at their heart. Because that's who we're doing it for - the communities and businesses that make our town great. As part of the Council, you'll support a friendly local authority making decisions with real impact. It's all for better public services, better processes, and a better quality of life for everyone. Join us, and Swindon will be better with you.

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Salary £53,886 P.a. Plus Benefits

Are you:

• Committed to high quality supervision and management?
• Ready to provide high support and high challenge while we continue to improve?
• Passionate about getting the best outcomes for children we care for?

In Swindon, we are committed to supporting our children to have a stable, loving home. Whenever possible, we work to return children to their families. If not, we seek to provide permanence through long-term foster care, adoption, or kinship networks.

Our recent service review confirmed our staff's dedication to building strong, supportive relationships with children and families. Our practitioners know their children well and demonstrate warmth and care.

About Us

In 2022, Swindon implemented the Family Safeguarding Model, a multi-disciplinary approach supporting whole-system change in child protection, focusing on supporting children and adults to enable children to remain safely within their families. This role offers a great opportunity to join us at this exciting time.

We also have an established and growing ASYE programme, linked to our Social Care & Leadership Academy, offering mentoring, a culture of learning, manageable caseloads, and quality supervision, as part of our commitment to developing talent.

We have invested in services for Special Guardians and an integrated service with CAMHS to support children's emotional well-being and mental health.

About The Role

As an Assistant Team Manager, you will manage a pod of four social workers. The relationship between social workers and children is pivotal to achieving the best outcomes. You will provide reflective supervision focused on these relationships, supported by a team and service manager, with extensive induction and training to support your career development.

The Children We Care For Team works with children under 16 in care of Swindon Council, many of whom have experienced trauma and loss. Caseloads are manageable (14-16 children), and qualified staff deliver therapeutic work like life story work.

You should have experience and knowledge of safeguarding, legislation, and practice guidance. Management experience is preferred or readiness to step into this role. Your aspirations should be limitless, and you should be as committed to children's services as we are. We support your growth and provide training to help you contribute to safeguarding improvements and service transformation.

We collaborate with services like Fostering, Virtual School, health partners, and Positive Futures.

Candidates must be fluent in English (Part 7 of the Immigration Act).

Our commitment to your development

We support your professional growth through training linked to the Children's Social Care National Framework 2023 and our Social Work & Leadership Academy.

Your next package

• Relocation allowance of up to £8,000 (eligibility criteria apply)
• Competitive salaries
• Free car parking at Swindon campus and good commuter links

Enjoy a diverse, innovative environment that values personal development and work-life balance. Join us at an exciting time of regeneration and transformation, sharing your knowledge and driving positive change.

See our Vision and Values page for more details.

Your next steps

To be eligible, you must be a qualified Social Worker with Social Work England registration. We welcome applications from diverse communities, including disabled people and ethnic minorities. Read our statement of commitment to equality & inclusion.

Apply via the Swindon Borough Council website after reviewing the role profile. The 'Apply' button on this site redirects you to complete the online application. For further info, contact Michelle Freeman, Team Manager.

If you experience technical issues, email us.

Closing date: 2 June 2025

Interview date: 10 June 2025