Assistant Team Manager| Children with Disabilities Team | Swindon | £40ph

Tripod Partners; Swindon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading social work agency in the UK is seeking an experienced Assistant Team Manager to support a dedicated team working with children with disabilities. This role involves managing complex cases, providing supervision, and leading safeguarding efforts. Candidates should possess strong leadership skills and a background in social work. The position offers £40 per hour on a locum contract.

Benefits

Dedicated specialist consultant

Access to a wide variety of social work jobs

Prompt payroll

Free DBS and compliance service

£500 referral fee

Qualifications

• Confident and experienced in social work, particularly with children with disabilities.
• Ability to manage complex cases while leading a team.
• Proven track record in reflective supervision and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload with reduced workload appropriate for leadership.
• Use strengths-based and collaborative approaches in social work.
• Lead on safeguarding practice and chair multi-agency meetings.

Skills

Leadership

Social work

Reflective supervision

Assessment skills

Safeguarding knowledge

Job description

Assistant Team Manager – Children with Disabilities - £40 ph

• Location: Swindon
• Pay Rate: £40 per hour (Ltd/Umbrella)
• Contract: Locum
• Start Date: ASAP

About the Role

Swindon is seeking a confident and experienced Assistant Team Manager (ATM) to join our Children with Disabilities (CWD) team. This is a pivotal leadership role, supporting frontline staff in delivering high-quality social work to children and young people with disabilities and complex needs.

You will manage a reduced but more complex caseload, provide reflective supervision, and take a proactive role in performance management and service development. This is an excellent opportunity for a practitioner ready to step into leadership while maintaining direct involvement in complex casework.

Key Responsibilities

• Independently manage a complex and multi-faceted caseload, while maintaining a reduced workload appropriate to leadership duties.
• Use the Family Safeguarding model, applying strengths-based and collaborative approaches to working with children and families.
• Undertake in-depth assessments focused on risk, harm, parenting capacity, and ability to change.
• Recognise and respond to all forms of abuse, exploitation (including online), and neglect, ensuring children's safety and wellbeing.
• Provide reflective supervision, mentoring, and performance oversight to social workers and students.
• Lead on safeguarding practice within the team, chair multi-agency meetings, and ensure statutory responsibilities are met.

Working with Tripod Partners offers you a number of benefits including:

• Your own dedicated specialist consultant
• Access to the widest variety of social work jobs across 150 authorities and private organizations throughout the UK
• Prompt and reliable payroll
• Free DBS and compliance service
• £500 referral fee

For more information, please contact Dylan at Tripod Partners on 07919 026892 or send your CV to [e-mail]