Disabled Children Social Work Team Manager

GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in the UK is seeking a Team Manager to join their Disabled Children's Social Work Team. The role involves leading and supporting social workers, ensuring statutory duties are met, and quality assurance of casework. The ideal candidate will have experience in social work management and be registered with Social Work England. This position offers a competitive salary and various employee benefits including flexible working options and family-friendly policies.

Benefits

£5,000 welcome payment

£3,000 retention payment

Relocation package up to £8,000

Flexible working opportunities

25.5 days annual leave

Local Government Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience managing a social work team is essential.
• Must hold DBS clearance.
• Completion of ASYE year required for those qualified after 2012.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team of social workers to deliver high-quality services.
• Develop team plans in line with strategic objectives.
• Ensure compliance with statutory duties and best practice.

Skills

Team management

Social work practice

Risk assessment

Communication

Education

Social Work England registration

Full driving licence

Job description

Disabled Children Social Work Team Manager

We are currently recruiting for two Team Managers to join our dedicated Disabled Children's Team.

We have a FTC available for 12 months and a permanent position available.

Reward and Support

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

• between £52,413 - £54,495 per annum subject to experience
• £5,000 welcome payment*
• £3,000 retention payment*
• up to £8,000 relocation package*
• flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service (pro rata for part-time staff)
• option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
• supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
• an in-house Occupational Health service
• employee discount scheme
• cycle to work scheme
• links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
• career development and qualification opportunities
• access to our Social Work Academy
• Cycle to Work scheme (eligibility criteria and t&c's apply)
• Green Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme (eligibility criteria and t&c's apply)

Right child, right support, right time, every time

In our recent inspection in June 2025, our Children’s Services have been officially judged as ‘Good’ with ‘Outstanding’ elements.’ Ofsted also said ‘Leaders have set out a clear vision for delivering success for children, by modelling values and creating a culture where the workforce, children and families feel valued and heard; risk is managed confidently with bottom lines clearly set out.’

This marks an important step in our journey to improve outcomes for our children and young people, and we remain focused on our mission: to continue building on this success and ensure that every child and young person in our county has the opportunity to thrive.

Gloucestershire offers a range of opportunities to develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an award-winning workforce.

We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to be part of an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC.

About the team

The Disabled Children and Young Persons Service Early Help Team support children and young people who are aged 0-18 years old with significant needs arising from their disability. The team aims to ensure that disabled children and their families have access to a needs-led services that promotes resilience, co-production and improves children’s life chances. To do this the team will work with partners to make sure that every child has an accurate assessment of need, with a plan that sets out how support will be delivered, with the aim to improve outcomes.

About the role

As a Team Manager within DCS, we’ll ask you to lead and support a team of social workers to deliver services of the highest quality. Ensuring statutory duties and best practice is followed, you’ll develop a team plan in line with Children’s Services strategic objectives and provide management oversight on all cases with a clear understanding of risk. Your role will focus on managing the team’s workflow and quality assuring work through observations, reflective supervision and GCC’s quality assurance framework, as well as contributing towards the development of the framework itself. Through building positive relationships with colleagues within both the service and partner agencies, you will ensure we are able to provide support and protection for vulnerable children and young people across the county.

About You

As well as your experience managing a team, there are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post:

• a full driving licence and willingness to drive
• Social Work England registration
• DBS clearance
• to have completed your ASYE year (if you qualified after 2012)

How to apply

For an informal chat about this role, please contact Nicola Wilson at [e-mail].