PERM – Team Manager – Help and Protect Child Protection – EK

Carrington Blake Recruitment; Knowsley; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Knowsley Council is seeking an experienced and motivated Children’s Social Care Team Manager to lead a team of social care professionals, ensuring high-quality, child-centred services. Reporting to the Service Manager, you will safeguard children and support families while ensuring statutory duties are met.

You will drive practice standards, monitor performance against KPIs and budgets, and promote positive outcomes for children and families with strong professional oversight.

Qualifications

• Significant experience within children’s social care, including safeguarding and statutory social work services.
• Experience of managing, supervising or leading social workers and supporting professional development.
• Strong knowledge of relevant children’s social care legislation, statutory duties and safeguarding procedures.
• Experience of case management, quality assurance, performance monitoring and service improvement.
• Experience of workload management, resource allocation and budget monitoring.
• Excellent communication, leadership and partnership-working skills.
• A strong commitment to promoting the welfare, safety and best interests of children and young people.

Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate and manage a team of social workers with supervision and support.
• Ensure children’s needs are assessed, planned for, safeguarded and reviewed under statutory requirements.
• Monitor performance against KPIs and service targets.
• Oversee casework, audits and sound professional decision-making.
• Allocate workloads to ensure timely service delivery and manage caseloads.
• Ensure compliance with legislation, guidance, policies and safeguarding procedures.
• Support recruitment, induction, training and performance reviews.
• Contribute to service planning, reports and improvement initiatives.
• Manage team expenditure and budgets within financial limits.
• Build relationships with internal and external partners for coordinated delivery.
• Maintain accurate case records, reports and documentation with data protection requirements.
• Promote equality, diversity and anti-discriminatory practice.

Skills

Leadership

Safeguarding

Budget monitoring

Case management

Performance monitoring

Communication

Partnership-working

Equality & inclusion

Data protection

Job description

Children’s Social Care Team Manager

Location: Knowsley
Salary: £55,224 per annum (starting salary)
Grade: Pay Band Q / SCP 48–49
Directorate: Children’s Services
Service Area: Children’s Social Care

About the Role

Knowsley Council is seeking an experienced and motivated Children’s Social Care Team Manager to lead, manage and develop a team of social care professionals, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, effective and child-centred services. Reporting to the Service Manager, you will play a key role in safeguarding children and young people, supporting families, and ensuring that statutory duties are met in line with relevant legislation, regulations and council policies. You will drive strong practice standards, improve service performance and promote positive outcomes for children, young people and their families.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, motivate and manage a team of social workers, providing regular professional supervision, guidance and support.
• Ensure children’s needs are appropriately assessed, planned for, safeguarded and reviewed in accordance with statutory requirements.
• Monitor team performance against key performance indicators, service targets and quality assurance standards.
• Oversee casework, conduct audits and ensure effective management oversight and sound professional decision-making.
• Allocate and prioritise workloads to ensure the timely delivery of services and effective management of caseloads.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, statutory guidance, council policies and safeguarding procedures.
• Support staff recruitment, induction, training, professional development and performance reviews.
• Contribute to service planning, reports and service improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities to improve practice and outcomes.
• Manage team expenditure and monitor budgets to ensure services are delivered within financial limits and provide value for money.
• Build effective relationships with internal teams, senior managers and external partner agencies to promote coordinated service delivery.
• Maintain accurate case records, reports and documentation in line with data protection, GDPR and information security requirements.
• Promote equality, diversity, inclusion and anti-discriminatory practice across all aspects of service delivery.

Essential Experience and Skills

• Significant experience within children’s social care, including safeguarding and statutory social work services.
• Experience of managing, supervising or leading social workers and supporting professional development.
• Strong knowledge of relevant children’s social care legislation, statutory duties and safeguarding procedures.
• Experience of case management, quality assurance, performance monitoring and service improvement.Ability to make sound professional decisions, manage competing priorities and oversee complex cases.
• Experience of workload management, resource allocation and budget monitoring.
• Excellent communication, leadership and partnership-working skills.
• A strong commitment to promoting the welfare, safety and best interests of children and young people.

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for a confident and proactive leader who can inspire and develop a team, maintain high professional standards and drive continuous improvement across Children’s Social Care. The successful candidate will demonstrate a child-centred approach, strong safeguarding knowledge and the ability to balance operational demands, statutory responsibilities and financial considerations while delivering positive outcomes for children and families.

Safeguarding Commitment

The successful candidate will be responsible for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. All duties must be carried out in accordance with relevant legislation, council policies, equality and diversity requirements, health and safety standards, and data protection and information security policies.