Senior Manager - EmPower Contextual Safeguarding

Lancashire County Council; New Gate; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire County Council is recruiting a Senior Manager for EmPower Contextual Safeguarding within Education and Children's Services. You will lead services for children and young people, influence practice and champion safeguarding principles with cross‑organisational partners.

You will be responsible for performance management, risk oversight and budget stewardship while guiding teams through change, improvement and workforce development.

Qualifications

• Minimum of four years' management or leadership experience within children's social care.
• Professionally qualified and registered Social Worker (Social Work England).
• Management qualification or significant management training completed.

Responsibilities

• Lead services supporting children and young people, ensuring high-quality practice and safeguarding.
• Oversee performance, resources and budgets with senior partners.
• Drive contextual safeguarding and trauma‑informed practice across Lancashire.

Skills

Leadership

People management

stakeholder engagement

Education

Social Worker (registered)

Job description

Job Summary

performance, quality and continuous improvement. You'll lead high-quality practice, ensure risk and safeguarding are managed effectively and oversee performance, resources and budgets. Partnership working will be central to your role, bringing together professionals and agencies around children and young people while ensuring their voices and those of their families shape the services they receive. It's a significant leadership opportunity to influence the future of youth justice across Lancashire.

Lead With Purpose. Transform Futures. Some leadership roles are about managing services. This one is about changing futures. As Senior Manager within Lancashire EmPower Contextual Safeguarding, you'll lead services supporting children and young people at critical points in their lives, shaping how we deliver child‑first, trauma‑informed practice across Lancashire. You'll inspire …

About You

You'll be an experienced children's social care leader with a strong understanding of Contextual Safeguarding, and a track record of leading high-performing teams through change and improvement. You'll be confident making complex decisions, managing risk and performance and building strong relationships across organisational boundaries. Most importantly, you'll be a leader who can bring people with you while keeping children and young people at the heart of your decisions. You'll need a, empower people to deliver their best work.

Requirements

minimum of four years' management or leadership experience within children's social care and must be a professionally qualified and registered Social Worker, meeting Social Work England professional standards. You'll also hold a management qualification or have undertaken significant management training.

Closing Information

Closing Date: Sunday 1st November Interviews: TBC

Legal & Background Check Requirements

The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab.

Transport Requirements

You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. However, we may consider you if you cannot drive because of a disability.

Local Government Reorganisation

The Government has confirmed that local government across Lancashire will be reorganised, with the current 15 councils being replaced by four new unitary councils covering North, South, East and West Lancashire from April 2028. If you are successful in your application, you will initially join Lancashire County Council. However, as part of the planned transition, your employment will transfer to one of the new unitary councils from April 2028, subject to the implementation of the reorganisation and relevant employment this period, our focus remains on delivering excellent services to our communities. By joining us now, you'll play an important role in shaping the future of local government and helping to build a strong new organisation that will serve residents for years to come.

Benefits

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

Recruiting Terms

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient Description and

Why Join Us?

A workplace built on trust, balance and flexibility. We want our leaders to have the support and flexibility they need to perform at their best. You'll join an organisation where trusted leadership, wellbeing and collaboration are central to how we work.

Development that grows with you. You'll have the opportunity to influence a critical area of Children's Services, working alongside senior leaders and partners while helping shape future services and practice and/workforce development across Lancashire.

A culture grounded in inclusivity. Our values are supportive, innovative, respectful and collaborative. We want leaders who create inclusive teams, listen to children and families.

Job Details

• Job-ID: 21347
• Category: Social Care - Children
• Location: Lancashire, United Kingdom
• Schedule: Full time
• Posted: Closes: Senior Manager, EmPower Contextual Safeguarding Education and Children's Services - Lancashire County Council
• Salary: 68,225 - 74,531
• Location: Lancashire, Countywide (Hybrid)