Team Manager

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading children's charity based in Cardiff is seeking a full-time Team Manager to oversee and enhance innovative services aimed at safeguarding children. The successful candidate will possess a recognized social work qualification and have experience in staff development within the safeguarding field. Responsibilities include managing a team of social workers and shaping services like Letting the Future In and Pregnancy in Mind. Benefits include a generous annual leave policy, professional development opportunities, and a matching pension scheme.

Benefits

Annual salary review

29 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Pension contributions matched up to 7%

Access to an online discount portal

Wellness Hub for employee support

Qualifications

• Recognised social work qualification and UK registration.
• Experience supporting and developing staff in safeguarding.
• Ability to drive improved outcomes for children and families.

Responsibilities

• Manage line staff and deliver front-line services.
• Shape innovative services related to child sexual abuse and early years.
• Oversee projects funded by the Home Office like Letting the Future In.

Skills

Experience with safeguarding practices

Strong communication skills

Leadership experience

Assertiveness

Resilience

Education

Recognised social work qualification

Job description

Every childhood is worth fighting for. This is our belief. It drives us. And it's the reason our Children's Services team push themselves to transform the lives of children and families – in person, in service centres nationwide, and through the knowledge they share. Join us a Team Manager (Social Work qualified) and make a contribution that means everything.

The NSPCC Cymru National Hub, based in Cardiff, has a new opportunity for a full-time Team Manager (Social Work qualified), who is looking to fully use and further enhance their influencing and communication skills; delivering innovative services to children, families and adults/professionals involved with safeguarding children. We work directly with children and families either in their homes or at our regional hub based in Cardiff.

The NSPCC can offer the right candidate the potential to grow and develop, fantastic learning opportunities, an improved work / life balance and the experience of working in a well-established charity that sets high standards and expectation on improving the lives of children. The role is office based, but with flexibility for some home working in accordance with business need. You will also have access to a Team Manager Development Programme alongside service specific training.

Benefits

• Your salary is reviewed every year to ensure it's at least comparable with the UK's top 5 charities
• You are entitled to 29 days annual leave, plus bank holidays (if you work full-time), after 5 years this increases to 32 days!
• We match your pension contributions up to 7%
• You have access to our online discount portal with over 3,000 discounts & offers
• You have access to our Wellness Hub which provides tools to support your wellbeing (Employee Assistance Programme, emotional resilience training, mindfulness resources and more!)

Responsibilities

You will be an integral part of the management team and will be responsible for the line management of a number of social workers /and other professionally qualified staff, delivering front line services within neighbouring local authority areas. You will, as a leader in the regional team, manage and shape innovative services within the themes of Sexual Abuse and in Early Years, in line with the NSPCC current strategy. These include:

• Letting the Future In (LTFI): helping us deliver locally on the recently awarded Home Office funding towards delivering and the scaling up of LTFI over the next three years. This will enable children and families to recover from the impact of child sexual abuse and strengthen local multi‑agency responses to this issue across the region.
• Pregnancy in Mind (PiM): a preventative mental health service that helps support expectant parents who have or are at risk of mild to moderate anxiety or depression.
• Baby Steps: an evidence‑based, holistic perinatal education programme that helps parents prepare for and navigate the transition to parenthood.

Qualifications

• Someone with a recognised social work qualification and registration with the relevant social care council within the UK?
• A person with experience of supporting and developing staff within the safeguarding field as well as knowledge and passion to drive improved outcomes for children and families?
• An individual who is a confident communicator with colleagues, including senior leadership, external partners, children and families and also assertive and resilient when raising and escalating safeguarding children concerns with other agencies?

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Carl Harris, Assistant Director – Cymru: [e-mail]