Team Manager

Rochdale Borough Council; Rochdale; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in the UK is seeking strong leaders to oversee teams in children's social care, ensuring effective services and compliance with requirements. The role involves performance management, staff supervision, and building relationships with stakeholders. The position offers competitive salary, hybrid working, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Hybrid and flexible working

Excellent professional development

Career progression pathway

Attractive pension

Staff recognition awards

Mileage payment

Annual leave benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in managing children's social care teams.
• Strong understanding of statutory requirements.
• Ability to develop relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage performance and quality assurance within teams.
• Oversee professional supervision and appraisals.
• Ensure effective assessment and child protection planning.

Skills

Leadership

Performance Management

Quality Assurance

Child Protection

Team Management

Job description

Overview

We are looking for strong and aspiring leaders to motivate, nurture and manage teams within children's social care to ensure we provide an effective service that makes a difference to children and young peoples' lives. You will manage performance and quality assurance alongside resources and budgets in collaboration with key stakeholders, ensuring your team meets statutory requirements for children affected by different circumstances. You will oversee professional and practice supervision (including reflective supervision), staff performance appraisals, and ensure effective assessment, risk management, and child protection and care planning. You will be involved in inspection preparation, assist the team in accessing resources across the council and partner agencies to promote positive outcomes for children, and develop productive relationships with peers, stakeholders and partners, including schools.

Here at Rochdale Borough Council, we are committed to supporting our children and young people to live in a borough where they can grow, get on and live well. Our dedicated teams ensure they feel safe, healthy, successful and heard too, and we are incredibly proud, passionate and pioneering in the way our services are delivered. Everyone here plays a valued role in achieving this as we work closely with residents to deliver real positive progress and support them to achieve the best possible outcomes as part of our Raising Rochdale ethos. We always have lots of great things happening in our borough and we never stand still so this is a great time to join our team and succeed at Rochdale. We offer lots of training and supervision alongside help and guidance to build positive relationships with our children, young people and their families.

• Highly competitive salary with an opportunity to earn up to £1,000 extra, every year (£500 retention payment every six months)
• Hybrid and flexible working
• Excellent continuous professional development opportunities
• Exciting career progression pathway
• An attractive pension
• Staff recognition awards and celebration events
• Visible and supportive leadership
• Mileage payment and town centre parking scheme
• Up to 34 days annual leave with an option to buy more
• Paid for Social Work England professional fees
• Staff discount at popular retail and leisure sites
• Work in a modern, award-winning building
• Be conveniently located next to the Metrolink, bus exchange and a short walk from Rochdale train station
• You're also a 10-minute drive from the M62 corridor

What our colleagues say

• Our social workers say Rochdale Council is a great place to work and their managers are supportive, approachable and listen to their ideas. Here are some further comments from our social workers...
• 'We work in friendly, supportive, multidisciplinary teams'
• 'There are lots of easy to access training opportunities to learn and aid career development'
• 'We have lots of community resources available to support families'
• 'We are based right in the town centre office, next to M&S and close to local services'

We are making positive progress in terms of our ways to work with children, young people and families as we work to deliver better outcomes for all. We are empathetic and listen to our families as we build on their strengths to work towards agreed goals. We look forward to hearing from you about which of our friendly teams that best fits your expertise come and join Team Rochdale.