Team Manager

Durham County Council; Sherburn Hill; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Recruitment/retention allowance

Hybrid working

Job summary

Durham County Council is seeking an experienced social worker to lead the Pre-Birth Team, delivering intensive, relationship-based support to families and safeguarding children during care proceedings.

You will supervise and motivate a team of social workers, providing professional challenge and clear management oversight to ensure excellent practice and positive outcomes.

Qualifications

• Significant experience of work with children, young people and families.
• Significant experience of identifying and responding to need and risk management.
• The ability to build and maintain positive relationships with children, young people and families and other professionals.

Responsibilities

• As Team Manager, lead and inspire this team of social workers, providing leadership, professional challenge and management oversight.

Skills

Team leadership

Relationship-based practice

Risk management

Job description

Do you want to lead a passionate team dedicated to supporting parents to achieve meaningful and sustainable change and help more children to remain safely within their birth families? This is a rare and exciting opportunity for an experienced social worker who is committed to achieving positive outcomes for children and families and can demonstrate experience of supporting, supervising, and developing others within a practice setting. WHAT IS INVOLVED? Our Pre-Birth Team works closely with care leavers, young parents, and families who have previously been involved in care proceedings. By delivering intensive, relationship based intervention that supports parents to achieve meaningful and sustainable change the team help more children to remain safely within their birth families. Where this is not in the child's best interest, the team works to find a permanent home for the child as early as possible utilising our early permanence procedures. As Team Manager, you will lead and inspire this team of social workers, creating a positive culture where excellent practice can flourish. You will provide clear leadership, professional challenge and management oversight. This post is eligible for a recruitment/retention allowance of £2,500 over 12 months (pro-rata for part time workers). Payments are made in equal instalments across a 12-month period alongside your pay. The allowances are subject to tax, National Insurance and pension contributions.

• Significant experience of work with children, young people and families.
• Significant experience of identifying and responding to need and risk management
• The ability to build and maintain positive relationships with children, young people and families and other professionals
• A positive and Innovative approach to work

You can read more about the experience, skills and personal qualities we are looking for in the attached person specification. If successful, you will be required to apply for a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Disclosure.

We offer a competitive rewards package that includes attractive salaries, a generous annual leave entitlement of 27 days (rising to 32 after five years' continuous local government service), membership of the excellent contributory career average Local Government Pension Scheme, and a range of flexible working arrangements including hybrid working (home and office) where applicable. Explore the full range of rewards and benefits on our website Rewards and benefits are subject to individual terms and conditions.