Team Manager - Children with Disabilities

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority is seeking a full-time Team Manager for the Children with Disabilities Team in Warwick. This role involves leading a team of social workers, managing assessments, and collaborating with partner agencies to ensure high-quality support for children and families. Applicants must have a professional Social Work qualification along with leadership and decision-making skills. This is a great opportunity to progress your career and make a significant impact in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Flexible working options

Pension scheme with employer contributions

Qualifications

• Experience in managing complex cases is beneficial.
• Relevant skills and knowledge are required.
• Candidates should be able to support and develop a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of social workers and support staff.
• Oversee allocation and prioritisation of cases.
• Provide professional supervision and support to team members.
• Monitor performance and quality of assessments.
• Work collaboratively with partner agencies.

Skills

Leadership

Decision-making

Collaboration

Education

Professional Social Work qualification

Job description

About the Team

The Children with Disabilities Team (CwDT) supports children with complex and profound needs as a result of their disabilities.

The team works with children, families and other professionals to achieve the best outcomes for vulnerable children. They undertake Family Help Assessments and work with Children in Need, children subject to Child Protection Plans and Children in Care. A multi-disciplinary approach is modelled in the team in partnership with universal and mainstream services to support children, young people and their families.

Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is locality working, multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education.

If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service.

Our Offer to you

• Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focused on wellbeing and workload.
• Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee.
• A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas
• We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply

About the Role

We are recruiting for the role of a Team Manager in our Children with Disabilities Team Assessment Hub covering the county of Warwick. This is a full-time, fixed-term position to cover maternity leave.

This is an exciting opportunity to take the next step in your career or try something new. While experience in a disabilities team is not essential, we are looking for candidates with relevant skills, knowledge, and strong transferable skills such as leadership, decision-making, and the ability to support and develop a team. If you have experience in managing complex cases, working collaboratively with partners, and driving good practice, we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of social workers and support staff to ensure timely and high-quality assessments for children and families.
• Oversee the allocation and prioritisation of cases, ensuring compliance with statutory timescales and organisational policies.
• Provide professional supervision, guidance, and support to team members, promoting continuous learning and development.
• Monitor performance and quality of assessments, implementing improvements where necessary to maintain best practice standards.
• Work collaboratively with partner agencies and internal teams to deliver coordinated and effective services for children and families.
• Ensure safeguarding principles are embedded in all decision-making and practice within the team.
• Contribute to service development and improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities for innovation and efficiency.
• Manage resources effectively, including staff workload and budgets, to achieve service objectives.

Applicants for the role will need a professional Social Work qualification and Social Work England Registration.

If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service.

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision.

We are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us. We provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund.

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

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Additional Information

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

To discuss the role please contact Debbie McDowell (Children with Disabilities Team Service Manager) [e-mail].

Closing Date: 06 February 2026

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [e-mail] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more.