Team Manager - Children with Disabilities

Medical Update Online; Runcorn; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Halton Borough Council is seeking an inspirational Team Manager to lead the Children with Disabilities Team within our Children’s Services. You will provide professional leadership to social workers and practitioners to ensure high-quality, personalised support.

The role focuses on safeguarding, child-centred practice, and collaboration with families, schools, health and partner agencies. You will supervise, develop staff and ensure timely assessments and care planning.

Qualifications

• Qualified social worker with current Social Work England registration.
• Significant post-qualifying experience in children's social care.
• Experience working with children with disabilities and their families.
• Experience supervising and managing social work staff; strong safeguarding knowledge.
• Minimum 3 years permanent experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership, management and supervision to the team.
• Ensure child-centred, strengths-based practice and positive outcomes.
• Lead, motivate and develop social workers and practitioners.
• Oversee assessments, care planning, safeguarding and reviews to high standards.
• Collaborate with families, schools, health professionals and partner agencies.

Skills

Team leadership

Staff development

Safeguarding knowledge

Education

Social Work qualification

Job description

Team Manager - Children with Disabilities

Halton Borough Council is looking for an inspirational Team Manager to join our Children's Services and lead our Children with Disabilities Team.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced manager to provide strong, effective leadership to a dedicated team of social workers and practitioners, ensuring that children and young people with disabilities receive high-quality, personalised support that enables them to thrive.

About the role

As Team Manager, you will provide professional leadership, management and supervision to the team, ensuring that practice is child-centred, strengths-based and focused on achieving positive outcomes.

You will:

• Lead, motivate and develop a committed team of social workers and practitioners.
• Ensure children and young people with disabilities are at the heart of decision-making and planning.
• Promote high standards of social work practice and effective partnership working.
• Provide reflective supervision, support professional development and promote a strong learning culture.
• Ensure assessments, care planning, safeguarding and reviews are completed to a high standard and within statutory timescales.
• Work collaboratively with families, schools, health professionals, education colleagues and other partner agencies.

About you

You will have:

• A recognised Social Work qualification and current Social Work England registration.
• Significant post-qualifying experience within children's social care.
• Experience of working with children and young people with disabilities and their families.
• Proven experience of supervising, developing and managing social work staff.Strong knowledge of safeguarding, legislation, statutory guidance and children's social care practice.
• 3 years perm experience.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a supportive, collaborative team environment.
• Access professional development opportunities to grow your career.
• Competitive pay.
• Supportive team environment.
• The ability to inspire staff, manage competing demands and maintain high standards in a busy environment.