Team Manager Family Safeguarding

Somerset County Council; Shepton Mallet; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading local authority seeks a Family Safeguarding Team Manager to provide leadership within a committed team. The role offers an opportunity to shape the development of social work practice, fostering autonomy while ensuring a supportive environment. Generous benefits, training, and a commitment to work-life balance make this an attractive career move for qualified social workers. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply and contribute to improving lives within Somerset.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

Staff discounts in gyms

Employee Assistance programs

Pension scheme with optional enhancements

Cycle to work and health screenings

My Staff Shop discounts

Qualifications

• You will need to be a qualified social worker registered with Social Work England.
• Experience working with children and families in social work required.
• Supervisory experience or management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leading a Family Safeguarding team to provide excellent service to families.
• Collaborating with skilled practitioners and maintaining positive relationships.
• Supporting and developing team members.

Skills

Relationship-based social work

Management

Creativity in problem-solving

Education

Registered social worker with Social Work England

Job description

Department: Social Care

Working pattern: Full Time

Location: Shepton Mallet

About the job

Some key information

• A commitment to your CPD through a bespoke learning and development programme
• Regular, quality, reflective supervision, and learning
• A supportive management and leadership team

What will I be doing?

You will be joining a permanent management team, including some experienced colleagues and some who are at the beginning of their management career. You will join a team where we are all about relationship-based and strengths-based management, and where Team Managers work together across the service to provide an excellent service to families, and support and develop our teams. You’ll be encouraged to be an autonomous manager, but you’ll be supported all the way by your colleagues and your line manager.

You’ll be leading a Family Safeguarding team which is permanently staffed, with a balance of experienced and newly qualified workers. You will work with skilled adult-focussed practitioners and enjoy positive relationships with managers in the agencies who are part of our Family Safeguarding model. Workers in our Family Safeguarding teams received positive feedback during our recent Ofsted inspection and team diagnostics, for their proactive and thoughtful support to children and their families and the quality of their care planning.

What kind of experience or qualifications do I need?

You might be someone with some supervisory experience who’s looking to step up into your first management role, or you might be someone who has management experience already who is looking for a change. You will be passionate about relationship-based social work, proud of your profession, and able to reflect and think creatively about how to support your team and contribute to the organisation as a whole. You will need to be a qualified social worker registered with Social Work England and have substantial experience working with children and families in social work.

What's in it for me?

We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

• We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
• Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Staff discounts in gyms.
• Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
• Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
• A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
• My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more

Anything else I should know?

Feel free to get in touch with Nicola McGrath or an informal discussion via email [e-mail]

When completing your application/CV please provide your full employment history and ensure that any gaps in employment are explained. Please start with your current or most recent employment.

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