Team Manager - Family Safeguarding

Golearnleicestershire; Wigston; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Leicestershire County Council is seeking a permanent Team Manager - Safeguarding Team, based in Wigston. The post is 30 hours per week and requires Social Work England registration with substantial child protection experience.

You will lead a team of professionals, prioritise workloads, and ensure high-quality safeguarding and child protection services while meeting performance targets and statutory requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience of statutory childcare social work, including Child in Need, safeguarding, child protection and care proceedings.
• Experience of supervising staff and/or social work students.
• Management experience.
• Experience of using performance indicators to monitor and improve performance.
• Ability to analyse information to reach sound decisions, often under pressure, and take responsibility for their outcome and regular reporting to the Service Manager.
• Excellent safeguarding knowledge and best practice in the delivery of quality services.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to a team consisting of a senior practitioner, 3 social workers, 2 support and assessment workers and 2 support staff.
• Allocate and prioritise workloads to ensure child safety remains paramount while developing the team.
• Ensure performance targets are achieved and services run efficiently.
• Lead safeguarding casework and collaboration across child protection and care proceedings.
• Oversee Child in Need and related safeguarding processes; manage staff to deliver high-quality services.

Skills

Supervising staff

Management experience

Performance indicators

Analytical thinking

Safeguarding knowledge

Education

Social Work degree or equivalent (CQSW, DipSW)

Job description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Bassett Street, South Wigston, LE18 4PE

Salary: £52,221 - £56,826 per annum (pro-rata for part-time) (inclusive of market premia at £3,000) (Pay award pending)

Working Hours:37 Hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 13th September 2026

Interview Date(s): TBC

About the Role

Join our dedicated team at Leicestershire County Council as we strive to ensure the safety and well-being of children in our community. We are currently seeking a dynamic individual for the permanent position of Team Manager - Safeguarding Team, based in Wigston. The post is 30 hours per week.

We are seeking a Social Work Team Manager, with current Social Work England registration, with extensive social work experience in a child protection statutory setting. Preferably with some management experience.

You will provide leadership to your team, who will consist of a senior practitioner , 3 social workers , 2 support and assessment workers (who undertake parenting assessments) and 2 support staff (who supervise contact) You will be responsible for allocating and prioritising workloads effectively to ensure the care of the child is paramount, whilst also ensuring you develop your team to provide an effective and efficient service.

The right candidate will have responsibility for the whole team and will be expected to meet objectives and ensure performance targets are achieved.

Children’s safeguarding teams complete work with children who are subject to child protection plans, and Public Law Outline/initial care proceedings.

Utilising a relationship/trauma-based approach, where the young person is at the heart of everything we do.

An enhanced with barred list DBS check is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

About You

To apply for this post, you must respond to and evidence the following essential criteria within your personal statement. This should be no more than 1,000 words.

To apply for this post, you must:

• Social Work degree or equivalent, e.g. CQSW, DipSW (with specialism in children’s services), approved by Social Work England and evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience of statutory childcare social work, including Child in Need, safeguarding, child protection and care proceedings.
• Experience of supervising staff and/or social work students.
• Management experience.
• Experience of using performance indicators to monitor and improve performance.
• Ability to analyse information to reach sound decisions, often under pressure, and take responsibility for their outcome and regular reporting to the Service Manager.
• Excellent safeguarding knowledge and best practice in the delivery of quality services

In addition, we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesandto delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussion,please contact:

Jane Clamp Service Manager

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