Team Manager for the Children in Care

Community Care Live; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Care Live is seeking an experienced Team Manager for the Children in Care Team in Nottingham. You will lead a dedicated team delivering stable, nurturing and ambitious support for children and young people in our care, ensuring they have every opportunity to thrive.

You will oversee high-quality social work practice, meet statutory duties, and drive child-centred care planning with foster carers, education, health and partner agencies.

Qualifications

• Experience leading social care teams.
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Understanding of children's social care and statutory duties.

Responsibilities

• Oversee high-quality social work practice, ensuring statutory duties are met.
• Lead and develop the Children in Care team to achieve permanence and positive outcomes.
• Build collaborative relationships with foster carers, schools, health, and partner agencies.
• Promote relationship-based practice and continuous service improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Children's social care

Job description

Team Manager for the Children in Care– closes Friday 9th October

• Hybrid Working
• Full-Time 37 hours a week
• Permanent
• Salary: £51,356 - £54,495

As Team Manager for the Children in Care Team, you will play a key role in helping us deliver our vision that every child in Nottingham is seen, heard, and supported to thrive. You will lead a dedicated team committed to providing stable, nurturing, and ambitious support for children and young people in our care, ensuring they have every opportunity to achieve positive outcomes and reach their full potential.

You will be responsible for overseeing high-quality social work practice, ensuring statutory responsibilities are met and children receive the right support at the right time. Through effective leadership and management oversight, you will ensure care planning is child-centred, purposeful, and focused on achieving permanence, stability and positive long-term outcomes for children and young people.

Working closely with foster carers, residential providers, education, health, and partner agencies, you will champion collaborative working that places children at the centre of decision‑making. You will support children to maintain meaningful relationships, achieve their educational potential, and access the services and opportunities they need to thrive.

We are seeking an experienced and passionate manager with a strong understanding of children's social care and the needs of children in care. You will bring excellent leadership and practice development skills, alongside a commitment to relationship‑based practice, high professional standards, and continuous improvement.

You will play a key role in driving high-quality practice across the team, ensuring children's voices are heard and their experiences shape the support they receive. Through effective leadership, you will help create a culture of aspiration, accountability and learning, improving life chances and achieving the best possible outcomes for children and young people across Nottingham.

The closing date for applications is 23.59 on Friday 9th October. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as vacancies may close before the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of applications.