Team Manager - Help & Protect - Knowsley

Caritas Recruitment; Liverpool City Region; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Knowsley Council is seeking an experienced Children’s Social Care Team Manager to lead the Help & Protect service, overseeing work with Children in Need and Child Protection. The role requires strong leadership, safeguarding expertise and a track record of improving practice and outcomes for children and families.

The post is permanent, 36 hours per week with hybrid working and office-based days. Starting salary is £55,224 per annum, reflecting seniority and responsibility in a statutory service.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership in children's social care.
• Experience providing reflective supervision and managing performance.
• Strong safeguarding and CIN/CP knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate a team of Social Workers.
• Provide regular supervision and clear management oversight.
• Monitor quality and performance of casework; ensure safeguarding duties.
• Allocate and prioritise work across the team.
• Use audits and performance indicators to drive good practice.
• Support staff development, including ASYE Social Workers.
• Lead service improvements and contribute to service planning.
• Collaborate with senior managers and partner agencies.
• Maintain child-focused, outcome-focused practice within policy.

Skills

Team leadership

Supervision

Decision-making

Quality assurance

Staff development

Job description

Children's Social Care Team Manager - Help & Protect

Knowsley Council | Permanent

Starting salary: £55,224 per annum

36 hours per week | Hybrid working

We're recruiting an experienced Children's Social Care Team Manager to join Knowsley's Help and Protect Service, overseeing work with Children in Need (CIN) and Child Protection (CP).

This is a permanent opportunity for an experienced social work leader who can provide strong management oversight, support high-quality practice and lead a team of Social Workers to deliver positive outcomes for children, young people and their families.

The role will include:

• Leading, motivating and supervising a team of Social Workers
• Providing regular reflective supervision, clear management oversight and effective decision-making
• Managing and monitoring the quality and performance of casework
• Ensuring statutory responsibilities and safeguarding duties are met
• Allocating and prioritising work effectively across the team
• Using audits, performance indicators and quality assurance to drive good practice
• Supporting the development, training and progression of staff, including ASYE Social Workers
• Leading service improvements and contributing to wider service planning
• Working closely with senior managers and partner agencies
• Ensuring practice remains child-focused, outcome-focused and compliant with relevant legislation, policy and procedures

Working arrangements

The role is 36 hours per week with hybrid working available.

There is an expectation to be office-based a minimum of 3 days per week. During the Team Manager's duty week, which is 1 week in every 8, the expectation is to be office-based for the full week.

Huyton, Merseyside

Starting salary: £55,224 per annum

Permanent position

This would be a great opportunity for an established Team Manager, or an experienced children's social care manager with strong CIN/CP, safeguarding, supervision and management oversight experience, looking for a permanent leadership opportunity.