TEAM MANAGER - Intake & Assessment

Cyngor Caerdydd/Cardiff Council; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market supplement

Job summary

Cardiff Council in Cardiff is seeking an experienced Team Manager for the Intake and Assessment teams. You will lead a full team of social workers, ensuring a child-centred approach and strong supervision within a duty-rotated remit across the city.

You will oversee Section 47 and wellbeing assessments, with potential handover to Locality teams for longer interventions. The role may involve work with unaccompanied children and multi-agency collaboration.

Qualifications

• Qualified Social Worker with registration to practice in Wales.
• Experience in supervision or management, or willingness to step into a managerial role.
• Commitment to child-centred practice and voice of the child in all interventions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise an Intake & Assessment team delivering social work assessments.
• Carry out Section 47 and wellbeing assessments and related investigations.
• Hand over to Locality teams for longer interventions when required; support unaccompanied children as needed.
• Engage in home/school visits, court work, and multi-agency collaboration; promote safeguarding priorities.

Skills

Social Worker

Supervision

People management

Job description

With effect from 1st April 2026, this role attracts a market supplement of £5,000 (full time equivalent). This payment is reviewed on a 12 monthly basis

Cardiff is a thriving city standing proud as the capital, and largest city in, Wales. Cardiff has an international reputation, a distinct character, an excellent quality of life with a wide range of cultural, sporting and family attractions. Cardiff was recently voted Europe’s ‘third best’ capital city to live in by the European Union survey and it’s clear to see why. Just for good measure we have more urban green space than any other city in Britain!

You will be working for one of the largest employers in Wales, joining an experienced leadership team focused on ensuring a clear purpose, ‘can do’ culture, and business systems and practice which improve operational delivery.

We are committed to developing and empowering our frontline workforce. As a team we are passionate about making a positive difference, building on people’s strengths and developing effective, purposeful, relationships. Doing the right thing is invariably the most cost effective and efficient course of action.

About the job

As Team Manager for one of our four busy Intake and assessment teams you will be working with a full team of committed colleagues. The I&A team receive referrals from our MASH team once they have been screened and deemed appropriate for a statutory assessment. The team covers the whole of Cardiff on a duty rota basis and are centrally based at County Hall with agile working available to staff. The team work with children aged 0 - 18 and their families.

You and your team will complete all aspects of social worker and assessments including but not exclusively Section 47 assessments, wellbeing assessments, part 4 investigations.

The Intake teams undertake the assessment and where required provide immediate support to children and their families. On occasion, this is the only intervention required. However, if a longer term intervention is needed, the child’s plan will handover to a Locality team for the longer interventions as required.

There is the opportunity to undertake assessments and support with unaccompanied children and children and families with no recourse to public funds.

We work hard with children who are deemed on the edge of care to identify suitable support to ensure that they are able to remain safely within their families.

What We Are Looking For From You

As Team Manager, you will need to be an experienced Social Worker with experience in supervision either with management experience or looking to step in to a management role.

You will work within a strength-based model and ensure that the voice of the child is central to all intervention and assessment.

Direct work with children is valued and a child centred and holistic view is promoted with all families.

You will need to be able to drive as home and school visits as well as joint visits with police are regularly undertaken. The are many aspects of abuse that we assess including physical harm, emotional harm, sexually and neglect and included FGM and exploitation cases.

You will need to have experience of court work.

I&A is a challenging environment with many competing demands, you will need to be flexible, calm and objective able to weigh up competing demands effectively.

With effect from 1st April 2026, this role attracts a market supplement of £5,000 full time equivalent.

This payment is reviewed on a 12 monthly basis

This post has a requirement for registration with Social Care Wales.

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced check.

Safeguarding and Child Protection are key priorities for the Council. We aim to support children and vulnerable adults to ensure they are as safe as they can possibly be. Our services and schools are committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and vulnerable adults, and will take action to safeguard their well-being, and acknowledge that children and vulnerable adults have a right to protection. This is supported in the general ethos of the Council and all schools.

This vacancy is suitable for post share.

We welcome applications in both English and Welsh. Applications received in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than English applications.

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Job Category Social Services - Childrens

Working Pattern/Contract Type Full Time Permanent