Team Manager - Integrated Assessment Service

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Reading; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS

Life Assurance - three times annual-sv

On-site day nursery

Season Ticket Loan

Lease car salary sacrifice

Flexible working opportunities

Job summary

Reading Borough Council is seeking an experienced Team Manager to lead the Integrated Assessment Service in Reading. The role ensures timely assessments and safeguarding, guiding a team of social workers, managing workloads and risk, and promoting continuous improvement across partnerships.

You will drive high-quality practice, oversee complex child protection and planning processes, and contribute to workforce development and policy.

Responsibilities

• Lead, supervise and support a team of approximately six social workers
• Allocate and monitor workloads, ensuring effective management of risk and priorities
• Provide guidance and oversight on complex child protection, child in need and assessment work
• Drive high-quality practice through supervision, performance management and quality assurance activity
• Support the recruitment, retention and development of a skilled and motivated workforce
• Chair strategy meetings, planning meetings and reviews where required
• Ensure compliance with statutory requirements, safeguarding procedures and service standards
• Build strong relationships with partner agencies to improve outcomes for children and families
• Contribute to service improvement, policy development and workforce planning
• Manage delegated budgets and resources effectively, ensuring value for money

Job description

Team Manager - Integrated Assessment Service

Team Managers are expected to work from the office during their designated Duty Week. Outside of Duty Week, the role operates on a hybrid working arrangement.

At Reading Borough Council, we're looking for an experienced and motivated Team Manager to lead our Integrated Assessment Service, ensuring children receive the right support at the right time and that safeguarding remains at the heart of everything we do.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a service focused on delivering high-quality assessments, effective interventions and positive outcomes. You'll provide visible leadership to a team of social workers, promoting a culture of continuous improvement, quality practice and strong partnership working across the children's workforce.

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.

Company: Reading Borough Council

Salary: £61,195 - £67,399

Hours: Full-time; Working pattern: On-site; Location: Reading, RG1 2LU; Job type: Permanent

About the role

As Team Manager, you'll provide operational leadership and oversight of referrals requiring assessment, ensuring statutory responsibilities are met and that assessments, child protection enquiries and planning processes are completed to a high standard and within timescales.

You will:

• Lead, supervise and support a team of approximately six social workers
• Allocate and monitor workloads, ensuring effective management of risk and priorities
• Provide guidance and oversight on complex child protection, child in need and assessment work
• Drive high-quality practice through supervision, performance management and quality assurance activity
• Support the recruitment, retention and development of a skilled and motivated workforce
• Chair strategy meetings, planning meetings and reviews where required
• Ensure compliance with statutory requirements, safeguarding procedures and service standards
• Build strong relationships with partner agencies to improve outcomes for children and families
• Contribute to service improvement, policy development and workforce planning
• Manage delegated budgets and resources effectively, ensuring value for money

You’ll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you’ll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.

Our values and behaviours

• Work Together as one team - champion and inspire a culture which ensures that all employees across the organisation work together to provide excellent outcomes for Reading
• Drive Efficiency - create an environment in which resources are used efficiently and employees’ skills are developed and used effectively
• Be Ambitious - aspire to deliver excellence and inspire and support others to reach their potential
• Make a Difference to Reading - inspire a culture in which the customer is the focus and where change is welcomed as an opportunity

Our offer

We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition is strongly encouraged, and you’ll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.

Salary and benefits

• Generous holiday entitlement - 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays - rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service and 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave
• A wide range of flexible working opportunities
• Modern working environment at the Civic Offices in the heart of Reading
• Life Assurance - three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
• On-site day nursery (Kennet Day nursery) rated outstanding by Ofsted
• Season Ticket Loan - a loan to help with the cost of your rail or bus journey, to and from work
• Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand new, greener car for three years. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Closing Date: Sunday 23rd August 2026

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Interview Process: To be confirmed