Team Manager - Leaving Care Team

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Warwick; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

Warwickshire County Council seeks a Team Manager for its Leaving Care Service. This role, covering both North and South county, is a permanent position for 22.2 hours per week. The team manager will oversee housing initiatives and guide a small team to support young people in care, making a significant impact on their lives.

Benefits

Supportive management and supervision policy

Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee

Generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas

Refer a Friend package

Qualifications

• Must possess a professional Social Work qualification.
• Social Work England Registration is required.
• Experience in housing, social care, or youth services is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic oversight of Supported Lodgings and Staying Put schemes.
• Manage and support a team of professionals, including Housing Advisors.
• Ensure young people receive support through multi-agency partnerships.

Skills

Leadership

Relationship Building

Problem Solving

Education

Professional Social Work qualification

Social Work England Registration

Job description

About the Team:

Warwickshire’s Leaving Care Team, work with care experienced young people aged 16-25. The Leaving Care Team is a county wide service with offices in the North and the South of the county to enable access for all our young people.

Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire begins to embed our Families First teams who support the young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multi disciplinary and multi agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education. Find out why we are good Ofsted.

If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service. Click here to find out more about Warwickshire County Council’s Children and Families Service.

Our Offer to you includes:

• Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
• Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee.
• A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas
• We also offer a Refer a Friend package for some roles. Terms and Conditions apply

About the Role:

Team Manager in our Leaving Care Service covering the North and South of the county for a 3 days a week (22.2 hours) Permanent post.

The details of the role are as follows:

• Provide strategic oversight of ourSupported LodgingsandStaying Putschemes.
• Manage and support a small team of experienced professionals, including:
• Two Housing Advisorswho work directly with care-experienced young people to secure appropriate housing.
• One Personal Advisorresponsible for assessing supported lodging providers, presenting them to panel, and overseeing Staying Put arrangements.
• You will play a key role in ensuring that our young people are supported through strong multi-agency partnerships and innovative housing solutions.

Click here to download our Why work for Us Brochure

Key Requirements:

• A strong interest in housing and understands the challenges faced by care-experienced young people.
• Is confident in leading and supporting a team.
• Can build and maintain effective partnerships with key stakeholders, including theDepartment for Education,district and borough councils, andhousing providers.
• Brings a proactive, solution-focused mindset to service development and delivery.
• Experience in housing, social care, or youth services is desirable, but we are also open to candidates with transferable skills and a passion for making a difference.

Applicants for the role will need a professional Social Work qualification and Social Work England Registration.

If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire’s Children and Families service.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification below:

https://api.warwickshire.gov.uk/documents/WCCC-1642278725-6847

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make:

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feelsvalued, included, safe, supported,andwelcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund.

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

Click here to view the benefits at Warwickshire County Council.

Additional Information:

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

This role requires employees to undergo Non-Police Personnel Vetting (NPPV). This process ensures that individuals who are not police staff but have physical or remote access to police premises, information, intelligence, financial, or operational assets are assessed for their reliability and integrity. This assessment determines their suitability for clearance to work within police premises.

To discuss the role please contact Santosh Dosanjh, [e-mail].

Closing Date: 14/07/25
Interview Date: 07/08/25

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact [e-mail] and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See?more