Team Manager - Youth & Family

Peterborough First group; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 25+ days

Cycle to Work

Car lease scheme

Flexible bank holidays

Volunteering hours

AVC pension contributions

Career development opportunities

Equality & Diversity network

Job summary

Peterborough City Council’s Young People’s Safeguarding Service seeks a Senior Practitioner or Team Manager to lead a multi-disciplinary team of social workers and youth practitioners in trauma-informed safeguarding for 12–17-year-olds at risk.

You will collaborate with police, health, education and housing to deliver robust safeguarding responses while ensuring professional development and reflective practice within your team.

Qualifications

• Current registration with Social Work England.
• Experience leading decision making and safeguarding practice.
• Willingness and ability to travel between locations.
• In-depth knowledge of legal and policy frameworks in Children's Social Care.
• Trauma-informed approach to practice.
• Experience managing risk with teenagers and families.

Responsibilities

• Manage one of the three Young People's Safeguarding teams including senior practitioner, social workers and youth practitioners.
• Lead decision making and contribute to safeguarding practice across the team.
• Collaborate with police, health, youth justice, housing and education to ensure safeguarding responses.
• Support CP, S47 investigations, strategy discussions and care proceedings as needed.
• Promote trauma-informed approaches and drive service improvements.

Skills

Leadership experience

Learning & CPD

Risk management with teens

Trauma-informed practice

Risk management

Education

Social Work England registration

Job description

Are you a Senior Practitioner or Team Manager who is driven to work with teenagers? Does your leadership experience equip you with the skills needed to support a team working to deliver trauma informed services to secure better outcomes for vulnerable young people and their families?

Our Young People's Safeguarding Service may have just the role for you! Want to know more?

About the Role

You will manage one of the three Young People's Safeguarding teams including senior practitioner, social workers and youth practitioners. Our work covers a wide remit within social care practice such as S17 assessments, strategy discussions, S47 investigations, care proceedings and CP. This role could be considered for an experienced Senior Practitioner looking to step up to the next level.

What is the Young People's Safeguarding Service?

Our service, which includes our Exploitation and Missing Team, work alongside children aged 12-17 years who are assessed as being at risk from exploitation, mental health, edge of care, homelessness, substance misuse, and other risks outside the home. We are a diverse and dedicated team of professionals who provide a supportive environment for colleagues and encourage creativity in our work with young people.

We adopt a Trauma Informed approach and utilise our psychologists within the team to support our work. The voice of the child is central to all we do and we endeavour to get alongside families and utilise their family network with our support wherever possible.

You will work closely with partners from police, health, youth justice, housing and education to ensure a robust safeguarding response.

You will be joining a team full of energy, curiosity and a whole lot of experience! We invite you to come on board and share your knowledge and skills with us and collectively we will continue our journey to make a difference in the lives of vulnerable young people within our local community!

Still interested?

What you would bring to the role:

• You have current registration with Social Work England
• You are leadership experienced while still being willing to learn new things and maintain your own continuing professional development.
• You have the willingness and ability to travel between locations.
• You have an in-depth knowledge of the legal and policy frameworks and guidance that inform and mandate social work practice in Children's Social Care.
• You are experienced in leading decision making and contributing to exceptional safeguarding practice
• You adopt a trauma informed approach to your practice
• Your experience and oversight in managing risk with teenagers, their families and partners is key.

Our Benefits

We value our colleagues and have developed a number of benefits in addition to our generous annual leave starting at 25 days + bank holidays, sick pay and local government pension scheme…

• Access to a range of benefits via our Employee Benefits Platform, including in-store and online discounts as well as our Cycle to Work and Home & Electronics schemes
• Buy up to 10 days additional annual leave (pro-rata)
• Access to car lease scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared Cost AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities including apprenticeships to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to our equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to receive Employee Recognition Awards

Our Commitments

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to fostering diversity, advancing equity, and building an inclusive workplace for everyone. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and particularly encourage those from underrepresented groups, including disabled people, care leavers, and individuals from minority ethnic communities. Your unique perspectives and experiences are encouraged and valued and will play a vital role in our success.
We are committed to making our recruitment process as accessible as possible. If you are a person who has or considers yourself to have a disability and you require reasonable adjustments to the application or interview process, please contact [e-mail].
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you've already applied and completed the recruitment process for this position within the last three months, there's no need to reapply. We really appreciate your interest and thank you for considering us.