UASC & Pathways Team Manager

Opus People Solutions Limited; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

Shropshire Council in Shrewsbury is seeking an experienced Team Manager to lead the UASC & Pathways Service, guiding social workers caring for unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people aged 16-18. You will oversee practice quality, risk management, and complex decision-making in a challenging environment.

The role prioritises statutory oversight, safeguarding, and effective pathway planning, with office-based one day per week and a 37-hour week.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Care Planning Regulations.
• Looked After Children processes knowledge.
• Pathway Planning and Leaving Care legislation knowledge.
• Age assessments and immigration-related considerations affecting UASC young people.
• Safeguarding and risk management practices awareness.
• Ability to provide robust case oversight and quality assurance.
• Experience chairing multi-agency meetings and making complex management decisions.
• Social Work England registration.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Responsibilities

• Manage and supervise a team of 7 Social Workers, ensuring statutory supervision takes place every 4 weeks.
• Provide clear management oversight across all cases within the UASC and Pathways Service.
• Chair multi-agency meetings relating to permanence planning, pathway planning, safeguarding, and risk management.
• Quality assure assessments, pathway plans, reviews, and statutory documentation in a timely manner.
• Monitor team performance and attend weekly performance meetings to review data, address outstanding actions, and drive service improvement.
• Act as Duty Manager for the CLA and UASC Service, providing management cover during annual leave and sickness periods.
• Support staff with complex decision-making, risk management, and permanency planning.
• Ensure statutory responsibilities are met for looked-after children and unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people.

Skills

Team supervision

Management decisions

Multi-agency meetings

Quality assurance

Risk management

Safeguarding

UASC knowledge

Education

Social Work England registration

Job description

Shropshire Council in Shrewsbury is seeking an experienced Team Manager to lead the UASC & Pathways Service, guiding social workers caring for unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people aged 16-18. You will oversee practice quality, risk management, and complex decision-making in a challenging environment.

The role prioritises statutory oversight, safeguarding, and effective pathway planning, with office-based one day per week and a 37-hour week.