Social Worker - Team Manager - Safeguarding Team

Liquidpersonnel; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 40,053 - 60,079; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive agency rate of £37.66 per hour

Opportunity for leadership role

Supportive management environment

Job summary

Liquid Personnel is seeking an Adult Team Manager to lead the Safeguarding team in Durham. This temporary position involves managing a team within Children’s Services to ensure quality practice and robust safeguarding interventions.

The ideal candidate will provide operational oversight, conduct case supervision, and work with senior managers and multi-agency partners. Applicants must have a valid Social Work England registration, post-qualification experience, and a relevant degree in Social Work.

Qualifications

• Social Work England registration is mandatory.
• Experience post-qualification is required.
• A degree or equivalent in Social Work must be held.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day management and leadership of the Safeguarding Team.
• Oversee quality assurance processes for assessments and care plans.
• Deliver regular case supervision to social workers.
• Monitor performance in high-risk and complex cases.

Skills

Social Work England registration

Post-qualified experience

Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

Eligible to work in the UK

Full UK driving licence

Job description

Liquid Personnel is recruiting for an Adult Team Manager to join its client’s Safeguarding team, based in Durham, presenting an exciting temporary leadership opportunity to manage a Safeguarding Team within Children’s Services.

The role is suited to an experienced and confident manager who can provide effective operational oversight, uphold high standards of practice, and support social workers in delivering robust safeguarding interventions. Responsibilities include case supervision, quality assurance, and performance management to ensure statutory duties are met and children remain safeguarded.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Provide day-to-day management and leadership of the Safeguarding Team.
• Oversee the quality assurance of assessments, care plans, and court reports, ensuring work meets statutory and organisational standards.
• Deliver regular case supervision to social workers, offering guidance, challenge, and professional support.
• Allocate work appropriately across the team, ensuring balanced caseloads and effective workflow management.
• Chair strategy discussions and strategy meetings.
• Chair Public Law Outline (PLO) meetings and support timely progression of cases.
• Undertake and contribute to audits, identifying learning and driving continuous improvement.
• Monitor performance and ensure effective decision-making in high-risk and complex cases.
• Work collaboratively with senior managers, legal services, and multi-agency partners.

Benefits

• Competitive agency rate of £37.66 per hour.
• Opportunity to step into a senior leadership role within safeguarding.
• Ability to influence practice quality and outcomes at a service level.
• Supportive senior management environment.
• Clear focus on quality, supervision, and strong safeguarding practice.

Skills and Experience Required

• Social Work England registration
• Eligible to work in the UK
• Hold a full UK driving licence
• Post-qualified experience
• Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.