Team Manager - Children Looked After

Team Manager - Children Looked After (CLA)

• Location: Bury, Greater Manchester (Bury Council)

• Pay Rate: £40.00 - £46.00 per hour (dependent on experience)

• Contract: Full-time, Locum / Temporary

• Service Area: Children's Services / Looked After Children (CLA)

We are recruiting an experienced Team Manager to lead a dedicated team of social workers within the Children Looked After (CLA) Service at Bury Council.

In this role, you will oversee and manage the frontline delivery of field social work services to looked after children, ensuring that all statutory obligations, safeguarding frameworks, and departmental policies are rigorously upheld. You will also oversee services to children in need and their families, including those requiring child protection intervention.

• Provide operational and supervisory management to a team of frontline social workers handling complex CLA and safeguarding caseloads.

• Ensure all statutory requirements, timescales, and departmental procedures are met across the team.

• Support the delivery of effective care plans, reviews, and permanency planning for looked after children.

• Oversee social work interventions for children in need and their families, ensuring robust risk assessments and protection measures are in place.

• Monitor performance indicators, maintain data accuracy, and conduct regular formal supervision and reflective practice sessions.

• Collaborate closely with partner agencies, including health, education, the judiciary, and independent reviewing services.

• Professional Social Work Qualification: CQSW, DipSW, BA Hons SW, or recognised equivalent.

• Social Work England Registration: Active and in good standing.

• Proven supervisory or management experience within statutory Children's Services (specifically within CLA, CIC, or Safeguarding/Child Protection teams).

• Thorough working knowledge of the Children Act 1989/2004, statutory guidance, and court proceedings.

• Strong decision-making, quality assurance, and dispute resolution abilities.

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

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