Team Manager

We are recruiting for the role of Team Manager in our Children in Care Permanence Team. We are primarily based in Bedworth but offer a countywide service.

• We are seeking a Team Manager who has a passion to work with children and young people.
• Your role will be to lead, supervise and support a team of Social Workers undertaking frontline work with children and young people in care.
• You will provide high-quality reflective supervision, guidance and oversight to ensure practice is child-centred, relationship-based and achieves the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
• You will support practitioners to manage risk, progress permanence planning, and ensure children's voices remain central to all decision-making.
• You will be responsible for driving performance and quality assurance, ensuring that assessments, care plans and pathway plans are completed to a high standard and progressed in a timely manner.
• You will work closely with partner agencies, families and carers to ensure children and young people receive coordinated support that promotes stability, permanence and preparation for adulthood.
• We are seeking someone who is organised, performance driven, confident in their knowledge of legislation and processes, and someone who can bring their children to life when representing them both verbally in meetings and in writing.
Team Manager- Children in Care (HAY 10 social work qualified). Up to £60,583 per annum (Includes a £3,500 pro-rated annual market supplement which is subject to pension, tax and NI deductions Ts&Cs apply. Plus, Relocation Allowance up to £8,000 may be available from if the relevant policy criteria are met. Ts&Cs apply. Applicants for the role will need a professional Social Work qualification and Social Work England Registration

Warwickshire's Children in Care Permanence Team provides a countywide service for children and young people in care who have a permanence plan, including those placed both within and outside of Warwickshire. We are a dedicated and supportive team committed to ensuring children and young people are at the centre of all care and pathway planning decisions. We work with children of all ages, from infancy to 18, supporting a range of permanence arrangements including foster care, residential care, supported accommodation, supported lodgings and connected persons homes. We also work closely with families and, where it is safe and appropriate, support children and young people to return home. Our focus is on helping children and young people achieve the best possible outcomes. We strive to ensure they are safe, healthy, able to access education and training opportunities, and well prepared for adulthood. Building strong, meaningful relationships and amplifying the voice of the child are at the heart of everything we do. As Warwickshire continues to embed its Families First approach, this is an exciting opportunity to join a service committed to collaborative, multi-agency working that delivers positive and lasting change for children, young people and their families. As Team Manager, you will lead and support a team of Social Workers delivering frontline services to children and young people in care. You will provide reflective supervision, professional guidance and management oversight to promote high-quality practice and positive outcomes. A key aspect of the role is ensuring care and pathway plans progress in a timely way, with a clear focus on permanence, stability and achieving the best possible outcomes for our children and young people. You will champion relationship-based practice, ensuring children's voices are heard and that practitioners are supported to deliver effective interventions with families and carers. Now is an exciting time to be part of our team as Warwickshire embeds 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., Working for Warwickshire - This is the difference you make Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. 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., 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.


• 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, 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.