37 hours per week
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Team Manager to lead our Referral and Intervention Team, managing a group of 6 Social Workers delivering high-quality services to children and families.
About the Role
As Team Manager, you will oversee a team responsible for completing Child and Family Assessments and Section 47 enquiries received via the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH). You will play a pivotal role in ensuring interventions are timely, proportionate, and focused on achieving the best outcomes for children.
You will provide strong leadership, oversight, and support to your team, ensuring practice is reflective, evidence-based, and child-centred.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage, supervise, and develop a team of 6 Social Workers
- Provide regular reflective supervision, supporting practitioners to think critically about their work, decision-making, and the lived experiences of children
- Oversee the completion of Child and Family Assessments and Section 47 investigations
- Ensure high-quality, analytical assessments that consider: The lived experience of the child, Family history and patterns and Strengths and support networks
- Promote early intervention, ensuring support is implemented during the assessment phase where appropriate
- Drive proportionate decision-making, utilising community resources and Early Help services
- Ensure robust quality assurance of all assessments and interventions
- Oversee the development of effective safety plans following Section 47 enquiries
- Ensure children are seen within statutory timescales and practice meets legislative requirements
- Monitor and track team performance, addressing areas for improvement and celebrating good practice
- Work collaboratively with the MASH Team Manager, providing cover during periods of leave and offering support as required to maintain service delivery
The successful candidate will:
- Have significant experience within Children’s Social Care, including management of frontline teams
- Demonstrate strong knowledge of assessment frameworks, safeguarding processes, Section 47 enquiries, and MASH procedures
- Have a clear understanding of threshold application and decision-making at the point of referral
- Be committed to high-quality practice and improving outcomes for children
- Show the ability to lead, motivate, and develop staff
- Have excellent skills in risk assessment, analysis, and decision-making
- Be confident in performance management and data tracking
- Be passionate about early intervention and working with families’ strengths and networks
You will benefit from:
- Five extra days to take during the year for professional development; to support career progression and ongoing learning for the MASH team.
- A generous market supplement and relocation package.
Do you...
Want a new challenge?
Want to work in a dynamic environment?
Want to focus on improvement and continual learning? Share our vision and ambition to get things right for children? Share our aim to intervene at the right time, in the right place and with the right support?
Does this sound like an opportunity you or someone you know might be interested in?
If the answer is yes, we would love to hear from you!
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Sara Carvalho at [email protected].
Join #TeamIWC and you'll receive our staff benefits package, including:
- Annual leave entitlement of 32 days p/a PLUS public holidays!
- Local Government pension scheme
- Discounted Solent ferry travel
- Island bus network discount
- Cycle to work scheme
- Staff parking permit scheme
- Discounted island sports & leisure gym membership
- National and local discounts & benefits schemes
- Relocation scheme of up to £8,000 may be available for some roles (subject to criteria)
- Travel allowance may be available if commuting from the mainland (subject to criteria)
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We actively promote the diversity of our workforce, and provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees. We are an equal opportunities employer, proud to encourage applications from all cultures, backgrounds and abilities to better reflect the diversity within our local community.
We are a Disability Confident employer. Along with a number of commitments, this means, providing you meet the basic essential requirements of the advertised role and have declared yourself as disabled, you will be offered an opportunity for an interview within the council.
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Please note, appointment to a regulated role will require you to provide additional personal details, including full employment history, referee information, and consent for any required safeguarding checks, as part of the Council’s commitment to safer recruitment and compliance with regulatory requirements.
This council and its schools recruit according to the council’s Recruitment, Policy and Procedure and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.
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