Assistant Team Manager

Your tasks

Responsibilities include leadership, supervision and professional oversight within a team of Social Workers and Alternative Qualified Family Support Practitioners (AQFSPs), including direct supervision of AQFSPs, and supporting high-quality Child and Family Assessments, effective plans and strengths-based interventions.

Requirements

We are looking for an experienced Assistant Team Manager, a qualified social worker with management experience, for our Children and Families Assessment Service. The role will support the Families First Programme and our developing Family Help approach.

Candidates must have at least three years’ statutory English local authority post-qualification experience, in line with the stated DfE requirements.

Assessment support experience is required, alongside essential experience in SMART care planning, multi-agency working and managing Child in Need, Child Protection, care proceedings and looked-after children’s cases.

Desirable: individual/group supervision, managing ASYE social workers and family support practitioners, and knowledge of restorative/strengths-based practice and Families First/Family Help. Practice training provided.

What we offer

Hybrid working, a manageable caseload, monthly supervision and the opportunity to help shape a new team.

Other

This is an exciting opportunity to shape innovative, relationship-based support, reduce unnecessary handovers and make a meaningful difference for children and families.