Team Manager Adolescent Safeguarding
30 days ago
Dudley
Job Description 5-6 months contract with a Local Authority Job Summary: • An exciting interim opportunity has arisen for a highly skilled and experienced Team Manager to lead a dedicated Adolescent Safeguarding team. • This role involves overseeing complex safeguarding work for vulnerable adolescents at risk of exploitation, serious youth violence, and contextual harm. • You will provide effective leadership, supervision, and quality assurance across the team to ensure children and families receive high-quality support and intervention. • The successful candidate will have a strong background in safeguarding adolescents, managing multi-disciplinary teams, and delivering improved outcomes for children through strength-based and trauma-informed practice. Key Duties/Accountabilities (Sample): • Lead and manage a team of social workers and practitioners working with adolescents at risk of harm, including exploitation and serious youth violence. • Oversee assessments, care planning and interventions to ensure they are timely, proportionate, and outcome-focused., • Provide reflective supervision, case direction, and support to practitioners to ensure safe and effective decision-making. • Ensure work complies with legislative frameworks, statutory guidance, and local procedures relating to child protection and safeguarding. • Chair strategy meetings, multi-agency risk panels and contribute to high-risk decision making alongside partner agencies., • Promote strength-based, restorative, and trauma-informed approaches to safeguarding practice. • Lead audits, quality assurance activity and performance monitoring within the team. • Contribute to service development and continuous improvement within adolescent safeguarding services., • Maintain effective working relationships with external partners including police, education, health, and voluntary sector agencies. Skills/Experience: • Substantial post-qualifying experience in children's social care, specifically safeguarding adolescents. • Proven leadership and management experience within statutory children's services., • In-depth knowledge of relevant legislation including the Children Act 1989/2004, Working Together to Safeguard Children, and contextual safeguarding frameworks. • Experience of managing complex risk, including child criminal and sexual exploitation, missing children, and gang-related harm. • Skilled in multi-agency working and chairing complex safeguarding meetings., • Confident in using performance data and quality assurance tools to improve practice. • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills. • Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities. Additional Information: • The closing date: 13/10/2025. • Qualified social worker registered with Social Work England. • Enhanced DBS and references required prior to start. • Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week). Requirements • Substantial post-qualifying experience in children's social care, specifically safeguarding adolescents. • Proven leadership and management experience within statutory children's services., • In-depth knowledge of relevant legislation including the Children Act 1989/2004, Working Together to Safeguard Children, and contextual safeguarding frameworks. • Experience of managing complex risk, including child criminal and sexual exploitation, missing children, and gang-related harm. • Skilled in multi-agency working and chairing complex safeguarding meetings., • Confident in using performance data and quality assurance tools to improve practice. • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills. • Ability to work under pressure and manage competing priorities.