Team Manager, safeguarding

Team Manager – Family Safeguarding Team  
Initial 3-month interim contract
Inside IR35 – £42-44 per hour (via umbrella)
South West of England, Local Authority
Hybrid working; 1-2 days a week on-site  

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Team Manager to support the Family Safeguarding Team for an initial 3 months in a fantastic Local Authority in the South West of England. Reporting to the Service Manager, you are with be joining a fantastic team, responsible for managing the delivery of high-quality and effective social care services to respond to the needs of the services.

CV submission is ASAP, with a view to interview W/C Monday 3rd November 2025.

Your responsibilities as the Team manager for Safeguarding:

• Assess and balance risk and protective factors within a safeguarding framework.
• Ensure every team member has performance and development objectives set and these are reviewed and monitored regularly.
• To take a professional lead on safeguarding and provide expert knowledge of safeguarding processes, policy and case law.
• Provide leadership and apply more specialist social work practice skills and knowledge to make independent decisions, seeking advice as needed and ensuring subsequent actions are completed.
• Manage the team budget and ensure that systems for delegated financial.
• Take the lead in initiating, developing and sustaining internal and external working relationships with other professionals, partner organisations and external agencies.

 
Your required experience as the Team manager for Safeguarding:

• Registered with Social Work England.
• Must have recent experience at Team Manager level, with the skills to hit the ground running.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of systems and processes to manage case work and budgets in order to provide focused social work activity.
• Flexibility; must be able to work on site when required, typically 1-2 days per week as agreed with your Manager.
• Experience of leading and managing teams to achieve high performance.
• Available references for most recent 2 year’s roles.
• Must hold a current DBS or be willing to undertake one.

If you’re interested in discussing this opportunity in more detail or know someone who this may be of interest to, please contact Sarah Macrae on 0117 3137110 or apply today.
 
(We offer a senior referral scheme upon successful placement of your recommendation so please do get in contact)

Our clients are passionate about creating and evolving a diverse workforce and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant.  Recruiting decisions are based on your experience and skills.  Any reasonable adjustments in the workplace will be fully supported during the application and hiring process.

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