Team Manager

4 days ago

Worcester WR, United Kingdom CRA GROUP RECRUITMENT AND PAYROLL LTD Full time £30,000 - £60,000 per year
3 Month Contract With A Local Authority

Role Purpose

We are seeking an experienced Team Manager / Independent Reviewing Officer (IRO) to provide sickness-cover management within our Supporting Families First service. This dynamic, multi-disciplinary team works directly with families identified as Children in Need (CIN) under Section 17 of the Children Act 1989, delivering intensive family support and safeguarding interventions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide operational management and professional supervision to a multi-disciplinary CIN team.

  • Ensure effective case allocation, workload management, and oversight of social work practice.

  • Maintain high standards of performance, safeguarding, and statutory compliance.

  • Fulfil IRO responsibilities, including chairing CIN reviews, quality assurance of plans, and escalation where necessary.

  • Monitor the effectiveness of CIN and family support plans, ensuring children's voices are central to decision-making.

  • Provide critical challenge to practitioners to improve outcomes and reduce risk.

  • Oversee complex CIN cases, ensuring risk assessments are robust and regularly reviewed.

  • Ensure practice aligns with Section 17 responsibilities, Working Together guidance, and local safeguarding procedures.

  • Promote safe, timely, and coordinated responses to emerging risks.

  • Work collaboratively with health, education, police, early help, and voluntary services.

  • Support the integrated approach offered by the Supporting Families First service.

  • Strengthen partnerships to ensure coordinated, child-centred interventions.

  • Drive continuous improvement and reflective learning within the team.

  • Support staff training, coaching, and development in child protection, CIN processes, and family-led approaches.

  • Ensure recording, decision-making, and casework reflect best practice standards.

  • Contribute to service development initiatives and performance reporting.

  • Maintain accurate, timely case notes and oversight records.

  • Provide leadership cover as required across pods, ensuring service continuity.

Requirements

  • Qualified Social Worker with registration (SWE).

  • Strong experience working as a Team Manager, IRO, Deputy Team Manager, or Senior Practitioner within children's services.

  • Proven track record in CIN, safeguarding, and multi-disciplinary family support.

  • Experience managing complex cases and providing high-quality supervision.

  • In-depth knowledge of:

  • The Children Act 1989, particularly Section 17

  • CIN and CP pathways

  • Working Together to Safeguard Children

  • Safeguarding and multi-agency practice

  • Ability to analyse risk, quality-assure plans, and drive improved outcomes.

  • Strong leadership, communication, and organisational skills.

  • Confident in chairing meetings, challenging practice, and escalating concerns appropriately.

  • Ability to travel within Worcestershire across service pods.

  • Flexible, resilient, and able to manage high-pressure environments.

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