Team Manager – Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children’s Service

4 months ago

Ashford, United Kingdom Kent County Council Full time

Role Responsibility

Want to take the next step in Social Care leadership?

A competitive basic salary between £50,239 and £58,491 dependant on your experience, and the potential to earn up to £66,491 per year when market premiums are applied.

Kent County Councils Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking (UAS) Childrens Service provides accommodation and support to newly arrived unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Kent. The Service leads on social work practice with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in Kent, which Ofsted recognises as Outstanding. The Service is developing as a centre of excellence for social work practice nationally and we are seeking passionate social workers and managers to join us on this journey.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead a team of Social Workers and Social Work Assistants within the UAS Childrens Service. This is an opportunity to meaningfully play a part in creating a culture that fosters excellence and collaboration and a place where workers are empowered to be creative.

You will lead a diverse and supportive team, committed to providing a high-quality initial assessment service, with a clear focus on protection and the wider safeguarding agenda.

This is an opportunity to work in a Service where you will be responding to newly arrived unaccompanied asylum-seeking children; you will support them on the start of the journey in the UK and ensure that their voice is heard.

You will work closely with senior managers, KCC colleagues and partners to deliver and improve services for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the Service, in Kent and nationally.

Youll be a champion of social care values, delivering and improving services for children and young people. Your day-to-day support and high-quality caseload supervision will ensure your team can meet complex and changing demands of the service, as well as enable their ongoing development.

You should be confident in your ability to lead and develop a team. With an in-depth understanding of safeguarding procedures, legislative frameworks and social work theories relating to child services, youll have the expertise needed to contribute to practice and policy development.

Your social work degree (CQSW, DipSW or equivalent) must be supported by professional registration as a social worker with Social Work England and extensive post-qualification experience. This experience should include supervision, budget management and joint working with partners in the statutory, private and voluntary sectors.

Our Offer

Full induction Manageable caseloads A minimum of Annual leave allowance of 29 to 30 days (plus bank holidays and an extra day off at Christmas) Up to £2,000 car market premium £3,000 annual market premium £3,000 golden hello (welcome) payment Relocation packages up to £8,000 Excellent local government pension scheme Opportunities to develop in your career The opportunity to develop knowledge in niche areas of social work and expand your knowledge and skills of working with children seeking asylum


This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service and registration as a qualified Social Worker with Social Work England.

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