Team Manager - Safeguarding Team

Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Children’s Team Manager to join its client’s Safeguarding team, based in Barnsley.

This is an excellent opportunity for a strong leader with a proven background in safeguarding and child protection services. The successful candidate will oversee a team of 7 Social Workers, providing effective management, supervision, and support to ensure high-quality outcomes for children and families.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Manage and lead a Safeguarding Team of 7 Social Workers.
• Provide regular supervision, guidance, and performance management.
• Oversee cases involving:
  • Children in Need (CIN)
  • Child Protection (CP)
  • Private Law Proceedings
  • Public Law Proceedings
• Ensure assessments, plans, and interventions are completed to a high standard and within statutory timescales.
• Support social workers with complex case decision-making and risk management.
• Promote effective multi-agency working to safeguard children and improve outcomes.
• Drive service improvement and maintain compliance with statutory requirements and local procedures.
• Monitor team performance and contribute to quality assurance activities.

Qualifications and Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have;

• Significant management experience within Children's Social Care.
• Proven experience managing safeguarding teams.
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Children in Need (CIN)
  • Child Protection (CP)
  • Public Law Outline (PLO)
  • Care Proceedings
  • Private Law Proceedings
• Excellent leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to support and develop staff while managing performance effectively.
• Social Work England registration.
• Degree or equivalent qualification in Social Work.
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Why Liquid Personnel?

• Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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