Team Manager – Multi-Agency Child Protection Team

Overview

Lead and shape a new Multi-Agency Child Protection Team to improve safeguarding for children and families. Drive senior-level collaboration with partners across social care, police, health, and education, ensuring timely, child-centered responses. Shape practice, support staff development, and embed Families First reforms. This is a pivotal leadership role at the frontline of safeguarding with a clear impact on outcomes.

Pay / Benefits

• Market Rate Supplement 4500 per annum
• reflective supervision
• supportive management
• peer support
• development opportunities
• high-quality social work practice

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Multi-Agency Child Protection Team to deliver high‑quality safeguarding
• Ensure proportionate risk management with clear decision-making and oversight
• Foster learning, reflection and continuous improvement across the team
• Provide supervision and direction, balancing workloads to capacity
• Work with internal/external partners to create seamless multi‑agency responses
• Monitor performance and maintain accurate records to support decisions
• Complete audits and implement improvement plans based on findings
• Contribute to service development, transformation and Families First reforms
• Keep children’s voices central to practice and service delivery

Key requirements

• Qualified and registered social worker with substantial children’s safeguarding experience
• Strong leadership and staff development capabilities
• Sound professional judgement and decision-making in a multi‑agency environment
• Commitment to partnership working, relational practice and timely responses
• Experience embedding continuous professional development and learning culture

• leadership
• collaboration
• communication
• child protection practice
• risk assessment and management
• supervision and workforce planning

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