Job Description
Our Client, a Greater Manchester council is seeking a Children's Team Manager to join their CIC Team.
Fantastic payrate of £45 per hour!
Are you a Children's Social Worker, passionate about making a difference in your community? Do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity!
Responsibilities of this role:
* Provide strong operational and practice leadership to the Children in Care team, ensuring high-quality, child-centred social work for all looked-after children.
* Oversee care planning, ensuring permanence plans are timely, legally compliant, and focused on achieving stability and the best possible outcomes.
* Offer reflective supervision, coaching, and professional development to Social Workers and Senior Practitioners, driving high standards of practice.
* Monitor and manage caseloads, ensuring all statutory visits, reviews, assessments, and plans are completed within required timescales.
* Work collaboratively with IROs, foster carers, residential providers, health, education, and other partners to ensure coordinated, multi-agency support for children.
* Provide management oversight of court work, care plans, and key decision-making, ensuring practice is evidence-based and defensible.
* Use performance data, audits, and quality assurance activity to identify strengths and areas for improvement, embedding a culture of continuous learning.
* Promote participation and ensure the voice of the child shapes planning, reviews, and service development.
Requirements of this role:
* Must be a Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England.
* Must have minimum of 3 years post qualifying social work experience
Benefits of working through Reed, include:
* Dedicated Recruitment Consultant.
* Aftercare service delivered by Candidate Care Team.
* Free CV building and Interview support.
* Free DBS checks.
* Weekly payroll.
* PAYE payroll option with additional benefits including holiday pay, healthcare, pension plus more.
* CPD contributions.
* Access to full UK jobs market with top tier status across many public and private sector clients.
* Supporting the Reed Foundation which has given £9.5m to charity since 2010.
Does this role interest you? Apply today!