Job Description
🧩 Team Manager – Children with Disabilities Hub
📍 Cheshire East | Macclesfield Town Hall or Delamere House, Crewe
💼 Interim | Full-time | Hybrid (min. 3 days in office)
Semester Recruitment is proud to be partnering with Cheshire East Council, who are seeking an experienced and passionate Team Manager to join their Children with Disabilities Hub.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a skilled manager to lead a team supporting children with complex needs and help shape the continued development of a forward-thinking, relationship-based service.
🔍 Role Overview:
1. Lead and supervise up to 6 Family Support Workers, overseeing packages of support for children with complex disabilities
2. Work alongside a second Team Manager, who manages Social Workers covering CIN, CP, and Care Proceedings
3. Provide operational oversight of all cases within the team
4. Take responsibility for performance management and quality assurance
5. Work closely with the Service Manager, parent/carers, and multi-agency partners to improve and develop the Children with Disabilities Hub
6. Cover for the other Team Manager during periods of leave
7. Promote and embed a restorative, trauma-informed, and relationship-based model of practice
✅ Requirements:
8. Experienced Team Manager or Senior Practitioner ready to step up
9. Background in working with children with disabilities
10. Proven ability to manage staff, support development, and lead on quality of practice
11. Strong understanding of statutory processes and support frameworks for children with complex needs
12. Confident communicator, able to liaise with professionals and families alike
13. Able to work across the Cheshire East area – access to a vehicle is desirable
14. Commitment to minimum 3 days in the office per week (Macclesfield or Crewe)
⏰ Working Hours:
15. Monday–Thursday: 8:30am–5:00pm
16. Friday: 8:30am–4:30pm
17. Hybrid working available, with strong office-based team presence
📌 DBS Requirement:
Enhanced – including barred: a. Children’s barred list
Interested in leading a team that truly makes a difference?
Apply now or contact Semester Recruitment to find out more.
📩 CVs are being reviewed immediately – early applications encouraged.
You must have:
18. Post qualified experience.
19. Enhanced DBS/Update service.
20. References required for the last 5 years of employment.
Benefits of working with Semester.co.uk:
21. Free on-going training opportunities upon registering as part of our commitment to you.
22. Competitive Rates of pay
23. In house payroll, providing weekly payments and support
24. Enhanced DBS completed.
25. Support and expert advice from an approachable, dedicated and friendly team
26. An assigned dedicated & experienced consultant
27. Various employment opportunities in your preferred geographical area