Team Manager, Children with Disability Team
Salary Scale: Grade 10 - £51,802 - £56,131 per annum,
Market Supplement £1239 per annum and 2 % Recruitment and Retention Allowance.
Permanent, 37 Hours pw
Interview date: 14/07/2025
This is your opportunity to join our ‘Outstanding’ Company and make a difference!
We are proud that Together for Children Sunderland is rated‘outstanding’ in a judgement by Ofsted in 2021 and 2025 in recognition of the stability of our very well supported and talented workforce who deliver an ongoing commitment to improving children’s outcomes.
In January 2025, during inspection Ofsted commented ‘Disabled children receive highly effective support from a very enthusiastic and committed team of social workers and child and family workers. Workers are creative in developing bespoke plans to support families with disabled children outside of ‘traditional’ services’. Join us and help us in continuing our outstanding journey!
Together for Children works on behalf of Sunderland City Council to deliver children’s services in the city including social care, early help and education. We work with unborn babies and children/young people until they are 18 years old.
We are looking for a suitably experienced Team Manager to join the Children with Disability Team. This is an exciting opportunity to join an established team, based at the Sandhill Centre.
The team assess, monitor and review Child In Need, Child Protection and Cared For Plans including Care Proceedings. You will be responsible for day to day decision making and line managing the Assistant Team Manager and Social Workers within the team. You will have an established track record in safeguarding and multi-agency working whilst also having knowledge and understanding of legislation which underpins social work practice, specific to children and young people with disabilities. You will have the skills and expertise to motivate and support Social Workers, setting high standards and enabling excellent practice.
Together For Children have invested in the Signs of Safety model of Practice and are committed to fully embedding this in every aspect of our practice. Applications are welcomed from those with or without any knowledge and experience of Signs of Safety, as we have the benefit of an extensive training and support offer via our dedicated Signs of Safety Team.
Together for Children firmly believe in investing in our workforce development and recognise the benefits of training our social work staff to equip them with the skills and knowledge to deliver good quality social work. Together for Children is a trauma informed organisation which has a robust training offer for all staff.
Together for Children are committed to the continued development of all staff and provide an excellent development and progression programme to social workers and managers alike.
As well as an extremely attractive and competitive salary, other benefits of working for Together for Children include flexible working arrangements and an agile working policy. We have free onsite parking, provide a Local Government Pension Scheme and flexi scheme. A good health and wellbeing programme is also provided to all employees.
This post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore will be subject to a DBS check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
For further information on Together for Children, please take a look atour website:
Please note if you have not heard from us within six weeks after the closing date please assume you have not been shortlisted.
If you would like to have an informal discussion about this post please contactpeoplesupport@togetherforchildren.org.uk
Together for Children is committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse local communities that we support across Sunderland. We’re striving to build an inclusive workplace culture where all employees feel valued and diversity is celebrated by everyone.
As part of this commitment, we work collaboratively with our established employee networks:
* Menopaus Network
* Accessibility Network
* LGBTQ+ Network
* Racial Equality Network
* Armed Forces Network
We welcome and encourage job applications from candidates regardless of their age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race, and background.
If you have a disability please do reach out to our Accessibility Network Chair to hear how we can support you during the recruitment process and if you are successful, in the workplaceEDI@togetherforchildren.org.uk
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Together for Children have a fostering friendly People policy for all foster carers in their employment (regardless of their fostering service). This includes offering foster carers flexible working and paid time off for training and settling a new child into their home.
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