Job Title: Team Manager Care Leavers Location: Dudley (Hybrid) Pay Rate: £44 per hour Job Description: Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting for a Team Manager to join its client at Dudley’s Care Leavers Service. What will your responsibilities be? In this role, you will Manage a team of Personal Advisors. Demonstrate experience as a Team Manager within Children in Care (CIC) or Care Leavers services, with a preference for long-term assignments over multiple short-term contracts. Support children transitioning to independence, applying creative approaches to pathway planning and facilitating referrals to Adult Social Services or other relevant services for children with physical or learning difficulties. Apply strong best practice knowledge at Team Manager level, maintaining a focused and motivated approach to delivering quality care and leadership to young people in Dudley. Provide expertise in signposting and supporting young people into employment or education, including familiarity with services such as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Engage with potential employers and organize drop-in sessions for young people. Support children transitioning into adulthood under challenging circumstances (e.g., homelessness) and assist older children in achieving independence. Benefits: Hybrid working available Competitive rate of pay Qualifications & Experience: To be successful in this role you must have, Social Work England registration Eligible to work in the UK Hold a full UK driving licence Post-qualified experience Degree level or equivalent in Social Work 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. BH - 193340 GH - 32675