Achieving for Children (AfC) - Team Manager - SHiFT / Adolescent Team - £45.20 p/h Umbrella
Eeden Brown Synergy is currently recruiting for an experienced Team Manager to lead the SHiFT / Adolescent Team within Achieving for Children. This specialist service delivers intensive, relationship-focused work with vulnerable adolescents at risk of exploitation, offending, going missing, or family breakdown.
Duties and Responsibilities:
* Leading and managing a team of Social Workers and Practitioners within the SHiFT / Adolescent service.
* Providing reflective supervision, practice oversight, and professional guidance to ensure consistent high-quality intervention.
* Overseeing complex adolescent safeguarding cases, ensuring robust assessment, planning, and risk management.
* Embedding trauma-informed, relationship-based practice across the team.
* Monitoring performance and ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, safeguarding procedures, and AfC policies.
* Supporting innovative practice where support is shaped around the young person rather than traditional service structures.
* Working collaboratively with partner agencies including police, YOT, education, health, and voluntary sector services.
* Contributing to service development, quality assurance, and continuous improvement across adolescent services.
* Ensuring accurate and timely case recording, data reporting, and management information to support operational oversight.
Pay Rate:
* £45.20 p/h Umbrella.
Essential Requirements:
* Social Work qualification - Degree or equivalent.
* Social Work England registration.
* Extensive experience in adolescent safeguarding, contextual safeguarding, edge-of-care, or youth justice.
* Previous management or supervisory experience within statutory children's services.
* Strong understanding of trauma-informed and relationship-based practice models.
* Excellent leadership, communication, and organisational skills.
Benefits of working with Eden Brown Synergy include:
* DBS check processed and paid for by us.
* Twice weekly payroll.
* A dedicated recruitment consultant for ongoing support.
Please apply with your up-to-date CV for immediate consideration, or contact me on (phone number removed) / K.Dsouza@ (url removed)
Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.
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