We are looking to recruit a Team Manager – Access Hub Team within the Social Care industry in Central Bedfordshire.
Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month. Please Note: there is an expectation that Team Managers will usually be office based at a minimum of twice weekly and on all duty days, or as required.
About the role:
Families come in all shapes and sizes - and sometimes, they need extra support. As a children's social worker in Central Bedfordshire, you’ll be part of that extended family, offering guidance, care, and stability when it’s needed most.
At Central Bedfordshire Council, we work like a family - supporting each other, sharing knowledge, and creating a collaborative environment where you can grow your career and make a lasting impact on the lives of our residents.
As a Team Manager You will be a qualified social worker, who holds a social work England registration. You will have post qualifying experience in statutory social work in the child protection area.
In Central Bedfordshire Children's Services, we put our children and young people first in everything we do. We work as one team close to our communities and partners to make a difference in the lives of children and young people, help keep them safe and inspire them to achieve. As a Team Manager with our Family Help Service, you will support a multi-disciplined team of Social Workers and Family Practitioners delivering assessment care planning and intervention to families being supported under targetted early help, child in need and child protection pathways.
You are expected to attend the office base at least twice weekly and additionally in line with service needs- we encourage the teams to have once weekly in-person contact as a whole team/service.
You will have experience of working in a multi-disciplinary environment. You will be confident and competent at making decisions to safeguard and protect young people. You will be able to take a key role in planning, developing, and improving services whilst being empathetic and sensitive to the needs of those reporting to you. You should know how to measure and monitor practice and performance to ensure individuals and the service as a whole operates to a consistently good standard. Diplomatic, fair and robust enough to deal with complaints and challenges are vital to being successful in this role.
You will be an influential negotiator when dealing with potential and actual conflict and will have excellent communication skills and be able to convey complex messages in a straightforward way, both verbally and in writing. It is essential you will not be afraid to think creatively to solve problems.
This role requires excellent management and leadership skills and ability to work effectively in partnership with young people, families, and other professionals. You will have significant experience in working in statutory services, safeguarding services and regulated services.
The Team Manager will report directly to the Service Manager and will be making day to day safeguarding decisions, HR actions and any other tasks as required. As part of this role you will have regular and “at point of need” supervision and support from both the Service Manager or Head of Service. You will work with a dynamic and motivated management team who are passionate about our children and young people being the best versions of themselves and about supporting and promoting the professional development of our colleagues.
Experience preferred:
Experience of working within a statutory MASH or Referral & Assessment Team within the UK Social Care industry.
Benefits of working with Ackerman Pierce:
Your own personal consultant
Access to a variety of Social Care jobs Nationwide
DBS and Compliance Service
Quick and Easy Registration Process
Access to CPD
Guaranteed weekly payment
To discuss this Team Manager – Access Hub Team role, or any similar vacancies we currently have available in Central Bedfordshire please contact Faye Rowe on (phone number removed) or email to (url removed)