JOB-20240819-db742659

Team Manager - Children's Safeguarding Partner

Job Title: Team Manager - Children's Safeguarding Partner
Specialism: Social Worker - Children's Services
Salary: £46.00 per hour
Contract Type: Ongoing, Part-Time / Full-Time

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Social Worker to join as a Team Manager within Children's Safeguarding Partner services. This ongoing locum role offers the chance to lead and influence multi-agency safeguarding arrangements, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. With flexible working options and a competitive hourly rate, this role combines strategic leadership with meaningful frontline impact.

Key Responsibilities

As Team Manager - Children's Safeguarding Partner, you will provide leadership, strategic direction, and operational oversight. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and developing the Children's Safeguarding Partner Team to ensure statutory safeguarding responsibilities are effectively delivered.

• Providing strategic oversight of multi-agency safeguarding arrangements in line with legislation, including the Children Act 2004 and Working Together to Safeguard Children.

• Acting as a key liaison between the local authority and safeguarding partners, including Police, Integrated Care Board, Education, and voluntary and community sectors.

• Coordinating multi-agency safeguarding policies, procedures, training, and governance frameworks.

• Leading on the development, delivery, and review of safeguarding priorities, action plans, and improvement programmes.

• Managing Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews and contributing to thematic audits to support continuous service improvement.

• Supervising staff, supporting professional development, and embedding a culture where children's voices are central to safeguarding practice.

• Ensuring effective information sharing, performance monitoring, and compliance with local safeguarding standards.

• Working collaboratively with internal council services to promote high-quality safeguarding outcomes.

Person Specification

We are seeking candidates with:

• A recognised Social Work qualification and registration with Social Work England.

• Significant experience in children's safeguarding within a statutory setting.

• Proven leadership or management experience within children's services.

• Strong knowledge of safeguarding legislation and multi-agency working arrangements.

• Excellent communication, partnership-working, and strategic planning skills.

• A clear commitment to safeguarding, continuous improvement, and child-centred practice.