Assistant Team Manager

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and young people? Together for Children, working on behalf of Sunderland City Council, is looking for a dedicated and experienced Assistant Team Manager to join our team. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to develop your management skills while ensuring high-quality services for children and young people in Sunderland.

Why Join Us?

Impactful Work: Support children and families identified as Child in Need, Child Protection, and Cared for Children under the Children Act 1989.
Professional Growth: Enhance your management skills by assisting the Team Manager with quality assurance, work allocation, and team oversight.
Supportive Environment: Work within an Ofsted-rated Outstanding service with reasonable caseloads and visible, approachable managers.

What We Offer:

Training & Development: Access to extensive training, including Trauma Informed Practice and Safe & Together training, supported by our dedicated Practice Development Team.
Flexible Working: Enjoy a hybrid working model with both office and home-based work, ensuring you receive ample face-to-face support and supervision.
Competitive Benefits: Attractive salary, free onsite parking, Local Government Pension Scheme, flexi scheme, and a comprehensive health and wellbeing program.

Our Values:
Child-Centred
Respectful
Creative
Transparent
These values are at the heart of everything we do, ensuring a nurturing and innovative environment for both our staff and the children we support.

Join us and be a part of a team that truly makes a difference! ??

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:
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 workplace peoplesupport@togetherforchildren.org.uk

For further information on Together for Children, please take a look at our website:

Considered Fostering?
Nearly 40 per cent of foster carers combine fostering with other work. Those who do say that a supportive employer can make all the difference, enabling them to balance employment with caring for children.

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.

As a Fostering Friendly employer, Together for Children also help promote Foster Care Fortnight , our annual campaign to raise the profile of fostering and encourage people to consider becoming foster carers and offer children the care they need - Foster with North East - Foster with North East