Team Manager - Childrens Social Care

We would love you to join us on 29th April 2025 where you will meet our DCS, Assistant Director, Heads of Service and other current team managers.

We are currently looking to recruit Team Managers to our Referral & Assessment, Safeguarding and Looked After Children services.

The application is easy- just send us your CV and a statement that tells us about you and then if shortlisted we look forward to you joining us on the day. Please indicate if you have a team preference.

The post will see you manage a team of approximately 6 Social Workers, holding statutory work in accordance with the service area you will work within. For example, our Safeguarding service work with children subject to Child Protection planning, Child in Need cases, PLO and Court proceedings.

We aim to work towards a standard of excellence, working with the statutory framework and Bolton's policies and procedures, effectively managing performance and producing high quality work which makes a difference to our children of Bolton.

We also focus on working effectively with our partner agencies to ensure that every child receives the support they require at the right time to allow them to achieve their best possible outcomes.

You must be a qualified Social Worker and registered with Social Work England who has proven, relevant post qualification experience within a child care setting.

You will have a positive outlook, be ambitious, creative but most of all caring.

You will need to be resilient and solution-focused, with an ethos of effective team working, partnership working and leadership.

You will be able to show transferrable skills that enable you to be an effective Team Manager in the challenging but rewarding area of Children's Social Care.

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.