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Children’s Team Manager – Family Safeguarding
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Children’s Team Manager – Family Safeguarding
Children’s Team Manager – Family Safeguarding
Location: Telford & Wrekin Council Salary: £56,460 - £59,724 per annum (salary includes market factor) Key Benefits:
- Full reimbursement of Social Work England registration fee
- Essential Car User Allowance
- Competitive leave package (24–32 days rising with service, plus 8 bank holidays and 1 extra)
- Flexible & hybrid working
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Free parking & wellbeing support
- Staff discounts & salary sacrifice perks
- Career progression opportunities
About the Role
Do you aspire to lead an ‘Outstanding’ Local Authority that prioritises children and families? At Telford & Wrekin Council, we ensure children and young people are at the heart of everything we do. We believe in:
- Seeing people as whole individuals, reaching beyond surface layers
- Care and kindness in every interaction
- Active listening to understand children’s views, hopes, aspirations, and concerns
- Effective communication to engage families
Our "Family First" ethos centres on supporting children to remain with their birth families and maintain relationships when possible. We provide nurturing alternatives when needed, ensuring a sense of belonging for all.
Family Safeguarding is a model of systemic change, embedding specialist adult practitioners (domestic abuse, mental health, substance misuse) within multi-disciplinary social work teams. This approach focuses on delivering a whole-family response to maximise children’s safety within their homes.
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What the Role Involves
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and oversee Family Safeguarding Teams, embedding specialist practitioners (mental health, domestic violence, substance misuse) in a unified management structure with social workers.
- Lead the implementation of Motivational Interviewing (MI) frameworks for enhanced family engagement and support.
- Manage electronic assessment workbooks, ensuring seamless information sharing and reducing administrative burden on frontline teams.
- Drive continuous service improvement, fostering a strengths-based approach to safeguarding.
- Implement a structured solution-focused intervention programme, working collaboratively with families to increase engagement and resolve challenges.
- Ensure multi-professional group case discussions, enabling cross-team knowledge-sharing and shared decision-making.
- Align with broader council goals to sustain exceptional safeguarding outcomes, following recent ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted’ judgement (2024).
Who We’re Looking For
Essential Criteria
- Proven management experience within children’s safeguarding, family welfare, or social work contexts.
- Deep understanding of family-focused safeguarding and the virtuous circle model.
- Ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams and foster collaborative decision-making.
- Middle/Senior management experience of organisational development and continuous improvement.
- Strong grasp of domestic abuse, substance misuse, and trauma-informed practice.
- Commitment to motivational interviewing (MI) as a core intervention model.
- Ability to build trust with extended families, champions, and professionals.
- Funded Practitioner Training qualification in addressing domestic abuse, trauma, or mental health in families.
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Desirable Additional Skills
- Familiarity with electronic assessment systems and multi-team case analysis tools.
- Evidence of driving major organisational change via multi-stakeholder engagement.
- Experience with West Midlands Teaching Partnership frameworks.
Why Join Us?
✅ top-of-the-market compensation ✅ A truly ‘Outstanding’ service—landmark Ofsted judgement (April 2024) ✅ Virtual school, care leaver support, and corporate parenting strengths recognised ✅ Flexible hybrid working & professional growth opportunities ✅ Our ‘ethos of celebration’ includes:
- Recognised valuation of staff (Ofsted praised supportive leadership).
- Supportive environment regarding families & belonging for children.
- Diverse & inclusive team where everyone belongs.
RNMC suitability check required. A criminal record check will be completed successfully.
Next Steps
Apply via our recruitment portal or contact Grace.Harris@telford.gov.uk for more information.
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