Liquid Personnel
Team Manager – Child Protection & Fostering
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Team Manager – Child Protection & Fostering
Team Manager – Child Protection & Fostering
Location: Wakefield
Pay Rate: £40 per hour
Contract Type: Locum
Sector: Children’s Services
About the Role
Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting for a Team Manager for its client to lead a specialist service encompassing:
- Child Protection Chairs
- Fostering Independent Reviewing Officers (IROs)
- Local Authority Designated Officer (LADO)
This is a strategic leadership role for an experienced manager with a deep understanding of safeguarding, fostering, and review processes.
Role Responsibilities
You will be responsible for overseeing a team of professionals to ensure the highest standards of safeguarding and permanency planning for children. Core responsibilities include:
- Leading and managing a team of Child Protection Chairs, Fostering IROs, and the LADO
- Ensuring statutory responsibilities and review processes are met with rigour and consistency
- Promoting high-quality safeguarding practice and permanency planning
- Providing oversight and challenging to ensure effective multi-agency working
- Supporting continuous improvement and service development
- Representing the service in strategic forums and contributing to policy shaping
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Requirements
To be successful in this role, you must have:
- Proven leadership experience in children’s social care
- In-depth knowledge of safeguarding, fostering regulations, and IRO responsibilities
- Ability to manage complex systems and drive performance
- Strong communication, analytical, and decision-making skills
- A commitment to promoting the welfare and voice of the child
Why Liquid Personnel?
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Twice-weekly payroll and Faster Pay service for quicker payments
- Access to exclusive roles not available from other agencies
- Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
- A dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
- Broad access to social work positions across the UK
- Refer a Friend bonus (earn £500 for each successful referral)
- Find Your Own Job bonus (earn £250 by bringing positions in-house)
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