About The Role

As Team Manager, you will provide leadership, oversight and direction to a skilled team of Social Workers, practice supervisors and multi-agency partners operating at the front door of Children's Services.

You will lead a culture of curiosity, reflection and high professional standards while ensuring timely and effective decision-making for children and families.

Key Responsibilities Include

• Providing visible and inspirational leadership across the Multi Agency Screening Team.
• Embedding our Strength in Relationships Practice Model and Signs of Safety approach.
• Overseeing screening decisions, strategy discussions, threshold application and safeguarding responses.
• Supporting practitioners to undertake high-quality, strengths-based conversations with families and professionals.
• Driving continuous improvement through performance monitoring, audit activity and quality assurance.
• Promoting effective multi-agency working with Health, Education, Police, Probation and Early Help partners.
• Developing staff through reflective supervision, coaching and performance management.
• Managing service performance while balancing quality, timeliness and child-centred decision making.
• Contributing to service development, innovation and readiness for future reforms through the Families First Partnership Programme.

What We're Looking For

Make a difference where it matters most. Lead the Front Door. Shape practice. Improve outcomes. Join North Yorkshire's Multi Agency Screening Team.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated leader who can inspire others and champion excellence in safeguarding practice.

You Will Have

• Social Work England registration.
• A recognised Social Work qualification.
• Significant experience within children's safeguarding services.
• Previous management or leadership experience within Children's Social Care.
• A strong understanding of threshold decision-making, safeguarding and child protection processes.
• Experience of leading multi-agency working and building effective partnerships.
• Excellent analytical, communication and decision-making skills.
• A commitment to strengths-based practice and achieving the best outcomes for children and families.
• The ability to lead teams through change, development and continuous improvement.

Experience within Front Door, MASH or Screening services would be particularly advantageous.

If you are an ambitious leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment, values collaborative working and wants to make a lasting difference for children and families, we'd love to hear from you.

It is an exciting time in Children and Young Peoples Services in North Yorkshire as we plan our approach in respect of the Families First Partnership Programme and how we will be responding to the social care reforms. Work is underway to plan our approach and implementations for 2027. As a result of this, some realignment may happen with job roles in the future, we want to be transparent about this in respect of this role.

For an informal discussion about this role and the service please contact Heidi Ransome, GM Access and Multiple Vulnerabilities heidi.ransome@northyorks.gov.uk

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Key dates

• Closing Date: 9th August 2026
• Interview date: w/c 17th August 2026

Key documents

• Job Description
• Total rewards

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.

NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.