Job Title: Locality Safeguarding & Assessment Team Manager (Children's Social Care) Job Location: Gloucester, Tewkesbury or Cotswolds Salary; GBP49,498- GBP51,515 per annum Hours per Week: 37 Contract Type: Permanent Job Requisition Number: 822 Open to Job Share or Part- Time Hours We are currently recruiting for Team Managers in our Gloucester, Tewkesbury and Cotswolds Safeguarding and Assessment teams. To find out more about our teams, click here .

About Us

For all your hard work. You will receive the following;

Between GBP49,498- GBP51,515 per annum subject to experience Welcome payment of GBP5,000 Annual retention payment of GBP2,000 Up to GBP8,000 relocation package Flexible and agile working opportunities 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro-rata for part-time staff) Family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone. An in-house Occupational Health service Employee discount scheme Cycle to Work scheme Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network Career development and qualification opportunities Access to our Social Work Academy Paid SWE registration renewal About The Team & Role

Right child, right support, right time, every time

Gloucestershire's vision is " to work together to give every child the best possible chance of a remarkable life, especially those children who are disadvantaged and vulnerable."

We have ambitious improvement and transformation plans to create the optimum conditions within which our staff can make a real difference and improve outcomes for children.

We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to join an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC.

Our team structures are designed to ensure there is the right level of support available to staff and that caseloads are kept at a manageable level with a Team Manager, Advanced Practitioner, 4 Social Workers and an ASYE making up each team's full complement of staff. We need resilient, driven individuals who will play their part in making our vision for Children's Services a success. You will be joining an authority with a strong set of values that underpin the work we do: Accountability, Empowerment, Excellence, Integrity and Respect. For more information about our values, please click here .

About You

As a Team Manager, we'll ask you to lead and support a team of social workers to deliver services of the highest quality. Ensuring statutory duties and best practice is followed, you'll develop a team plan in line with Children's Services strategic objectives and provide management oversight on all cases with a clear understanding of risk. Your role will focus on managing the team's workflow and quality assuring work through observations, reflective supervision and GCC's quality assurance framework, as well as contributing towards the development of the framework itself. Through building positive relationships with colleagues within both the service and partner agencies, you will ensure we are able to provide support and protection for vulnerable children and young people across the County.

As well as your experience as a frontline social worker, there are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post:

Social Work England registration A recognised qualification in Social Work To have passed your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) A full driving licence and willingness to drive DBS clearance How to apply

To apply, please visit our website via the button below.

For an informal chat about this role, please email with your name, number and what you wish to discuss and a member of the team will give you a call within 48 hours.

To ensure a personalised and responsive recruitment experience, all applicants will receive a call from the recruitment team to discuss this role, where you would like to practice and in what area, and to book you in for an interview.

Please note, all our welcome payments and retention payments are non-contractual, pro-rata for part time staff and subject to National Insurance and tax deductions.