An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for a Team Manager role due to internal moves and recruitment. In this role, you will lead a dedicated team focused on promoting independence and empowerment for young people. Your work will have a direct impact on young lives, ensuring that the voices of youth, their parents, and carers shape service delivery. You will drive positive change in collaboration with our partners in Children’s Services, Education, and SEND. As a leader, you will support Senior Social Workers, Social Workers, and Practitioners, helping them provide tailored support through assessments and plans under the Care Act. You will guide the team to creatively use resources, including technology and community assets, to enable young people to live independently. Hybrid working from home and from the office is in place, with an office presence 2-3 days a week. Main Responsibilities In this role you'll: Have day to day responsibility for team of social workers and social care assessor Support the investigation of complaints at stage 1 where the concerns raised are not complex Ensure that Care Act and Mental Capacity Act related assessments and decisions are carried out to a high quality and comply with the relevant policies and procedures and take appropriate action where necessary. Be responsible for the quality assurance of statutory documents within their scheme of delegated responsibility, ensuring appropriate and proportionate records and documentation are completed in a timely manner in relation the team’s practice Line manage Senior Social Workers Support to continued develop of the team driving best practice as needed Drive and support Key performance indicators The Ideal Candidate You'll have: High motivation, and be a flexible individual with a proven track record of supporting and leading a team. Sound knowledge and experience of current legislation and its application in a social care setting. Passion about ensuring a smooth and timely transition for young people. Applied knowledge of The Care Act and The Mental Capacity Act, with experience in complex safeguarding and professional judgement. Excellent communication skills, able to provide professional, reflective supervision, guidance, and advice to front line supervisors, social workers, and social care assessors. Interviews will be held on the 10 March 2025 – these will be in person and in Staffordshire Place one, Stafford. Don’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat about the role please contact Heidi Poole, Service Lead at: heidi.poolestaffordshire.gov.uk Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role. About Staffordshire County Council We are no ordinary county council: Our Values: The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively. Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy: We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future. We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. Our benefits: We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire Our recruitment process: As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post. As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.