qualified social worker - team manager.

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and families? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same?

Join a supportive and committed Local Authority within their Children with Disabilities Team as a Team Manager , where your skills and dedication will be truly valued.

As a frontline Social Worker, you will carry out high-quality assessments and interventions that ensure the safety, wellbeing, and long-term outcomes for children. This is a critical role at the point of referral, where your professional judgment and decision-making will shape the future for those in need. You will work as part of a collaborative and well-resourced team with strong multi-agency links. You will be offered reflective supervision, manageable caseloads, and a culture that promotes learning, support, and development.

You can expect a fantastic salary of:

Benefits:

• Competitive salary packages with potential market
• Clear career progression and structured development
• Manageable caseloads to support high-quality social
• Regular, reflective supervision from experienced
• Flexible and hybrid working
• Comprehensive ASYE programme for newly qualified social
• Ongoing CPD and access to specialist
• Strong focus on staff wellbeing and mental health
• Collaborative multi-agency working across key
• Culture of recognition, learning, and continuous
• Generous annual leave entitlement (starting at 26 days + bank holidays).
• Membership of the Local Government Pension

• Undertake statutory assessments under Section 17 (Child in Need) and Section 47 (Child Protection) of the Children Act 1989.
• Lead and coordinate child protection enquiries, including strategy discussions and multi-agency core group meetings.

Develop and implement child protection and child in need plans, ensuring timely intervention and regular review.

• Prepare comprehensive, evidence-based reports for court, including initial statements, viability assessments, parenting assessments, and final care plans.
• Initiate and progress care proceedings in collaboration with legal services and
• Provide clear, confident oral and written evidence in family court
• Chair and contribute to key meetings such as child protection conferences, LAC reviews, and permanency planning meetings.
• Maintain accurate, high-quality case recordings using the local authority's electronic case management system.
• Work collaboratively with partner agencies including health, education, housing, and the police to promote child safety and welfare.
• Ensure the child's voice and lived experience inform all assessments and care planning

• Promote permanency through early identification of kinship care, Special Guardianship Orders (SGOs), or adoption routes.
• Engage in regular reflective supervision and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and safe decision-making.
• Respond to crises and safeguarding emergencies, including out-of-hours work when

Please note more information on the duties can be provided upon request.

• Social Work Qualification or equivalent
• Social Work England registered
• Enhanced DBS

If you are not on the lookout but know someone who is, we have a Refer a Friend Scheme. You could get up to £300 in shopping vouchers.

For more information or confidential discussion, please call Bikram 0330 024 8775 or email

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.