Team Manager - Support & Protect

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Please apply online via the link provided.

Please note, we do not accept CV’s (unless specified on the advert).

Please fully complete the online application form.

Fixed term contract for 9 months - Team Manager - Support and Protect

Sefton Children’s Social Care is an innovative, forward-thinking place to work where you will find a workforce full of caring and welcoming people who are committed to making a positive difference to the lives of our children and families. We have a supportive culture and excellent relationships with our multi-agency partners.

The most recent Ofsted inspection in July 2025 rated our services as Good.

We can offer you a manageable and diverse caseload whilst supporting you to maintain a healthy work life balance with a generous annual leave entitlement and working from home/flexible working opportunities.

We have a commitment to our staff’s professional development and actively promote career progression and training opportunities that will support your CPD.

This is an exciting time to come and work for us and join us in our improvement journey whilst we strive to provide outstanding services to our children and families across the borough.

If you are as enthusiastic and committed to making a positive impact on the lives of children and families in Sefton as we are, we would love to hear from you!

As a Sefton Children’s Social Care employee, you will receive:

• Manageable caseloads and access to good quality, regular reflective supervision
• A comprehensive induction programme.
• A wide variety of career progression routes bespoke to individual training and development needs as identified in annual PDRs.
• Robust ASYE, level 3 and practice educator programmes in partnership with HEIs
• Excellent training and development opportunities including a wide-ranging offer from our in-house workforce training and development unit as well as access to several external accredited opportunities.
• Partnership with Research in Practice, providing access to online webinars, podcasts and materials linked to the latest research and policy updates to support your CPD and inform evidence-based reports.
• 28 days annual leave rising to 33 days with 5 years continual service and 8 bank holidays.
• Enhanced sick pay scheme, maternity/adoption leave pay and maternity support leave.
• Opportunities for agile/flexible working
• Access to free eye tests and where appropriate, contribution towards spectacles
• Occupational Health Service available to advise on work related health issues.
• Commitment to supporting staff’s emotional and mental health with access to a free and confidential employee counselling service.
• Discounted gym membership with all Active Sefton gyms
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Salary sacrifices schemes including childcare vouchers.
• Access to local benefits and discounts on products and service

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a fixed term contract for 9 months as Team Manager in the Support and Protect Service whilst the substantive post holder is on secondment. The team are responsible for children subject of Child in Need Plans, Child Protection Plans, Legal Proceedings and Children in our Care.

You will play a crucial role in leading and supporting a team of social workers in promoting the safety and welfare of children and young people. You will work closely with families, carers, and other professionals to assess needs, develop plans, and provide ongoing support. As a member of our team, you will be joining a welcoming, experienced, supportive and stable service which works hard and celebrates our achievements and good practice.

Each team has an Assistant Team Manager and 5 social workers which as team manager you will supervise and support. You will be required to provide clear management oversight and effective decision making to meet our children’s needs in a timely way. You will also need to manage and coordinate work activities in line with the service priorities, along with developing effective partnership arrangements, always with the children and family needs at the heart.

We are based at Magdalen House, Trinity RD, Bootle, L20 3NJ.

Please note that in order to apply for this post you must be qualified and registered as a Social Worker with SWE and have post qualifying experience in safeguarding children.

Previous Applicants need not apply.

Closing Date - 10th November 2025

Provisional Interview Date - 18th November 2025