Team Manager - Adolescent Safeguarding Service

We're recruiting for an exceptional opportunity within Surrey's highly regarded Adolescent Safeguarding Service for our client, where you'll lead talented practitioners supporting young people facing some of the most complex challenges including exploitation, serious youth violence, mental health difficulties, missing episodes and contextual safeguarding risks.

Following a recent Good Ofsted inspection, this is an exciting time to join a forward-thinking local authority investing heavily in adolescent services and innovative, relationship-based practice.

What will your responsibilities be?

As Team Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in leading a skilled team of Social Workers and Practitioners, ensuring outstanding safeguarding practice and positive outcomes for adolescents and their families.

You'll have the opportunity to:

• Lead and inspire a talented frontline team
• Drive high-quality safeguarding practice
• Support staff development, supervision and performance
• Manage risk and complexity confidently
• Influence service development and innovation
• Work closely with Youth Justice, Education, Health, Police and multi-agency partners
• Help shape Surrey's evolving adolescent safeguarding model

This is a leadership role where your expertise will directly impact vulnerable young people's lives every day.

Benefits:

• Salary up to £65,898 inclusive of market supplement
• £6,000 Welcome Payment paid across your first 18 months
• Relocation Package up to £8,000
• SWE Registration Fee Paid
• Generous Local Government Pension
• 28 Days Leave rising to 30 Days + Bank Holidays
• Buy up to 10 Additional Days Annual Leave
• Car Lease Scheme
• Extensive Learning & Development Opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Paid Volunteering Days
• Excellent Career Progression Pathways

Qualifications and Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have;

• Existing Team Managers within Children's Services
• Advanced Social Workers ready to progress into management
• Experienced Senior Practitioners seeking their next career step

You'll need:

• Qualified Social Work Degree
• Social Work England Registration
• Minimum 4 years' post-qualified experience
• Experience working with adolescents and safeguarding
• Strong knowledge of exploitation, contextual safeguarding, youth violence, missing and risk outside the home
• Experience supervising and developing practitioners
• Ability to manage complex safeguarding concerns and high-risk situations
• Full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle

Why Surrey?

Surrey's Adolescent Service is nationally recognised for its innovative approach to supporting young people. You'll join a collaborative multi-disciplinary environment where practitioners are empowered to be creative, relationships matter, and young people's voices are central to everything we do.

If you're passionate about adolescent safeguarding and ready to lead a team making a genuine difference, we'd love to hear from you.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
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