Bury
Full Time
£52,413.21 – £53,459.66 plus £2000 market supplement
Become a Children’s Team Manager for Bury and help with our ‘Let’s Do it for Children’ vision.
About the role
This is a fantastic opportunity to join Team Bury. We are a supportive and small Local Authority, continuing our improvement journey as a Team Manager – an integral part of that journey. We promise to develop your skills and support your learning. The role is one of the most challenging and rewarding roles in Social Work.
We want the best talent in Bury and need practitioners who will help influence the services we are developing. We want to help you grow and develop confident practitioners and teams.
We are one of the first Authorities in the North-West to pioneer the Hertfordshire Family Safeguarding Model of working with families. Training will be provided to learn new skills within our Model of practice. You will work alongside Adult Practitioners, giving you more time and scope to work with children.
Within Family Safeguarding we use motivational interviewing, a multi‑agency approach, and collaborate closely to support families to find their own solutions effectively, reducing the need for referrals and improving outcomes.
You will have oversight of children and young people who are subject to child in need and child protection planning, who are subject to pre‑proceedings and in care and private law proceedings.
You will be supporting our development of the Families First Partnership Programme Development, and this is a very exciting time to work in Local Authority Social Work, particularly in Bury.
Team composition
- Two Advanced Social Work practitioners
- Five Social Workers
- Business Support Officer
- Domestic Abuse Officer
- Domestic Abuse Practitioner
- Mental Health Practitioner
- Drug and Alcohol Worker
- Family Support Worker
- Clinical Psychologist
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check and disclosure of full employment history. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years; character references will not be accepted.
Benefits of working for Bury Council
We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements. We are committed to Bury being an equal society that embraces all people, regardless of any difference, recognising the skills, abilities and experiences that individuals bring to the workforce and wider community. We guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked‑after children/carers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
Next steps
Come and join Team Bury! If you feel you can use your experience to make a real difference, we would love to hear from you.
Please call Kathy Owen on 0161 2536150 for an informal conversation or email Kathy.Owen@Bury.gov.uk.
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