About the role
Salary: £59008.00 to £62442.00
Team Manager - Family Support & Safeguarding
Join Oxfordshire County Council as a Team Manager and play a leading role in improving outcomes for vulnerable children, young people and families.
As a Team Manager within Family Support & Safeguarding, you will lead and support a team of practitioners delivering high-quality safeguarding, assessment and intervention services. You will ensure children and families receive timely, effective support that reduces risk, promotes wellbeing and helps create positive long-term outcomes.
Working closely with Service Managers, partner agencies and other professionals, you will oversee the delivery of high-quality practice, support service development and ensure effective implementation of Oxfordshire's Family Safeguarding Plus model. You will provide leadership, quality assurance and professional oversight, ensuring children's plans progress effectively and that services remain focussed on achieving the best possible outcomes.
This role requires an experienced social work leader who is passionate about safeguarding, committed to developing others and motivated by improving services for children and families. You will lead through collaboration, innovation and relationship-based practice while contributing to the ongoing development of an ambitious and forward-thinking service.
This is an excellent opportunity for an established manager seeking to influence practice, support staff development and help shape the future of children's social care in Oxfordshire.
As a Team Manager within Family Support & Safeguarding, you will lead a team of social care professionals delivering safeguarding and support services for children and families. You will provide operational and professional leadership, ensure high-quality practice and drive positive outcomes through effective service delivery, staff development and partnership working.
Empowering change - childrens social care