Team Manager – Children’s Services in Knowsley, Merseyside

Job Advert: Team Manager – Children’s Services

Location: Knowsley, Merseyside
Pay Rate: £36.82 per hour (Umbrella)
Job Type: Temporary Contract

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Team Manager – Children’s Services to join a service in Knowsley, Merseyside. This is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated safeguarding professional to play a key role in promoting the safety, welfare and outcomes of children and young people.

The successful candidate will contribute to maintaining high standards across Child Protection and Children Looked After services, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, Department for Education guidance and local policies and procedures.

You will provide leadership in quality assurance, performance management and multi-agency working, helping to drive continuous improvement across children’s safeguarding services.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the effective management and maintenance of Child Protection and Children Looked After systems in line with statutory requirements, legislation and local procedures.
• Monitor the accuracy and quality of information held on children subject to Child Protection Plans and children who are looked after.
• Chair Child Protection Conferences and Looked After Children Reviews in accordance with legislation and established procedures.
• Manage resources effectively, ensuring services are delivered efficiently, cost-effectively and to the required standards.
• Challenge and report on service performance where standards and expected outcomes are not being achieved.
• Undertake quality assurance audits in accordance with Knowsley’s Quality Assurance and Learning Framework, including Regulation 44 visits to children's homes where required.
• Lead and contribute to improvements in safeguarding practice and service quality through effective chairing and professional challenge.
• Collect, analyse and report performance management information to support service delivery and organisational objectives.
• Conduct case reviews and investigations, recommending improvements to policies, procedures and professional practice.
• Contribute to individual case management reviews and safeguarding reviews in line with relevant statutory guidance, including representing the service on review panels where required.
• Promote effective multi-agency working to ensure a coordinated approach to safeguarding children and young people.
• Support the development and review of safeguarding policies, procedures and quality assurance processes.
• Represent the Directorate at strategic and operational multi-agency meetings, including meetings relating to child sexual exploitation.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of safeguarding and Children Looked After training programmes for staff across services.
• Provide support to the Service Manager – Safeguarding Quality Assurance.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Significant experience in children's safeguarding and child protection services.
• Strong knowledge of relevant legislation, statutory guidance and procedures relating to Child Protection and Children Looked After.
• Experience of chairing Child Protection Conferences and Looked After Children Reviews.
• Experience of quality assurance, auditing, case reviews and performance management.
• Excellent leadership, communication and multi-agency partnership skills.
• Ability to challenge practice constructively and drive improvements in service quality.
• Strong analytical, organisational and report-writing skills.
• A commitment to promoting children's welfare, safeguarding and positive outcomes.

Why Apply?

• Competitive pay rate of £36.82 per hour (Umbrella).
• Opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to safeguarding children and young people.
• Work within a local authority children's services environment.
• Play a key role in quality assurance, service improvement and multi-agency safeguarding.

Apply Now

If you are an experienced children's safeguarding professional with the skills and knowledge to lead quality assurance and improve outcomes for vulnerable children, we would welcome your application.

Location: Knowsley, Merseyside
Pay Rate: £36.82 per hour (Umbrella)

Mandatory: Must have a UK Passport or a Full Right to Work in the UK

Apply today to be considered for this opportunity within Children's Services.

For more information, contact Natasha Haddon