Children’s Team Manager - Family Help - Reed : Job Details

Our Client, Bolton Council is seeking a Children’s Team Manager to join their Family Help Team.

Fantastic payrate of £40 per hour!

Are you a Children's Social Worker, passionate about making a difference in your community? Do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity!

Responsibilities of this role:

• Provide strong leadership and management to a team of social workers and family practitioners delivering early help and targeted support to children and families.
• Oversee the allocation and progression of cases, ensuring timely assessments, effective interventions, and high-quality outcomes.
• Ensure compliance with statutory responsibilities, safeguarding procedures, and local authority policies, including oversight of risk assessments and safety planning.
• Support staff development through regular supervision, performance management, reflective practice, and identifying training needs.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, learning, and innovation within the team.
• Lead and contribute to multi-agency planning and strategy meetings, ensuring coordinated and child-centred responses.
• Monitor and report on team performance, using data and quality assurance tools to drive service improvement.
• Champion the voice of the child and family, ensuring their views inform planning and service delivery.
• Work collaboratively with internal and external partners, including education, health, and voluntary sector services, to strengthen family resilience and prevent escalation to statutory intervention.
• Contribute to service planning and development, supporting the implementation of new initiatives and best practice models.

Requirements of this role:

• Must be a Qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England.
• Must have minimum of 3 year's experience working as a Qualified social worker

Benefits of working through Reed, include:

• Dedicated Recruitment Consultant.
• Aftercare service delivered by Candidate Care Team.
• Free CV building and Interview support.
• Free DBS checks.
• Weekly payroll.
• PAYE payroll option with additional benefits including holiday pay, healthcare, pension plus more.
• CPD contributions.
• Access to full UK jobs market with top tier status across many public and private sector clients.
• Supporting the Reed Foundation which has given £9.5m to charity since 2010.

Does this role interest you? Apply today!