Team Manager Full Time NEW

£47,181 – £52,413 per annum

Type of vacancy

Fixed Term

Work pattern

Full Time

Duration (Months)

12

Hours per week

37

Work Base

Lawn View House, Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire

Working Arrangements

Hybrid

Job Description / Person Specification

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Competency Framework

Tier 5

Number of posts

1

Interview date

24/04/2026

Closing Date

14 April 2026 23:55

The Children and Families Department takes a strengths-based approach to working with each other, children, young people and families, and our partner agencies. We call this ‘Our Nottinghamshire Approach’. Watch the two minute animation to learn more.

We are seeking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic Team Manager to join Ashfield Family Support & Safeguarding Team to help us achieve our vision for children, young people and families in Nottinghamshire County Council.

As a registered social worker with Social Work England you will have a minimum of 3 years post qualifying experience working with children and families in the statutory sector. You will have the capacity and/or the experience of managing people effectively and the ability to lead a team to achieve positive outcomes and ensuring the children that we work with are supported and safeguarded. You will also be able to demonstrate a breadth of knowledge and experience and ideally have experience of working within the strengths-based practice framework.

As the Team Manager, you will have to lead, manage, and motivate experienced staff and newly qualified workers to ensure that all children’s outcomes are improved and that they are safeguarded effectively, demonstrating your expert practice in complex situations when making decisions and managing higher levels of risk.

You will be motivated, committed, and passionate about making a difference to the lives of children, young people and families. You will be able to build effective working relationships, demonstrate strong analytical skills, supervise and appraise your team and ensure all team members have the relevant skills and knowledge to work effectively and efficiently and a robust understanding of the care proceedings process.

This is an exciting career opportunity for an aspiring/experienced team manager, to work within a front-line child protection team, whilst focusing on the delivery of outstanding services to ensure children and young people are afforded every opportunity to achieve their best possible outcomes.

Nottinghamshire County Council is committed to developing and supporting their workforce and offer a wide range of good quality training and opportunities to develop management skills within the team manager role. In addition, social work practice is supported through social work support officers and social work assistants; alleviating administrative and support tasks for social workers which enables them to progress case work and focus on the social work role.

This post is temporary for 12 months, but may become permanent.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Ruth Wood on 0115 8546148 or ruth.wood2@nottscc.gov.uk

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This post is also available as a secondment opportunity to existing Nottinghamshire County Council employees. You must seek approval from your line manager before applying.

Appointment to this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Nottinghamshire County Council strives to ensure that it goes beyond the requirements of the Equalities Act and prides itself on being accredited as a Disability Confident Leader Organisation.

Under the Disability Confident scheme (formerly known as the Guaranteed Interview Scheme) we would like to ensure applicants with disabilities are offered an interview if they meet the minimum criteria for a job. Please let us know if this is something you would like to be considered for.

A job share scheme is available for all full-time posts: both permanent and temporary, unless otherwise stated.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks.

Nottinghamshire County Council strongly encourages applications from all candidates from different walks of life, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, religion, belief, pregnancy and maternity status, age or sexual orientation.