Team Manager - Childrens Services (Social Care - Qualified)

🌟 Team Manager – Contextual Safeguarding
📍Location: Lancaster (Hybrid – 3 days in office, 2 days from home)
🕒 Contract: Full-time
💷 Rate: £42 per hour
📅 Interviews: ASAP
This is a fantastic opportunity to step into a leadership role within a recently remodelled, multi-disciplinary and innovative service that is transforming how we safeguard young people facing risks outside the home.💼 About the Role
As Team Manager, you will lead a passionate and skilled team delivering high-quality specialist services to children, young people, families and carers. You will play a key role in shaping and driving forward contextual safeguarding across the North, ensuring effective assessment, timely support, and robust risk management.
You will also support the Senior Manager in the development, delivery and continuous improvement of services, helping to ensure vulnerable children are protected from harm and given the best possible life chances.

🔑 Key Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and inspire a high-performing team 👥
• Ensure children, young people, carers and families receive first-class assessments and timely, effective support
• Champion trauma-informed, relational and strengths-based practice 💬
• Oversee risk identification and management to safeguard vulnerable young people
• Contribute to the strategic development of contextual safeguarding services 📊
• Support high-quality placements and services for children in care, those receiving short breaks, and care leavers
• Work collaboratively with partners to deliver strong outcomes 🤝

👤 About You
We’re looking for someone who:

• Has strong experience in safeguarding, particularly supporting young people at risk of exploitation
• Is passionate about improving outcomes for vulnerable children and families ❤️
• Demonstrates empathetic, clear and collaborative leadership
• Has experience managing teams within children’s services or a related field
• Is driven to influence change and innovate within contextual safeguarding 🚀

🌈 Our Vision
You will contribute to delivering a shared vision where children, young people and families are safe, healthy and able to achieve their full potential. This includes:

• Keeping vulnerable children safe and building resilience 🛡️
• Supporting achievement in education and future employment 🎓
• Promoting healthy lifestyles 🌱
• Ensuring children and families have a voice 🗣️
• Enabling young people to enjoy a high quality of life and thrive in Lancashire 🌍

✨ Ready to make a real difference? Apply now and be part of a service that is driving meaningful change.
Drop me an email at Nik.froud@servicecare.org.uk or give me a ring at 01772 208964.


Referral Bonus:
If this role isn’t for you but you know someone suitable, we offer a £250 referral bonus for successful placements.