Children's Team Manager - Children & Families
- North Devon, Devon
- Full Time
- £53,051 - £57,439 per annum
Fixed Term / Secondment - 12 months
Full Time 37 hours per week
Children's Team Manager, Children and Families, North & Mid Devon
Are you an experienced, skilled, and passionate Social Worker looking for the next step in your career?
Or perhaps you are already a Team Manager looking to broaden and further develop your leadership experience in a new role?
If this is you, Devon County Council wants to hear from you!
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Children and Families Service in North & Mid Devon within Children's Social Care, where you’ll make a meaningful impact of the lives of children and families. The key purpose of the role is to improve the outcomes for our most vulnerable young people and families in Devon to encourage positive change.
What you'll be doing?
As a Team Manager within the Children and Families Service, you will draw upon your experience and expertise in order to facilitate your team’s continual personal and professional growth. You will embed a high-performance, collaborative culture through reflective supervisions, and in doing so, achieve the best possible outcomes for our children, young people, and their families. You will provide oversight on all our children and young people, ensuring quality standards are maintained whilst championing restorative practice.
Our Children and Families Service works in a highly challenging, yet highly rewarding environment to manage child-in-need and child protection cases as well as cases in legal proceedings and looked after children. Working together with children and their families, we use restorative practice to achieve positive, long-term and sustainable outcomes for all. Building happier, healthier and safer environments for children and young people in Devon is at the heart of our service and to achieve this we develop supportive partnerships that encourage and empower children and families in unlocking their individual strengths and values.
Skills and Experience
As a Team Manager, your skills and experience will include:
- Experience working within social care, including working in a multi-agency environment
- Strong leadership and management skills; effectively leading teams, with the ability to develop and support individuals, promoting an environment of continuous improvement where everyone can achieve their potential
- The ability to build effective professional relationships with children, families, and other professionals, leading to successful outcomes for children
- A social work qualification and registration with Social Work England
- Satisfactory completion of your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE)
- A high-level of written and verbal communication skills*
- Extensive knowledge and understanding of the legislation, models, and theories relevant to children’s social work
- Exceptional recording and planning skills
- Ability to make difficult decisions
- A valid UK driving licence and access to a car*
* Exceptions may apply under the Equality Act
Our offer to you
Devon County Council is a welcoming and inclusive place to work, underpinning our ‘People First’ approach. It is a really exciting time here, we’re an ambitious authority on an exciting journey of cultural change. We're continuing to embed restorative practice and relational ways of working and we believe that for most families, the family home is the best place for children to live and thrive. We're proud of our workforce and what we are achieving for children and families in Devon.
For the vital contribution you make, you will receive the following:
- £2,000 annual retention payment (pro-rata for part time employees)
- Flexible working arrangements promoting a healthy work-life balance to support your wellbeing, including some remote working
- Generous annual leave with the option to purchase additional leave
- Free onsite parking
- Career progression opportunities
- A full induction
- A supportive working environment with regular supervision
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
- A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme including a variety of employee well-being services
- Discounts at over 900 national & local high street retailers through our benefits platform
- Salary sacrifice schemes including electric vehicles and cycle to work
- Relocation package of up to £8,000, subject to qualifying conditions
For more information about working for DCC, please visit our Working for Devon page
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact:
Curtis King on 01392 386017 or by emailing curtis.king@devon.gov.uk.
Applications close on 30 August 2026. Kindly note that interviews will be conducted at various stages of our recruitment campaign. We strongly encourage you to submit your application early to avoid disappointment as it is possible that the advert may close early.
Internal Applicants, please note: If you are an existing DCC employee, please use your iTrent Employee Self Service (ESS) details to log in and apply.
Please click ‘apply now’ to view the job description
- DCC embraces the positive benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to providing an environment that is inclusive and safe. We welcome applications from people who share our commitment to stop discrimination, challenge inequality and promote diversity across Devon. More information can be found on our Equality and Diversity webpages.
- For details on the use of AI in applications and Devon County Council’s use of AI in Recruitment please see Use of AI in Our Recruitment Processes - Working for Devon | Devon County Council
- Happy to Talk Flexible Working - The Council offers flexible working arrangements in terms of when and where people work e.g. hybrid working, part-time, condensed hours etc.
- We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
- This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English.
- Personal data we collect from you will be processed in accordance with the Applicant privacy notice.
- For more information about Working for Devon please visit our Working for Devon page.
- We cannot consider visa sponsorship at this time. UK Right to Work is required. For further guidance on right to work in the UK, please visit: Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
- This role requires a DBS disclosure.
REQ010372 - Children's Social Care
Interview Date: TBC
Click here to see the Job DescriptionJob Details
- OrganisationDevon County Council
- Work LocationNorth DevonDevon
- Work Postcode
EX31 1EE
- Reference
REQ010372
- Occupational GroupSocial Care & Health
- Salary Details
£53,051 - £57,439 per annum
- Job TermFixedSecondment
- Appointment TypeFull Time
- Hours
37 hours per week
- Closing Date
29/08/2026
- DBS Check Required
Yes