Children's Team Manager - Disabled Children's Service
- South Hams
- Full Time
- £47,754 - £53,880
Join our Disabled Children’s Service and Make Your Mark
We are seeking a highly motivated and passionate individual to be a Team Manager in our Disabled Children’s Service. You will be joining a strong and committed management team who work together to make a meaningful impact of the lives of children and families.
About Us
Our Disabled Children’s Service is responsible for managing a wide range of statutory duties working passionately to improve the life chances of disabled children and young people. We work with families who need extra help or specialist support to look after their children and keep them safe. We are able to support children throughout their journey because we work across the full range of statutory work, including assessment, child in need, child protection, children in care and transition to adulthood planning. We work closely with agencies across health, education, care, and community to promote great joined up planning in partnership with children, young people and their families to promote the best possible outcomes.
Click here to find out more about our values and ways of working and why you should join us.
About the Role
As a Team Manager for the Disabled Children’s Service, you will embed a high-performance, collaborative culture by supporting your team to continually develop their skills to achieve the best possible outcomes for our children, young people, and their families, by working together to reduce risks, build on strengths and achieve positive outcomes. Through reflective supervision with your team, you'll champion their personal and professional growth. You will also provide oversight on all our children and young people, ensuring quality standards are maintained whilst championing restorative practice.
This role will allow for some remote working but will largely be office based with a minimum expectation that you are in the office three days a week.
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Jennie Waldron – jennie.waldron@devon.gov.uk
About You
You will have experience and understanding of disability issues for children and young people, and the knowledge to lead on successfully enabling childrens to live active lives. The work is wide ranging and varied as we often support children with complex needs in challenging contexts, so the ability to adapt, be dynamic and respond to changeable demand is important. You will need to be confident and experienced in working to support staff to manage high demand in challenging circumstances while always promoting a restorative and collaborative approach. You will confidently lead the delivery of effective social work practices while driving continuous improvements and encouraging positive change to achieve the best possible outcomes for our children and young people.
If you are ready to take on a management position that offers you the opportunity to shape the future for children and young people, we want to hear from you.
What we can offer you
In return for the vital contribution that you make, we have some fantastic employee benefits available, including:
- Generous annual leave, and the ability to purchase additional annual leave.
- Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee well-being services.
- We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible
- Discounts at over 900 national & local high street retailers through our benefits platform
- Free onsite parking.
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric Vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
Relocation Package
For anyone thinking of relocating to Devon, we offer a generous relocation allowance (subject to subject to qualifying conditions), so there has never been better time to make the move! For more information about living and working in Devon please visit our Working for Devon page.
Applications close on 26th May 2025 and shortlisted applicants will be contacted to arrange interview dates promptly.
Interviews may take place throughout our recruitment campaign, therefore we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment as we may close the advert early.
Please Note: At this time, we are only accepting applications from candidates who are currently residing in the UK and are unable to consider overseas applications.
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.
Additional Information
- This role requires a DBS disclosure
- This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English
- 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
- 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
- Personal data we collect from you will be processed in accordance with the Applicant privacy notice
REQ007853 – Children’s Social Care