Assistant Team Manager (Social Work Qualified) Family Help

We are seeking passionate and experienced or aspiring Assistant Team Managers to join us in either our Chesil or our East and Purbeck Family Help localities.

Our innovative Family Help model brings together the professionals supporting the child, ensuring families tell their story once and build strong, consistent relationships with practitioners. We are committed to supporting children to remain safely within their families wherever possible through strengths-based, restorative practice.

As an Assistant Team Manager, you will:

• Provide social work oversight and leadership across Family Help.
• Work closely with our Multi-Agency Child Protection Team to ensure effective identification and management of risk.
• Support practitioners undertaking Section 47 enquiries and Child Protection planning.
• Line manage, supervise and develop Family Workers, Social Workers and Student Social Workers.
• Deliver reflective supervision, promote excellent practice and support service improvement.
• Lead on practice development, training and coaching across teams.
• Chair meetings and work collaboratively with partner agencies to achieve the best outcomes for children and families.
• You'll join a high-performing, supportive and reflective service that combines high support with high challenge, underpinned by our restorative Thrive approach.

About you

We're looking for an ambitious and motivated leader who is passionate about improving outcomes for children and families.

You will:

• Hold a recognised Social Work qualification and be registered with Social Work England.
• Have completed your ASYE (if qualified after 2012).
• Have experience of supervising, mentoring or managing practitioners.
• Have a strong understanding of safeguarding, Child in Need and Child Protection practice.
• Be confident providing professional oversight, guidance and decision-making support.
• Be committed to strengths-based and restorative approaches.
• Demonstrate excellent communication, relationship-building and partnership-working skills.
• Be passionate about developing others and driving continuous practice improvement.
• Be able to fulfil the travel requirements of the post and have a driver's license and vehicle

We offer:

• Competitive salary and generous annual leave
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Ofsted Outstanding working environment
• High-quality supervision and supportive leadership
• Dedicated leadership development pathway and genuine career progression opportunities
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements where appropriate

Join us

If you're ready to take the next step in your leadership career and help shape the future of Family Help in one of the country's leading children's services authorities, we'd love to hear from you.

Together, we can make Dorset the best place for children and young people to grow up, thrive and succeed.