Social Worker Team Manager - Complex Safeguarding Team in Oldham, Lancashire

Job Title: Social Worker Team Manager – Complex Safeguarding Team
Specialism: Social Worker – Children
Location: Oldham, UK
Salary: £46.00 per hour

Social Worker Team Manager within the Complex Safeguarding Team in Oldham, earning £46.00 per hour. This exciting ongoing locum opportunity offers both part-time and full-time flexibility, providing an excellent opportunity for an experienced leader to drive positive outcomes for children and young people facing exploitation, contextual harm, and other complex safeguarding concerns. Working within a specialist service, you will lead a multidisciplinary team, oversee complex interventions, and ensure the highest standards of safeguarding practice are maintained.

This role offers the chance to make a meaningful difference while benefiting from the flexibility and variety that locum work brings, alongside opportunities for professional growth and leadership development.

Perks and benefits:

• Part Time / Full Time: Choose a working pattern that fits around your lifestyle and personal commitments.

• Hourly Pay: Earn a competitive rate of £46.00 per hour, rewarding your expertise, leadership, and dedication.

• Professional Development: Access ongoing training and development opportunities to enhance your leadership capabilities and safeguarding knowledge.

• Varied Experience: Gain exposure to a diverse range of complex safeguarding issues, strengthening your professional expertise.

• Work-Life Balance: Flexible working arrangements help you balance professional responsibilities with personal wellbeing.

• Leadership Opportunity: Play a key role in shaping services and driving improvements across complex safeguarding practice.

• Meaningful Impact: Lead a service that protects vulnerable children and young people while helping to improve long-term outcomes.

What you will do:

• Team Leadership: Provide strategic leadership and operational management to the Complex Safeguarding Team, promoting high standards of practice and performance.

• Complex Case Oversight: Oversee complex casework involving exploitation, contextual safeguarding concerns, and other high-risk situations affecting children and young people.

• Safeguarding Management: Ensure effective safeguarding interventions are delivered in accordance with legislation, policies, and best practice guidance.

• Multi-Agency Coordination: Work closely with partner agencies to develop and implement child-centred safeguarding strategies and interventions.

• Supervision and Support: Provide regular supervision, mentoring, and professional guidance to social workers and other practitioners.

• Quality Assurance: Monitor practice standards through audits, reviews, and quality assurance activities to ensure continuous improvement.

• Performance Management: Promote a culture of accountability, learning, and high performance across the team.

• Resource Management: Ensure effective use of budgets and resources while maintaining excellent service delivery.

• Partnership Working: Represent Oldham Council at safeguarding forums, partnership meetings, and regional networks.

• Service Improvement: Drive innovation and service development initiatives that improve outcomes for children, young people, and families.

• Compliance: Ensure adherence to statutory requirements, safeguarding procedures, and local authority policies.

Why Oldham

Oldham offers a unique combination of vibrant urban living and stunning countryside surroundings. Rich in heritage and community spirit, the borough provides excellent transport connections, thriving local amenities, and easy access to the beautiful landscapes of Greater Manchester and the Peak District. With strong community values and an ongoing commitment to improving outcomes for children and families, Oldham is a rewarding place to live, work, and develop your social work leadership career.

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