The posting
Job Description
PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: Hinckley Hub/Hinckley Family Hub, Hinckley, LE10 0PP
Salary: £50,847 – £55,602 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Working Hours: 37 hours a week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 25 October 2026
Interview Date(s): 4 November 2026
We are currently seeking a dynamic Social Work Team Manager who has extensive safeguarding experience to come and work in the locality team in Hinckley. You need a current Social Work England registration, this is a permanent position and the post is full-time (37 hours per week).
About the Role
We are introducing Families First Partnership Plus in Leicestershire, strengthening how we work with children and families by bringing together the strengths of family, community and professional networks to create lasting change. Using the Signs of Safety approach, you will support your team to work collaboratively with these networks, understand what is working well and what needs to change, and develop clear plans that safely manage risk. Throughout this work, childrens’ lived experiences, wishes and needs must remain at the heart of our decisions and everything we do.
This is a new way of working. Rather than operating in silos or through separate services, we are developing a place-based team approach that works with children and families across the continuum, from Targeted Early Help through to care proceedings and court. By working together around families, we will seek to prevent needs from escalating and reduce unnecessary handovers, providing greater consistency and continuity while keeping children and young people at the heart of everything we do.
You will provide leadership to your team, who will consist of a Senior Practitioner, Social Workers, Support and Assessment workers (who undertake parenting assessments and provide support to families) and support staff (who supervise Family Time).
You will be responsible for allocating and prioritising workloads effectively and working with an integrated locality management team to ensure that we are providing high levels of support and protection to children. Your role is also to develop and support your team to provide an effective, efficient and consistently high-quality service. As a key bridge between the team and the wider organisation, you will ensure that organisational priorities, decisions and expectations are clearly understood and translated into practice, while representing the team’s experiences, achievements and challenges within the wider service. You will promote open communication, collaboration and shared learning, helping colleagues to feel connected to the organisation and supported through change.
The right candidate will have responsibility for the whole team, you will be covering duty and assessment work on a rota with the other locality managers, and will be expected to meet objectives and ensure performance targets are achieved.
An enhanced with barred list DBS check is required for this post.
For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.
About You
To apply for this post, you must respond to and evidence the following essential criteria within your personal statement. This should be no more than 1,000 words.
- Social Work degree or equivalent, e.g. CQSW, DipSW (with specialism in children’s services), approved by Social Work England and evidence of continuing professional development.
- Experience of statutory childcare social work, including Child in Need, safeguarding, child protection and care proceedings.
- Experience of supervising staff and/or social work students.
- Management experience.
- Experience of using performance indicators to monitor and improve performance.
- Ability to analyse information to reach sound decisions, often under pressure, and take responsibility for their outcome and regular reporting to the Service Manager.
- Excellent safeguarding knowledge and best practice in the delivery of quality services
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Rebecca Woollock, Service manager
How to Apply
At Leicestershire County Council we’re looking for top talent from all walks of life. Whoever you are, wherever you’re from, and whatever your background - we care about what you bring to our organisation, not just what’s on your CV. That’s why we’ve designed a recruitment process that’s fair, accessible, and focused on potential. And with benefits that support people at every age and stage of life, we make sure you can thrive - both personally and professionally.
If you share our passion to make a difference for the people of Leicestershire, we’d love to hear from you. Click the apply button to submit your application, ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. Without this information, we won’t be able to assess your suitability for the role, and your application will be rejected. For tips on how to write your statement, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.
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About Us
About Leicestershire County Council
At Leicestershire County Council, we're committed to making a real difference in people's lives. Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone.
Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire. Whether you're starting your career or looking for your next challenge, you'll find a place with us where your ideas are valued, and your work has purpose.
For further information on what it’s like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:
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