Children's - Team Manager (CYPF) - Grade J *MR (DfE)
Plymouth City Council
Role
£47.50 Ltd rate (DfE) and an on-call rate of £33
MASH Experience Essential.
About the Role: As a Family First Front Door Team Manager, you will provide leadership, management and professional guidance to your team. You will promote excellent social work practice, ensuring timely assessments, purposeful interventions and effective safeguarding measures. Through one to one and group supervisions, you will challenge and motivate the team to deliver outstanding services to our vulnerable children, young people and their families while upholding high professional standards. About You: You will bring a strong combination of professional values, behaviours, and specialist skills, demonstrating a commitment to high‑quality social work practice and positive outcomes for children and families. You will have:
Current registration with Social Work England and a recognised social work qualification
Extensive knowledge of childcare legislation, statutory guidance, and child development
Proven experience in professional leadership, driving practice improvements, and preparing formal reports
Strong analytical and decision-making skills to evaluate complex information
Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and addressing inequality
Ability to provide high-quality, emotionally intelligent supervision and support staff development