Team Manager – Multi-Agency Child Protection Team

Overview

As Team Manager, you will lead the new Multi-Agency Child Protection Team within our Families First-aligned safeguarding service. You will shape practice, oversee complex safeguarding work, and foster strong multi-agency collaboration with partners across children’s social care, police, health and education. Your leadership will drive timely, child-centred responses and service improvements. This role offers the chance to influence how Kirklees delivers safeguarding at scale while supporting staff development.

Pay / Benefits

• Market Rate Supplement 4500 per annum, to be reviewed annually
• reflective supervision and supportive management
• development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the Multi-Agency Child Protection Team to deliver high-quality, child-centred safeguarding practice
• Ensure risks are identified, understood and managed proportionately with clear decision-making
• Promote learning, reflection and continuous improvement across the team
• Provide supervision and direction to staff with appropriate workloads
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to create seamless multi-agency responses
• Monitor performance and ensure accurate records to support decision-making
• Complete audits, analyse data and implement improvement plans
• Contribute to service development and Families First reforms
• Prioritise children’s voices, experiences and outcomes in practice and delivery

Key requirements

• Qualified and registered social worker
• Substantial experience in children’s safeguarding and child protection
• Effective and supportive leadership with ability to inspire confidence
• Strong professional judgement and decision-making in a complex multi-agency environment
• Commitment to staff development, continuous professional development and reflective learning
• Ability to work with partners across safeguarding services and communities

• leadership
• communication
• collaboration
• risk management in safeguarding
• multi-agency working
• supervision and staff development

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