Adolescent Services Team Manager

We have a great opportunity to join us as a Team Manager supporting our newly reshaped Adolescent Safeguarding Service based in Weybridge and covering the North Surrey area.

The salary range for Team Managers is £57,942 - £62,125 per annum. This is inclusive of a market supplement of £5,000.

We also offer a financial package of up to £6,000 which is payable in 3 instalments across your first 18 months in post for anyone new to Surrey.

Rewards and Benefits

• We pay your Social Worker England Registration fee
• 28 days annual leave, rising to 30 days after 5 years' service (plus bank holidays)
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to support health and wellbeing
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependent's leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources

A New Way of Working

Following a recent reshaping of our services, our newly reformed Adolescent Teams have been developed around a partnership model of working, bringing together a range services for young people including those who have challenges with their mental health, have additional needs, go missing, may be involved in serious youth violence and are vulnerable to exploitation including criminal and sexual exploitation.

Our Adolescent service comprises of 3 locality hubs focused on delivering targeted adolescent services. You will have support from a range of teams in a newly created central adolescent hub to complement the work that you do. This includes Youth Justice, Missing, Edge of Care, Intervention Support, Risk and Intelligence and Youth Offer. The Hub will work flexibly to ensure that incoming work flows to the correct service area and will use data to underpin operational and strategic tasking.

As part of the latter phase of the safeguarding adolescents model, partnership colleagues from Education, Health, Police and other agencies will join the hubs as part of the commitment towards adolescent services in Surrey. Our re-modelled service represents a 21st century opportunity to deliver innovative ways of working to address adolescent risk outside of the home, building relationships with our families and partners so the voices of our young people are heard.

Our Progress

We are proud of our recent Good Ofsted judgement, which marks a significant milestone for Surrey. In relation to our Adolescent Service the report highlights that: "The intensive and highly effective support provided to children and families by adolescent team social workers, intensive family support workers and edge of care workers enables children to remain living with their families when it is safe to do so and in their best interests." and that: "Staff are well-trained and committed, feel highly valued and are proud to work in Surrey."

About the Role

As a Team Manager within our Adolescent Service, you will:

• Provide professional leadership and support to ensure the safe practice of your social workers and social care practitioners
• Provide effective workload management in line with service key performance indicators
• Ensure your team are forward-thinking, responsive, and meet the diverse needs of the young people we safeguard, working with them in a strengths-based way.
• Manage, motivate, and develop your team
• Deputise for your service manager when required to ensure operational effectiveness and consistency in line with service strategies, policies, and procedures
• Help to develop a respectful culture recognising diverse experiences, promoting partnership working, and encouraging family-driven solutions

Shortlisting Criteria

To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application will clearly evidence the following:

• That you are an experienced social worker with Social Work England Registration.
• That you are an experienced manager or established senior social worker looking for first team manager role.
• Skills and experience of supporting adolescents who have significant challenges around their mental health, additional needs, are at risk of exploitation, serious youth violence or other contextual safeguarding risks.
• How you have supported or developed staff to deliver high quality assessments and interventions with families.

Social care workers will be expected to have a valid driving licence to drive in the UK, access to a vehicle and be willing to travel across a wide geographical area.

Our Inclusive Approach

To apply you will need to upload your CV and answer the following questions:

• Please tell us what has motivated you to apply for this role?
• Please tell us about the key skills and experience you will be able to bring to this role.
• What in your view, are challenges that young people face today? Please tell us how you see the role supporting with them.

Next Steps

If your application is shortlisted, you will be invited to a short first round virtual interview to explore your answers to the above questions (lasting approx. 15- 20 min). If successful following this, you will be invited for an in person interview, allowing you to meet the team, check out your potential office and get a feel for what your journey might look like.

We are committed to inclusive recruitment. That's why, if you're invited to a face-to-face interview, we'll share the themes of the questions with you in advance. This way, you can prepare and feel comfortable, allowing you to confidently discuss your skills and experiences.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 21st July 2025.

An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role.