Assessment And Intervention Team Manager

Team Manager - Assessment & Intervention

Torbay Council | Children's Services

Torbay Council is seeking an experienced and motivated Team Manager to lead our Assessment & Intervention Team within Children's Services.

This is a pivotal leadership role at the frontline of safeguarding. You will be responsible for providing strong operational and professional leadership, ensuring high-quality assessments, timely decision-making, and effective interventions that improve outcomes for children and families. You will support social workers to deliver excellent practice while driving continuous improvement and meeting statutory responsibilities.

• Provide operational leadership and day-to-day management of the Assessment & Intervention Team
• Ensure high-quality, timely statutory assessments and interventions in line with legislation and guidance
• Oversee and quality assure practice relating to Children in Need, Child Protection, and pre-proceedings work
• Manage performance against statutory timescales, KPIs, and service priorities
• Provide reflective supervision, case oversight, and professional challenge to social workers
• Support effective risk management and defensible decision-making
  
  Lead on complex safeguarding cases, including strategy discussions and escalation where required
• Work collaboratively with partner agencies and senior leaders to strengthen multi-agency safeguarding
• Contribute to service development, audits, learning reviews, and Ofsted readiness

• Qualified Social Worker with Social Work England registration
• Significant post-qualifying experience in statutory children's social work
• Proven experience managing or supervising social workers in a frontline team
• Strong knowledge of safeguarding legislation, statutory guidance, and child protection thresholds
• Experience of quality assurance, performance management, and service improvement
• Confident decision-maker with strong leadership and people management skills
• Excellent communication, analytical, and report-writing skills

• Experience managing an Assessment & Intervention or Duty & Assessment team
• Experience of court work and Public Law Outline (PLO) processes
• Practice Educator or management qualification
• Experience contributing to Ofsted inspections or improvement journeys

• A strong focus on high-quality, relationship-based practice
• Supportive senior leadership and a culture of reflective supervision
• Manageable team sizes and realistic caseload expectations
• Ongoing leadership development and training opportunities
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Employee wellbeing and support services

If you are interested in this Assessment and Intervention Team Manager position please contact