Team Manager-Children's Disability Service

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Leicestershire Countywide Services

Salary £52,221- £56,826 per annum (pro‑rata for part‑time) (inclusive of market premia at £3,000)

Working Hours: 37 hrs per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 22nd March 2026

Interview Date(s): 2nd April 2026

We are delighted to invite applications for a full‑time Social Work Team Manager within our Disabled Children’s Service. This is a highly rewarding role for an experienced social work leader who is passionate about safeguarding, disability practice, and ensuring that children with disabilities have every opportunity to develop their independence and thrive within their families and communities.

You will join us at a pivotal time as we refine our approach to supporting disabled children and their families. You will lead a team delivering high‑quality assessments and support using a Signs of Safety/Trauma‑informed model that focuses on building independence and supports progression within age and stage of ability.

A core part of your role will be to ensure robust safeguarding practice, particularly given the specific vulnerabilities disabled children may face. You will provide leadership that promotes safe, timely, and child‑centred decision‑making.

• Leading and managing a skilled team of social workers
• Using performance data and audit to drive quality
• Providing oversight of complex safeguarding work
• Ensuring excellent multi‑agency collaboration
• Supporting staff to deliver relationship‑focused practice
• Contributing to wider service development

At Leicestershire County Council, we are committed to delivering outstanding outcomes for children and families. Our Disabled Children’s Service comprises two social work teams supported by strong, experienced leadership. We are a Trauma‑Informed Service and strive to improve the experience of families who often tell us how challenging it can be to navigate health, education, and social care pathways.

We are proud to promote a culture of continuous learning and reflective, evidence‑based practice through:

• Three annual practice conferences
• Monthly protected team learning sessions
• Reflective and group supervision
• Senior leadership practice weeks
• Three additional CPD days for all SWE‑registered social workers
• A refreshed annual training programme
• Dedicated practice excellence support
  
  A clear and embedded practice framework
• Signs of Safety practice across social care and early help services
• Independence‑building and pathway to adulthood preparation.

Benefits include:

• Childcare vouchers
• Employee counselling services
• Free car parking
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Paid SWE registration
• Lease car scheme
• Option to purchase additional leave
• Retail and supermarket discounts
• Leisure and gym membership offers

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.

To apply for this post, you must respond to and evidence the following 7 essential criteria within your personal statement.

• Hold a Professional Social Work Qualification and be Social Work England Registered with qualifying experience of working with children and families experience
• Have excellent safeguarding knowledge and best practice in the delivery of quality services
• In‑depth knowledge of disability practice and lived experiences of disabled children
• Strong supervisory and coaching skills i.e staff supervision, continuing professional development and performance management.
• A reflective, research‑informed approach
• A collaborative mindset with the ability to analyse information to reach sound decisions, often under pressure, and to take responsibility for their outcome and regular reporting to the Service Manager with a positive mind set, “can‑do” approach
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people, using skills of negotiation and persuasion

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…