Our client, Leicestershire County Council, is seeking two Team Managers for its First Response Screening team.

Pay rate is £42 - £45 per hour.

• One full-time post
• One part-time post (alternate Wednesdays, every Thursday, every Friday)

Please let me know if you are interested? Or can you refer a friend for £300 if placed?

The role will involve the following:

• Demonstrate extensive statutory social work experience, confidently applying thresholds and child protection processes across public and private law, and stepping into practice support when required.
• Lead and support a team of screening social workers, promoting a positive, collaborative, and high-performing team culture.
• Oversee allocation and progression of contacts and referrals, ensuring thresholds are applied consistently and targets/standards are met.
• Build strong internal and external partnerships to enable effective and timely information sharing.
• Use performance data and KPIs to drive quality and throughput, embedding a strong data-informed culture within the team.
• Provide clear leadership, confidently chairing complex meetings, leading development work, and making advanced-level safeguarding decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Identify and support team training and development needs, ensuring continuous improvement in practice and maintaining timely, child-focused responses, including chairing strategy discussions where required.
• You will understand the complexity of the statutory child protection processes as set out in legislation and statutory guidance and evidence how you have applied these in practice

Requirements of the role:

• Qualified Social Worker
• Fully Social Work England registered
• 3 years post-qualified experience in employment of a local authority (DFE rules)
• Must have good experience of Team Management in a statutory children’s social care setting
• Ideal candidate will have duty / first response / screening expertise as well as strong child protection knowledge

Please contact apply online or contact me asap to discuss in more detail. We are offering £250 joining bonus for new starters with Reed.

Alternatively, we are offering £300 if you refer a friend or colleague and they are placed successfully into this or any other QSW role.