Assistant Team Manager - Children and Families Services

We are looking to recruit a full-time Assistant Team Manager to join our Safeguarding Hub on a permanent basis.

You will provide a mentoring role to Social Work colleagues through assistance with complex cases and support the professional development of Social Work assistants. You will be skilled in developing and sustaining effective multi-agency links across a range of professional groups. The Safeguarding Hub post will involve responsibility for decision-making and daily allocations. You will provide high quality assessment and help form appropriate care plans and interventions for families. You will also be required to mentor and assist in the training and development of Social Workers undertaking complex assessments for court and as part of the PLO processes. You will be highly motivated, focused on providing high quality, timely and effective practice and interventions to children "at risk" or "in need of care and support" in the community. You will be part of a highly supportive environment and have good access to training and development opportunities.

Newport is a great place to live and work being a geographically small City with a diverse population of which 35,000 are children and young people. Newport is situated on the M4 corridor and is located between Bristol and Cardiff with excellent transport links further afield. The strengths of working and living in Newport are that it is a growing city that is developing at a fast rate whilst still providing opportunity to access affordable housing, good schools and excellent community resources. We are proud to have a stable workforce and dedicated staff of which all are permanent workers who experience a supportive and positive learning environment. Unique benefits are our effective Prevention and HUB services, the dedicated Mentoring and Consultation team, our partnership arrangement with Barnardo's to deliver joint interventions to families as well as comparatively low, stable, caseloads, regular individual and group supervision and the opportunities for excellent career development and training opportunities.

In addition to generous annual leave, good pension scheme, comparative or higher pay than neighbouring authorities Newport City Council offers great benefits including:

• Vehicle allowances; Tax free bikes for work
• Working life balance - flexible employment;
• Career development
• Health and leisure (with discounts with various organisations to enable you to make choices about your health and lifestyle)
• Employee Support Service (Carefirst)
• Town centre offices with good transport links

For this role you will be a practitioner with a professional social work qualification, DipSW, CQSW, CSS or equivalent and registered with the Care Council Wales (or able to transfer from HCPC or similarly recognised body)

Application
You can complete an application form, job description, job requirement via the links below, or alternatively they available by phone on 01633 656656 or email ccc@newport.gov.uk quoting the reference number and where you saw the post advertised.

Please return completed application forms to Applications are now submitted online via our website www.newport.gov.uk/jobs.

Closing Date - 4th July 2025

We welcome applications for all our jobs in either Welsh or English. An application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Newport City Council is committed to working towards its workforce being more representative of the population that we serve and particularly welcomes applications from people from minority ethnic communities represented (or living) in the city. Selection will be made on ability and skills to undertake the role.

Newport City Council is not currently supporting applicants with sponsorship for right to work. In applying for a vacancy, applicants should already have the right to work in the UK.

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