Team Manager

The job itself

In East Riding we are Stronger Together: ‘You can, I can, We can’

Are you the missing piece of our jigsaw?

We are looking for a highly motivated and passionate Team Manager to join our Strengthening and Supporting Families Service within our Children and Young People Support and Safeguarding Service. We need a qualified and registered social worker who has excellent decision-making skills and is able to provide support to their team and to the service on it’s journey to outstanding.

We understand the importance of equipping you with the tools to build meaningful relationships and make lasting changes to those we work with and who need us most.

We support our social work colleagues to deliver fantastic social work and champion social worker wellbeing with a strong focus on learning and development through our Stronger Together approach. Senior leaders are visible and approachable, and practitioners feel valued, listened to and part of the whole service.

I have worked in the ERYC since a newly qualified and began as a social work student, I have been supported throughout my career by the East Riding and now work as a team manager. I receive regular supervision, training to help me support my social workers with the children and families within our community" (Quote from a current team manager).

There are interesting and exciting opportunities for everyone, which creates a variety of career pathways you can explore with us here at East Riding.

Our ‘grow your own’ approach to social work training, social work apprenticeship degree route alongside the development of the workforce academy, practice standards and quality assurance framework has created a solid foundation for consistent practice to be developed and has contributed to retention and recruitment.

In March 2023, our Children & Families teams and Assessment teams were awarded ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

We have created a bespoke practice model that reflects and connects our vision, our value base and our behaviour as one East Riding of Yorkshire approach to working with children, young people and their families, which is nurtured and grown from within East Riding of Yorkshire CYPSSS and owned by our workforce.

We remain committed to Signs of Safety as a practice framework, but this is set within a much wider, values based, model of practice that clearly connects Signs of Safety with the East Riding value base, and our overall approach to making and sustaining relationships with children, families and communities. Our Stronger Together approach is strengths based, solution-focussed, and relational recognising that the very best work with families takes place within the context of excellent, collaborative relationships.

A well embedded model ensures we all have something to centre our practice on so that, while the work may be different, all of our teams are grounded in the same values, beliefs, theories and approaches. Having a well-developed practice model helps to create a common language for the service and enables everyone to understand how we go about doing the right things, in the right way and for the right reasons for children and their families.

We have made excellent progress in our transformation journey, and we are ambitious.

This is an excellent opportunity to shine in a visible, well-resourced and well-regarded social care environment. There has never been a more exciting time to East Riding. If this kind of environment resonates with you and you are looking for a new opportunity, we’d be delighted to receive your application.

At East Riding, we know that we are Stronger Together

Your Exclusive Benefits Package:

As part of your Reward ERYC package, not only will you enjoy a competitive salary (grade 8), up to 40 days leave entitlement (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension, you will have access to our exclusive Reward ERYC platform.