Children's Team Manager - Assessment Team - Bolton

Reference: 671168

An experienced and motivated Children’s Team Manager is required to lead an Assessment Team in Bolton. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified social work professional with strong leadership skills and a commitment to achieving positive outcomes for children, young people and their families.

You will provide effective management and professional oversight across the team, ensuring that assessments, child protection enquiries and care planning are completed to a high standard and within statutory timescales. You will support practitioners to analyse information, make sound decisions and develop plans that promote children’s safety, wellbeing and permanence.

Key responsibilities will include supervising, coaching and developing social workers; chairing meetings and reviewing cases; allocating work according to demand and complexity; monitoring performance and workloads; and ensuring accurate, timely recording. You will work closely with colleagues across children’s services and partner agencies, including education, health, police and other community organisations, to promote effective multi-agency safeguarding practice.

The successful candidate will be a qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England, with substantial post-qualification experience in children’s social care and a sound understanding of assessment, child protection and relevant legislation. Experience of working within a statutory assessment team and managing or supervising social work staff is essential. You will have excellent knowledge of safeguarding practice, strong decision-making skills and the ability to promote consistent, strengths-based practice.

You will be an approachable and resilient leader who can manage competing priorities, respond effectively to risk and maintain high professional standards in a demanding environment. Excellent communication, organisation and partnership-working skills are essential, along with a commitment to equality, participation and continuous improvement.

The role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to children and families while supporting a skilled team to deliver safe, effective and relationship-based services. A valid driving licence and access to a vehicle may be required, subject to operational needs.

From £40.00
Per hour
Added 14/11/2026
Reference: 671168

Children's Team Manager - Assessment Team - Bolton

Bolton, England, United Kingdom Temporary Manager

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