Team Manager - Referral and Assessment

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Liquid Personnel is currently recruiting for an experienced Team Manager to join Bolton Council's Referral and Assessment Team based at Castle Hill, working across the borough. What will your responsibilities be? Manage and lead an efficient and effective Referral and Assessment Team, ensuring timely and high-quality responses to referrals concerning children and families. Provide management oversight of assessments, safeguarding interventions, and decision-making processes, ensuring statutory duties and performance targets are met. Supervise, support, and develop social work staff through regular supervision, performance management, and workforce development activities. Oversee recruitment, selection, induction, and retention of staff to maintain a skilled and effective team. Ensure effective workload management, resource allocation, and service delivery across the team. Chair and facilitate professional meetings, strategy discussions, multi-agency meetings, and decision-making forums. Work collaboratively with partner agencies to promote positive outcomes for children and families and ensure effective safeguarding practice. Oversee quality assurance processes and monitor compliance with legislation, policies, procedures, and professional standards. Review and quality assure assessments, reports, and case recording to ensure high standards of practice. Contribute to service improvement initiatives, audits, inspections, and project work across Children's Services. Manage financial resources and support budget monitoring and resource management. Ensure accurate recording, reporting, and use of management information systems to support operational and strategic decision-making. Lead on disciplinary, grievance, capability, and attendance management processes where required.

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