Team Manager - Adoption in Merseyside (Part Time 17.5 hours per week)

Job introduction

Job title: Team Manager – Adoption in Merseyside (AIM)

Contract: Part Time 17.5 hours per week

Salary: £54,916 – £60.640 pro rata per annum

Location: Knowsley Council, Huyton

A bit about us:

Adoption in Merseyside (AIM) is a regional adoption agency that covers four local authorities – Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley, and the Wirral.

AIM provides a full adoption service and is dedicated to finding loving, stable homes for Merseyside’s children and providing first class support to our adopters.

AIM’s comprehensive service includes full support from experienced adoption social workers and specialist support workers who deliver a wide range of general advice and information to direct work with children and young people, including full adoption assessments, as well as training for parents and group work, including support meetings.  

For further information please visit https://adoptioninmerseyside.co.uk/ and watch our video: https://youtu.be/ezCHvv1HMhc 

The role:

• You will be a qualified, actively registered social worker and experienced within Children’s Social Care, with previous experience of managing staff and resources in a statutory service, preferably within adoption
• As an Adoption Team Manager / Panel Advisor, you will need a robust understanding of children and young people’s whole journey, ensuring that they are protected from significant harm and their life chances are maximised. You will need to have the ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with key partners. across AIM’s four Local Authorities
• As a Team Manager, you will have sound knowledge and understanding of all children’s legislation, particularly statutory guidance within adoption, policies, procedures, and frameworks, and the regulations supporting running effective Adoption Panels.
• You will embed and maintain a high-performance culture by supporting your team and volunteer panel members to continually develop their skills so they can achieve the best outcomes. Through regular reflective supervision with your team, you will champion their personal and professional growth and health and wellbeing, ensuring an inclusive approach
• Alongside your role as a people manager, you will provide clear oversight of all children and young people, ensuring quality standards are maintained, championing good practice to reduce risks, build on strengths and achieve consistent positive outcomes together

Our offer to you:

• 35 hour working week with hybrid working model
• At least 31 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 35 after 5 years’ service (pro-rata if part time) –  option to purchase further days
• Agile working – A “Flexibility First” approach to agile working where flexibility is the norm rather than the exception
• Part of the Local Government Pension Scheme – option to join the AVC Scheme
• Progression – opportunities and training through a wide range of high quality learning
• Health and Wellbeing – offer including Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work and Travel Pass Schemes 
• Drive Time – a salary sacrifice car lease scheme
• Family friendly policies with enhanced leave  
• Discounted gym memberships 
• Employee Volunteering Scheme 
• Medicash 

Next step: 

If you would like any further information or an informal discussion, please contact Harriet Cadman, Recruitment and Retention Lead, via harriet.cadman@liverpool.gov.uk. 

Closing date: midnight on Sunday 9 March 2025

Face to face interviews will be held the W/C 17 March 2025.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service and up to date registration with Social Work England as a qualified Social Worker.

If you are an international social worker candidate and require sponsorship, we have currently closed this programme and are in the process of reviewing it. If we advertise again in the future this will be a separate advert, so please do not apply to this vacancy.

Liverpool City Council is committed to fostering a workforce representative of the communities we serve. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in appointing candidates based on their skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. To support this commitment, we guarantee an interview to candidates from under-represented groups who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. 

If you require any reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010, such as an application form in a different format or additional time to complete your application, please contact us at recruitment@liverpool.gov.uk

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