Team Manager – Children Looked After & Care Experienced Young People

Liquid Personnel is having an outstanding opportunity for an experienced Team Manager to join it's client's Children in Care service in North & Mid Devon. This is a high-impact role offering excellent pay and a generous £150 per week accommodation/commuter allowance (subject to eligibility, currently in place until March 2026).

The Role

Working alongside two established Team Managers, you will provide additional leadership capacity across Children Looked After and Care Experienced services. The focus is on strengthening oversight, supporting supervision, and maintaining high-quality practice across teams.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing management oversight and day-to-day advice
• Chairing meetings and supporting court work
• Contributing to threshold and care planning decisions
• Supporting urgent issues across the wider Children & Families service when required
• Being on-site at least twice per week

Devon has embedded a restorative practice approach across its services, with strong investment in training and relationship-based practice.

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience as a Team Manager within Children in Care
• Strong leadership and decision-making capability
• Ability to support and develop social workers in a fast-paced statutory setting
• Social Work England registration
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle (due to the rural locality)

If you’re an experienced Team Manager seeking a well-paid contract with additional financial support for commuting or relocation, this is a strong opportunity in a highly regarded local authority.

Why Liquid Personnel?

• Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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