Team Leader – Complex Safeguarding

Team Leader Complex Safeguarding
MB3 (£53,051 - £60,084)
37 hours, Full-Time
Permanent
Hybrid: Fred Perry House and some homeworking although working in the office for more than 50% of your working week is expected

Application Deadline: 11th November 2026, 11:59pm
Shortlisting Date: 13th November 2026
Interview Date: 20th November 2026
Interview Type: Face to Face

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An exciting opportunity has arisen within Stockport's Youth Justice & Complex Safeguarding Service for a Team Leader within complex safeguarding. This is a full-time, permanent position.

Stockport's Youth Justice & Complex Safeguarding Service is made up of an enthusiastic and committed group of professionals, who have a passion for working with adolescents to prevent and reduce harm by adopting a 'child-first' approach.

Our complex safeguarding team is made up of social workers and missing from home officers and is co-located with the police and health. It is part of an aligned service with Youth Justice, ensuring seamless support to children and young people where exploitation and vulnerability to extra-familial harm is a concern.

Your Role

We are looking for an experienced professional with significant experience of complex safeguarding to take on the role of the Team Leader. You will have a strong grounding in statutory children's social work, with experience of court processes, including an understanding of DOLS. You will work alongside the wider management team within 'Stockport Family' and support the work of the social care reforms.

You will have excellent knowledge of adolescent development, child exploitation and trafficking, and be able to share expert knowledge with other team leaders and social workers to increase awareness and support their decision-making, including contributing to strategy meetings.

You will be flexible in your approach, with an ability to respond to need as required in a fast-paced environment.

About You

You will be an experienced social worker, with significant experience working within the complex safeguarding field and a passion for improving outcomes for children and families.

You will lead on awareness raising across the council, including the Week of Action for exploitation, and input at regular training and development events.

About Us

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We're keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Sarah Kelly, sarah.kelly@stockport.gov.uk

The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the 'About You' or 'Supporting Statement' section of your application. Please also email recruitment@stockport.gov.uk.

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