Contract Type: Permanent 

Hours: 37 per week

Salary: NJC Grade H4 SCP 41-46 £52,413 - £57,881 per annum

Closing Date: Tuesday 23rd September 2025 at 23:59

This advert is open to both internal and external applicants however, internal applicants will be considered for this role prior to external candidates.

Team Manager – Multi-Agency Request for Support Hub (RFSH)

Location: Blackpool Municipal | Working Pattern: 37 hours over 5 days a week.

Are you an experienced Team Manager with front door experience, or a highly skilled Senior Social Worker ready to take the next step in your career? If you're driven by making a difference at the earliest point of intervention, we have an exciting opportunity for you.

The Multi-Agency Request for Support Hub (RFSH) is seeking a dynamic, decisive, and collaborative leader to join our management team. You’ll work alongside two other Team Managers and a wide range of partners including Police, Early Help, IDVA, Health, Probation, and Horizon, to ensure children and families receive the right support at the right time.

What You’ll Be Doing

Lead and manage the daily operations of the RFSH, overseeing incoming contacts, allocating work, signing off outcomes, and monitoring performance.

Drive high standards in a fast-paced environment, confidently managing risk and demand while making timely, informed decisions.

Challenge and support the partnership to respond effectively to complex safeguarding concerns, ensuring robust multi-agency collaboration.

Apply thresholds for intervention with precision, using strong analytical skills to assess risk and determine appropriate responses.

Represent the Hub at operational meetings, lead on specific areas of development, and maintain strong links with internal social care and early help teams.

Champion staff development, training, and data quality, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.

About You 

You bring significant experience in children’s social care, with a deep understanding of safeguarding, thresholds, and early intervention.

You’re a confident leader, capable of managing a team and driving performance in a high-pressure environment.

You thrive on multi-agency working, and know how to challenge constructively to ensure children’s needs are prioritised.

You’re comfortable with risk management, and can make swift, evidence-based decisions that protect children and support families.

You’re passionate about getting it right first time, and committed to delivering a responsive, high-quality service.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory reference history of at least two years, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of Right to Work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and amendments to the exemptions order, which mean that certain offences are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed, guidance on the "filtering" of offences can be found at New filtering rules for DBS certificates (from 28 November 2020 onwards) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

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