The Children’s Social Care Team Manager has the responsibility to ensure that every child within their team who is subject to a Child Protection Plan has an allocated lead social worker who is experienced and qualified to carry out child protection work in an effective manner.
Other responsibilities of the Team Manager include:
- regular professional supervision of the lead social worker
- attending initial and review child protection conferences as required
- chairing meetings of the core group as required,
- ensuring that the lead social worker and members of the core group implement the Child Protection Plan
- ensuring that recording in relation to the case is complete and up to date
- reporting to their own line manager, and, where necessary, to the Safeguarding Unit any concerns with regard to the management of the case
