Exploitation and Missing Principal Manager

Directorate: Children and Families
Section: Children Social Care
Grade: Level 15
Salary: £52,805 - £56,076
Hours: 37


This advert is open to both Internal and external applicants


Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and families?


Stoke-on-Trent is the place where you can do just that—and more. We're dedicated to ensuring that every child in our city thrives, reaches their full potential, and grows up in a supportive community. We're also committed to making Stoke-on-Trent the best place for social workers to build a rewarding career.


At the heart of everything we do is our community.


We believe in empowering families and creating positive life experiences for all. To achieve this, we're heavily investing in high-quality learning and development for our team, with a strong focus on:


Restorative and Relational Practice: Balancing high support with high challenge.
Child-Friendly City: Making Stoke-on-Trent a place where children’s needs come first.
Listening to Children: Ensuring the voices of our children are heard and have a real impact on decisions.


Join us in shaping a bright future for Stoke-on-Trent, where children are at the heart of our efforts.


Amongst the benefits we offer are:


Up to 41 days holiday (including 8 days bank holidays)
Option to buy extra annual leave
Flexible working hours
Hybrid working
Relocation allowance to £8,000 subject to policy
High quality reflective supervision
Health and wellbeing support
Access to staff equality and diversity networks


Excellent opportunity to become a Principal Manager in Targeted Services, responsible for our Child Exploitation and Missing Team. We are looking for a skilled, enthusiastic practitioner with significant experience as a qualified social worker to manage and develop social work practice within the Exploitation and Missing Team.


This will require an experienced individual who is organised and can lead and motivate a team. A key element of the role will be ensuring high quality and timely supervision and management oversight of all children open to the
service area, whilst also providing outstanding leadership and management of the team.


If you think you have the necessary skills and experience to create relational and restorative plans that safeguard children, forge strong and productive relationships with multi-agency partners and be part of the team as we transition to a non-statutory caseholding model, please make your application.


Come and join out motivated and passionate team as we strive towards creating great outcomes for children and young people in our city!


We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all our employees and volunteers to share this commitment


If you are interested in applying for this post then please feel free to contact
Head Of Service Bethany Gledhill to discuss further.
Bethany.Gledhill@stoke.gov.uk


Please note that you will need to have prior agreement from your current Head of Service should you wish to apply for a secondment.


Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Stoke-on-Trent City Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this – we therefore encourage applications from all sections of our community. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees – a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed together.


To Apply
Please create / log into your account and then click 'apply'. If you have any queries or want an application form in another format, please email recruitment@stoke.gov.uk or call us on 01782 238189.


In order to apply for this vacancy, you must be able to supply the required answers to the following questions:
Do you have the Right to Work in the UK?