Assistant Team Manager MASH

Overview

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Assistant Team Manager to take the next step in their career within a well-established and forward-thinking local authority. You’ll be joining a motivated, lively, and fast-paced Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) dedicated to improving children’s lives, keeping them safe from harm, and ensuring they have the best possible start.

As part of a strong and supportive management team, you’ll play a key role in shaping high‑quality practice, driving performance, and supporting social workers and Contact & Referral Officers to deliver outstanding services every day.

In addition to the salary advertised, you will receive a market premium of £2,750 per annum.

Take a look at our Children's Social Care Candidate Pack to find out more.

This role is subject to vetting checks as it is based at the Aylesbury Police Station.

About the role

As an Assistant Team Manager, you will support the Team Manager in the leadership and day‑to‑day management of the MASH, ensuring children receive the right service at the right time.

You will:

• Supervise and develop a pod of qualified Social Workers and Contact & Referral Officers, providing reflective, high‑quality supervision.
• Lead on risk assessment and decision-making, ensuring all referrals are reviewed, triaged, and responded to within statutory timescales.
• Chair strategy discussions and work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary partners to safeguard children effectively.
• Provide professional guidance and high‑quality advice to partners and families, ensuring responses are timely, consistent, and child-centred.
• Support the effective transfer of cases to Assessment Teams with clear risk assessments and recommendations.
• Promote robust practice standards, helping to improve outcomes, manage performance, and ensure value for money.
• Assist the Team Manager with ongoing service development, contributing to training, staff induction, and quality assurance activity.

This is an opportunity to influence practice, drive high standards, and support the delivery of excellent safeguarding services in a dynamic, multi-agency environment.

About you

You’ll bring substantial experience in statutory children’s social care, including either supervisory experience within MASH or significant frontline MASH practice. You will also hold a recognised Social Work qualification and be registered with Social Work England.

You are someone who is:

• Innovative and solution-focused, with a passion for improving outcomes for children.
• Confident in identifying and responding to risk, and skilled in child protection decision‑making.
• A strong communicator, able to translate complex information clearly and manage challenging conversations with professionalism.
• Collaborative, working effectively with partners, families, and colleagues to secure the best possible outcomes.
• Resilient and organised, able to manage competing priorities with energy and commitment.
• Motivated to support and develop others, enabling staff to perform at their best through supportive supervision and performance management.

Above all, you are passionate about safeguarding children and committed to delivering a service that puts their lived experiences at the heart of everything you do.

Other information

If you would like to find out more about this role, please contact Alina Suditu at [email protected]

Closing date: Midnight on Thursday 26th March

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.

Buckinghamshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020 and 2023).

For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance published by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

Our values

We have a set of values, which our employees have chosen, that represent what we are – Proud, Ambitious, Collaborative and Trustworthy.

By joining Buckinghamshire Council, you can expect:

• a fair and inclusive culture
• the chance to really make a difference to those around you
• health and well-being initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and mindfulness workshops
• a unified voice through our Employee Representative Group
• ongoing support, and the opportunity to develop and progress in your career with us
• opportunities to take part in fun activities such as fundraising and social events

At Buckinghamshire Council, we know that our biggest strength comes from the people that work for us, and that’s why we’re working hard to ensure we continue to be an accessible and inclusive organisation.

From dedicated staff networks overseen by our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group, to proudly standing as a Disability Confident employer, it’s important to us that all our colleagues feel engaged, listened to, and valued. Our offer of flexible working empowers a productive and happy workforce and allows employees to combine work with other responsibilities and commitments.

We believe our workforce should reflect the diverse communities we service in Buckinghamshire, and are looking for like-minded individuals to join us in promoting equality, fairness, and inclusion for everyone.

We recognise and reward you

Hard work and success deserves recognition. That’s why we pride ourselves on the benefits we give our people. We actively encourage a good work-life balance and promote flexible and agile working arrangements.

We provide discounts on various Cafés, restaurants and shops, a generous employer pension contribution in line with the Local Government Pension Scheme, discounts on gym memberships and more - https://jobs.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/working-buckinghamshire-council/

Social Workers are also entitled to a generous enhanced reward package, as follows:

• Competitive salary with a market increment
• Annual leave up to 30 days per year, as well as other types of leave and the opportunity to buy further leave
• Up to 15 days per year training, learning and development offer
• Free parking across all of our office sites

If you are interested in relocating to Buckinghamshire and working with us, relocation packages are also available.