Team Manager - Preparing for Adulthood
| Posting date: | 11 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 March 2026 |
| Location: | Bury, BL9 0SW |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75785500 |
Summary
Team Manager Preparing for Adulthood Team
Adult Social Care | Bury Council
Are you passionate about empowering young people as they take their first steps into adulthood? Do you thrive on leading skilled, committed teams? If so, Bury’s Preparing for Adulthood (PFA) Team would love to welcome you.
Why Join Bury?
Bury is a borough with heart. We are proud of our diverse communities, our strong partnerships, and our commitment to giving every young person the best possible start to their adult life. We know that ages 1425 are some of the most important years in a person’s journeyfilled with opportunity, challenge, and change. That’s why we invest in a PFA service that truly makes a difference.
Working in Bury means:
A values-driven culture built on kindness, collaboration, and trust.
A size that workssmall enough to feel connected, big enough to innovate.
Strong relationships with Children’s Services, Education, Health and SEND meaning your team can focus on what matters: positive impact.
A leadership team who listens and genuinely cares about your voice, your wellbeing, and your professional development.
About the Role
As Team Manager, you will lead a dynamic, passionate group of social workers and practitioners who support young people with care needs, disabilities, and complex transitions. You will shape high-quality practice that promotes independence, aspiration, and inclusion.
You will:
- Provide reflective, supportive management that enables your team to do their best work
- Drive excellent transitions planning aligned with the Preparing for Adulthood national framework
- Build effective partnerships across services, schools, colleges, and health
- Champion young people’s voices and ensure their aspirations underpin every decision
- Lead on quality assurance, performance oversight, and developing best practice
- Model strengths-based, person-centred, and coproductive approaches
- Champion approaches that maximise independence, enabling young people to build the skills, confidence and autonomy they need for adulthood.
This is an exciting opportunity to influence the future of Bury’s Preparing For Adulthood offer and help young people to thrive as confident, independent adults.
What We’re Looking For
We want a leader who is:
- Compassionate, confident, and committed to inclusion
- Experienced in adult social care, transitions work, or disability services
- Skilled at motivating teams and nurturing strong professional identity
- Organised, forward-thinking, and solution-focused
- Able to collaborate across agencies with clarity and purpose
- Passionate about improving outcomes for young people and families
Most importantly, you’ll believelike we dothat transition is not a process, but a journey, and every young person deserves a smooth, empowering one.
What We Offer
- A supportive and ambitious workforce
- Regular supervision and access to high-quality training
- Opportunities for leadership development
- Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
- A friendly, welcoming culture where people genuinely enjoy working together
- A chance to make a big impact in a small, connected borough
If you’re ready to lead a team that changes lives, shapes futures, and plays a vital role in our community, we’d love to hear from you.
Come join us in Burywhere great social work really happens.
Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way
Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
Next steps
For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Linda Prescott on l.prescott@bury.gov.uk
Date of Interviews to be confirmed.
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