Practitioner Manager

Lambeth-Council; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Working

Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

27–35 days annual leave

Learning & Development

Cycle to Work Scheme

Secure Bike Storage

Trade Union Membership

Job summary

Lambeth Council is seeking a Practitioner Manager for the Mental Health of Older Adults Social Work team (MHOA). The role leads a small team to deliver a quality, person-centred service, with duty cover and collaboration with health colleagues.

The post requires a qualified social worker with extensive post-qualifying experience; familiarity with the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act is essential. Hybrid 35 hours/week, with sector-leading development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Qualified social worker with significant post-qualifying experience.
• Familiar with Care Act, Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act.
• Excellent organisational and communication skills; some management experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supervise up to 8 social care staff in the team.
• Manage daytime social care service alongside the Team Manager.
• Lead on service development areas arising from user requests and enquiries.
• Support staff development through regular 1:1s and appraisals.

Skills

Qualified social worker

Post-qualifying experience

Management experience

Education

Social Work degree

Job description

Lambeth Civic Centre, 6 Brixton Hill, London,SW2 1EG, United Kingdom and 1 more

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Job Description

Hybrid Working

PO5 Grade: £56,154 pa rising in annual increments to £59,394 pa inc LW.

2 x Permanent and Full Time

About Us:

It is an exciting time to join Lambeth Council, we have bold ambitions for the future of Lambeth’s communities and residents through our Lambeth 2030 Plan ‘Our Future, Our Lambeth. To deliver on these ambitions, we have embarked our transformational One Lambeth Programme ensuring we are ‘connected by purpose,’ in everything we do to deliver excellence. We are proud to have recently developed a refreshed set of One Lambeth Values and Behaviours that were develop for staff by staff;Equity, Ambition, Kindness, and Accountability. For more information, please have a look at our dedicated One Lambeth Values and Behaviours page.

About the Borough:

Located in the heart of South London, Lambeth Borough is a vibrant community of over 317,600 residents. Stretching from the dynamic neighbourhood of Streatham in the South to the iconic landmarks of Waterloo in the North, we are proud to be the 9th largest borough in London. Our diversity is our strength, with more than 130 languages spoken, making Lambeth the home of the Windrush generation, London's largest LGBTQ+ community, and a thriving Portuguese-speaking community.

With exceptional schools, lush green spaces including Brockwell Park, cultural gems like the Black Cultural Archives, and world-renowned institutions such as St Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth offers an enriching and dynamic environment.

About the Role:

Lambeth is a fantastic place to work. If you’re looking for a challenging but exceptionally rewarding opportunity to move into a social work position within Mental Health Adult Social Care Services, then Lambeth is definitely for YOU!

We currently looking to recruit a Practitioner Manager for our Mental Health of Older Adults Social Work team (MHOA).

The MHOA is a team of 4 experienced social workers. We work in close partnership with the Community Mental Health Team for Older Adults. We specialise in working with people who have complex mental health and dementia, particularly people who struggle to engage. We aim to support individuals and their carers/family to sustain quality of life, independence and wellbeing. Using strengths based and rights based approaches we work closely with health colleagues to support wellbeing in the community and effective hospital discharge work. The team also support the duty service within the broader Mental Health service and the PM would be on a rota to cover duty days.

The Practitioner Manager is responsible for managing the daytime social care service alongside the team manager, ensuring that a quality, responsive, safe, and person-centred service to support which promotes the well-being of Lambeth residents is delivered. The role also includes leading on specialist areas across the other services and managing some service areas jointly with the other PMs.

The PM will supervise up to 8 social care staff in the team. The PM will ensure that statutory assessments are assigned and completed in a timely manner within expected performance targets and quality standards. This will include supporting social workers through managing their cases, and complex cases, the court of protection, safeguarding procedures, and authorising assessments with a view to supporting them to produce high quality, strength-based work. With support from the Team Manager, the PM may also be elected to take the lead on service development areas arising from service user requests and member’s enquiries from time to time.

The PM will support social care staff with their professional development through regular 1:1 and appraisals.

The role requires that you are a qualified social worker with significant post qualifying experience, have excellent organisational and communication skills. Some previous management experience and an experience in working within mental health services is preferred but not essential. You must be familiar with the Care Act, Mental Capacity Act, and Mental Health Act. The hours are Monday to Friday 9am-5pm or as the service requires at 35hrs per week.

‘We especially encourage applications from people from the Black, Asian and Multiethnic communities and while the role is open to all applicants, Lambeth will utilise the positive action provisions of the Equality Act 2010 to appoint a candidate from underrepresented groups where there is a choice between two candidates of equal merit.’

For detailed qualifications and requirements, please review the job description and person specification in hyperlink below:

For a full list of our accreditations, please click here .

Recruitment Timelines:

Advert close date: 11:59pm on Sunday 25 October 2026.

We believe in rewarding our staff. When you join us, you'll gain access to a range of benefits, including:

• Participation in our 5 Staff Networks: Black, Asian, and Multi-Ethnic, LGBTQ+, Disability, Young Professionals, and Women's.
• Generous annual leave entitlement starting from 27 days, increasing to up to 35 days depending on length of service.
• Membership in the Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Hybrid Working.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Discounts at local restaurants.
• Learning and Development opportunities, including Apprenticeships.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Secure Bike Storage facilities at our Town Hall and Civic Centre.
• Trade Union Membership.

At Lambeth, we are dedicated to providing quality services and equal opportunities for all. We are committed to safer recruitment and are proud to be a Stonewall diversity champion, a Living Wage Employer, and to guarantee interviews for all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria of the role. For a full list of our accreditations, please click here .

We actively support applications from Lambeth Care Leavers

Job Info

• Job Identification 2860
• Job Category Social Care Qualified
• Posting Date 10/05/2026, 10:10 AM
• Apply Before 10/25/2026, 11:55 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations Lambeth Civic Centre, 6 Brixton Hill, London,SW2 1EG, United Kingdom Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton, London, SW2 1RW, United Kingdom