Social Work Team Manager – Children and Families Service

Hackney Council; London Borough of Hackney; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Hackney Council is seeking a Team Manager to mobilise and engage multi-agency professionals across services, ensuring families receive timely and appropriate support for children in Hackney. The role requires strong leadership and a track record of managing teams within Children and Families services.

Join Hackney’s STAR practice environment and contribute to outstanding service delivery, supervision, and professional development for staff, with a focus on anti-racist practice and high-quality

Qualifications

• Hold a relevant social work qualification.
• Be registered with Social Work England.
• Have management and leadership experience.

Responsibilities

• Mobilise and engage multi-agency professionals across services to ensure families receive the right help at the right time.
• Lead and develop the Family Help Service team to achieve the best outcomes for children in Hackney.

Skills

Leadership

Management experience

Strategic thinking

Education

Social work qualification

Job description

We are currently looking for a Team Manager who has strong leadership skills, who will be able to mobilise and engage multi-agency professionals and colleagues across all services to ensure families receive the right help at the right time and to achieve the very best outcomes for children in Hackney. The Family Help Service teams are made up of a senior social worker, social workers (including a newly qualified social worker) and a Family Help Practitioner. To find out more about the teams within Children and Families services, click on this link .

Join us in Hackney for your next career move and start afresh in 2026. Our priority is to provide the highest quality support and care for Hackney's children and families, providing the right support at the right time. We are rated Good by Ofsted and are continually seeking to improve our services and set this out in our Action Plan .

Why Hackney?

Our Systemic, Trauma-Informed and Anti-Racist (STAR) practice model informs everything we do.

We provide wide-ranging and excellent training and development opportunities; we will help you to develop excellent social work practice, leading to career advancement at your own pace.

Following on from our Anti Racist Summit in October 2023 we remain committed to dismantling systemic racism, discrimination, injustice and making anti-racism a foundation of our practice.

We pride ourselves on offering a high quality level of personal and case supervision, with a strong clinical offer and an approachable/visible management presence.

We are an innovative borough where we collaborate to support change for the children and families we work for and for each other.

• - Hold a relevant social work qualification
• - Be registered with Social Work England
• - Have management and leadership experience

An enhanced DBS check is required

The Process

As a Council, our most outstanding asset is our staff, who are highly dedicated to serving our residents and committed to our goals as an organisation.

Closing date for applications: 22 November 2026 (22:59)

Interview date: Wc 08 December 2026

Please note – we reserve the right to close applications early if we receive a high number of applications.

We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud. In order to achieve this, we are seeking individuals who embody our"PROUD" values: Purpose and Respect, where we foster belonging through active inclusion, kindness, and open dialogue; Ownership, where we champion proactive collaboration and accountability for our shared success; and Unity and Diversity, where we work as one Council to break down silos and champion anti-racist behavior.

Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, as this group is currently under represented in our workforce.

The Council has a dedicated employment support service (Hackney Works), which offers Hackney residents guidance in relation to applying for jobs. If you are thinking about applying for a job, please contact the Hackney Works team to find out what support is available: [e-mail]