Team Manager - Adolescent Service

LB RICHMOND UPON THAMES & LB WANDSWORTH; Greater London; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in London is seeking a Team Manager for their Adolescent Service. This role involves overseeing a skilled team of Social Workers and ensuring high-quality practice for adolescents at risk. Candidates must have robust leadership experience, a qualification in Social Work, and an advanced understanding of legislation affecting children’s social care. The successful applicant will play a crucial role in managing complex cases and collaborating with partner agencies to provide comprehensive support. This full-time position offers a salary up to £62,451 per annum.

Benefits

40 days annual leave

Flexible working

Generous pension plan

Qualifications

• Qualified Social Worker with Social Work England membership.
• Extensive leadership and management experience in social work.
• Ability to manage complex cases effectively.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a team of 6-8 Social Workers.
• Provide supervision and management oversight for high-quality practice.
• Work with partner agencies for comprehensive support coordination.

Skills

Leadership and management

Social Work qualification

Knowledge of Children Act 1989 and 2004

Performance data interpretation

Education

Advanced qualification in Social Work

Job description

Team Manager – Adolescent Service

Up to £62,451 per annum

Permanent

Full Time (36 hours)

Ofsted Rating: ‘Good'

Are you a qualified Social Worker with proven leadership and management knowledge, and a passion for working with and safeguarding Adolescents and young people at risk in the community?

As a Team Manager, you will oversee a dynamic group of 6–8 skilled Social Workers, including a Systemic Social Worker and an ASYE Social Worker, plus a Practice Specialist. Reporting to the Service Manager, you will provide strong supervision and management oversight, ensuring high-quality social work practice that supports adolescents and their families.

About the role

This is a specialist role within Wandsworth’s Adolescent Service, which adopts a Contextual Safeguarding approach to tackle risks such as child sexual exploitation, criminal exploitation, serious youth violence, gangs and online abuse. You will work closely with partner agencies to coordinate wraparound support and robust care planning, using trauma-informed and relational frameworks to protect young people and help them thrive.

Your leadership will be pivotal in delivering our vision and strategic priorities, managing complex cases involving contextual and extra-familial harm, and driving positive outcomes for young people.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• You will hold Social Work qualification with Social Work England membership.
• Advanced qualification in Social Work or evidence of having met the capabilities at advanced level.
• Systematic working knowledge and understanding of Children Act 1989 and 2004 and the Children & Families Act 2014, including awareness of current national policy drivers, legislation, affecting children’s social care.
• Extensive leadership and management knowledge and experience in a similar role working with children and families.
• Experience of managing a team / service with a complex caseload, developing effective work allocation and case work prioritisation systems; deploying resources flexibly to respond to service pressures.
• Ability to interpret management information and performance data in order to identify performance issues and develop solutions.

If you are an experienced leader with a strong background in adolescent and statutory social work, and you are ready to guide a skilled team through complex challenges, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.

Contact Details

If you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please contact Leila Farah by emailing [e-mail]

Closing date

11th January 2025.

Shortlisting date

W/C 12th January 2025.

Interview date

W/C 19th January 2025.

We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

If you require reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.