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Team Manager (SGO & Assessments)
Job summary
A local authority in Greater London seeks a highly motivated Team Manager for a fast-paced Kinship Assessment Team within the Fostering and Permanency Service. The ideal candidate will deliver high-quality assessments to kinship carers, manage a team of dedicated social workers, and ensure responsive services for young people. Key responsibilities include leadership in social care practices and compliance with statutory requirements. This role offers a modern working environment and flexible working options.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Social work qualified with significant experience in fostering kinship or special guardianship assessment teams.
- Extensive knowledge of the Children Act, fostering regulations, and standards.
- Passion to lead and motivate staff and manage risk.
Responsibilities
- Manage a fast-paced Kinship Assessment Team within the Fostering and Permanency Service.
- Deliver high-quality assessments to kinship carers.
- Ensure delivery of inclusive services responsive to the needs of young people.
Skills
Lambeth is looking for a highly motivated Team Manager to manage a fast‑paced Kinship Assessment Team within our Fostering and Permanency Service. You will help deliver high‑quality assessments to kinship carers and play a key leadership role in providing high‑quality social care practice.
You will manage a team of 5 permanent social workers and 1 compliance officer and be responsible for ensuring delivery of inclusive services responsive to the needs of young people and the wider community, addressing safeguarding needs and promoting corporate parenting principles.
Social work qualified with significant experience in fostering kinship or special guardianship assessment teams. Extensive knowledge of the Children Act, fostering regulations and standards, and experience managing others within a fostering service.
Passion to lead and motivate staff, manage risk, and use multidisciplinary working with partner agencies. High level compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work within a performance framework, ensuring performance indicators are met and taking budget responsibility.
Experience supporting social workers to be agents of change, empowering them to provide good quality, meaningful, co‑produced social work tailored to families’ needs.
- Computer Hardware
- Fund Management
- Attorney at Law
- Jni
- Analytics
- Fantastic modern working environment in the award‑winning Lambeth Town Hall and Civic Centre buildings
- Competitive Salaries
- Up to 35 days annual leave, dependent upon continuous service
- 5 minutes from London Underground and excellent transport links into the centre of London
- Hybrid/Flexible working
- Cycle to Work Scheme (including City Bike Hire scheme)
- Attractive Local Government Pension Scheme
We are a Stonewall diversity champion, a Living Wage Employer and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria of the role.
Successful candidates will be asked to apply for an Enhanced Certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Further information about the DBS can be found on the disclosure‑barring‑service website.
Interested? Click the Apply button and complete an online application form, explicitly evidencing in the Supporting Statement how you meet the criteria marked with an A at shortlist stage along with uploading your CV.
Closing Date: Sunday 30th November 2025 at midnight
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