Team Manager - Family Help Service

Up to £60,515 per annum plus a £7,000 welcome bonus* & Retention payment of £1,000 will be made every 2 years plus benefits.

Permanent Full Time (36 Hours) Wandsworth, London.

Ofsted Rating: ‘Good’

Are you a passionate and driven Social Work Team Manager eager to expand your expertise in outstanding, relationship-based social work practice supporting children and families while making a lasting impact? Our values inspire our Outstanding Practice Framework, which creates the context to build relationships with families that bring about change to support children to live at home wherever possible. Following our implementation of Family Safeguarding model, you will join multi-agency teams offering the best practice conditions we’ve ever had to achieve the most positive outcomes for children and families. You will have solid and strong leadership in Ana Popovici and Rasheed Pendry, who have an exciting vision to transform our approaches to the most vulnerable in society.

Can you provide creative leadership and management to Social Workers in your team to support children and their families by delivering evidence-based interventions that respect and promote their rights?

About the Role

Our newly formed Family Help Service has a stable, knowledgeable and creative team. Social workers benefit from small teams, regular supervision and a caseload that allows them to spend time with children and young people building relationships and building on their strengths and those of their wider family network. You will be a valued member of our team and encouraged to be a leader and champion of exemplary practice. Our Family Help model aims to support children and their families through consistent relationships and skilled interventions, rooted in systemic practice. You will lead a team of Social Workers who work with families to co-produce child and family assessments, and build family led plans under Child in Need and Child Protection frameworks, as well as in care proceedings.

You will work alongside co-located Children’s Practitioners, Adult Mental Health Practitioners, Substance Misuse and Domestic Abuse Practitioners. We have in-house family therapy and Social Care CAMHS teams, as well as a range of opportunities for progression.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• You will hold social work qualification with Social Work England membership and have completed your ASYE Year.
• Proven leadership and management experience in a similar role.
• Experience of working across voluntary and statutory agencies with applied knowledge of relevant legislation and guidance.
• An excellent communicator and collaborator who is compassionate and understands the needs of children and young people.
• A 'can do' attitude coupled with creativity, you will be a champion for children and families and support them with hope, self-esteem and potential.

If you meet the above criteria and can inspire, encourage and lead excellent social work practice to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people – we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Veronica Leigh, Service Manager.

Closing date: 15 June 2025. Shortlisting date: w/c 16 June 2025. Interview date: w/c 23 June 2025. We may close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Richmond and Wandsworth Better Service Partnership is 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 any 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 expect 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.