Team Manager (16+ Independence Service)

Team Manager (Corporate Parenting) - Children Social Care

PO6: £53,109 pa rising in annual increments to £56,151 pa incl. LW

Plus £4,700 pa Market Supplement

Full Time / Permanent

Hybrid Working - 2 days per week except duty week (subject to review in accordance with the needs of the Service)

We are seeking a creative and ambitious Team Manager with a passion for working with young people in our care and car eleavers, our partners and practitioners within Lambeth Children's Social Care.

About the Role:

Our Team Managers are at the forefront of our offer: empowering, supporting and inspiring our social workers to get the best outcomes for children, young people and their families in Lambeth. First and foremost, people come first. We support our team managers so that they can in turn support their social workers and personal advisors to do their best in supporting the young people we serve, and their families in Lambeth.

The Lambeth 16+ Independence Service works with young people aged 16 to 25. There are 5 teams at present within the Service with each team consisting of social workers and personal advisors. The Service is also supported by a Life Story Work practitioner as well as a Payment and Benefits Officer. We are looking to expand and restructure the Service to include a sixth team manager to bring additional managerial capacity and oversight.

About Lambeth:

Our Children's Social Care department is delivering against a bold ambition for Lambeth's future, focusing on achieving the best possible outcomes for our children and young people. We are dedicated to creating the right conditions for social work practice to thrive to ensure the service we offer to children and families improves their lives. Embedding accessible and effective clinical theory and practice is one of many ways we aim to achieve this.

In 2022, we relaunched our relational Practice Model - "Children at the Heart of Practice" which sets out our social work vision and values. Our approach consolidates and brings together these core theories and methods: systemic practice, strengthening families, motivational interviewing, solution-focused brief therapy and trauma-informed practice. This year we also embarked on a service-wide adoption of the Signs of Safety model as an umbrella approach, which now informs practice and supervision at all levels of the organisation.

In 2023 we launched our new Social Care Academy which invests in social work entry-level initiatives, as well as delivering a career development and training framework across the service. In this role you will contribute to the Academy's offer, as well as benefitting from it.

We value and encourage your continuing professional development: you will have access to a wide spectrum of training opportunities via Lambeth's Social Care Academy. You will also work closely with colleagues from our partner services in the borough, attending team meetings and other collective spaces.

Why Lambeth?

• 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

If you have any queries in relation to this vacancy, please contact Maya Unnikrishnan / Johanna Weston (Service Managers in the 16+ Independence Service) by email to or

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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 at

In addition, you will also be required to undertake a Cifas check from the Fraud Prevention organisation. Further information can be found here Cifas

Application Process

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When completing your on-line application, please upload your Supporting Statement using the 'Cover Letter' link clearly evidencing how you meet the criteria marked with an 'A' on the job specification.

If you do not upload a Supporting Statement and CV, your application will not be considered for this role.

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Job Description and Specification

Closing Date: Sunday 10th November 2024 at midnight

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