Team Manager - Children in Care Team

Team Manager – Children's Social Work
Children in Care Team
£55,620 - £58,692 (plus £5k market supplement)
Hybrid role – Newham Dockside
Closing date: 08/08/2025 at 23:59 – please apply ASAP as we may interview Shortlist able Candidates before the closing date.

WE ARE NEWHAM

We’re a vibrant, dynamic, culturally rich London Borough with a young population and limitless potential. We’re a challenging yet rewarding place to practise social work, with the networks in place to enable you to be the best social worker you can be and make a real difference to our children and their families. Our social care services were rated GOOD overall by Ofsted, with leadership rated as OUTSTANDING, and we continue to strive for excellence.

We’ve been working tirelessly to establish a Centre of Excellence for Children’s Services through investment, co-production and by continuously developing our Circles of Support practice model; centring on systemic and restorative practice and a specialist support offer for our practitioners.

We value your development and wellbeing. In Newham, career progression is a reality for many. We offer flexible working, a modern office space, and a clinical offer to support you in doing your best work.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are currently looking for a Team Manager to join our Children in Care (CiC) service. This role leads statutory work that can change the lives of children and young people in the care of the Local Authority. You will spend the majority of your time supporting your team of 6 social workers on complex and rewarding cases.

Team Managers play a key role in our Circles of Support by ensuring that our social workers feel supported and that high-quality practice is delivered to children and families. You’ll be expected to show strong but compassionate leadership and create a secure team environment of open discussion and challenge, allowing systemic practice to flourish.

You will supervise newly qualified social workers and students, and ensure that children in care receive the highest possible standards of care, support, and advocacy.

For more information about the role, please click on the JD here

ABOUT YOU

We’re looking for resilient, experienced Team Managers who are passionate about improving the lives of children and young people in care. You pride yourself on supporting and developing people and practice, approaching management with energy and enthusiasm whilst always finding time to lend a sympathetic ear to your team.

You are a qualified social work manager registered with Social Work England, with experience in statutory social work management, including working with children in care. You understand the challenges faced by children and young people in care and are confident leading a team of practitioners towards life-changing outcomes.

You embrace our people-focused values and want to be an active part of Newham’s Circles of Support. You’re not afraid of change. You want a career-defining role.

WHY WORK WITH US?

- We’re a GOOD local authority focused on reaching excellence.

- Ofsted graded our senior leadership as OUTSTANDING.

- We offer genuinely flexible/hybrid working.

- Stability: 100% of our Service Managers and 71% of Team Managers are permanent.

- Our practice model, Circles of Support, was nominated for the MJ Award for Innovation in Children’s Services.

- Career progression: 30 internal promotions in 2023.

- Social Care Academy: 47 social workers have studied systemic higher education with us since 2020.

- Competitive package including market supplement.

- Oyster card/parking permit for business use.

- Wellbeing service, leisure and discount benefits.

- Travel season ticket loan, cycle scheme, Local Authority pension.

TO APPLY

Please submit your CV and a supporting statement (1–2 sides of A4) through our online recruitment portal: https://www.newham.gov.uk/jobs-training/find-apply-job-us

Shortlisting decisions will be based on candidates' relevant experience and suitability for the role in line with the person specification.

Closing date: 08/08/2025 at 23:59

Interviews: ASAP

Additional Information

We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that’s all that matters to us.

The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Please attach your supporting statement, explaining in no more than x2 A4 sides why and how you meet the criteria for this role.

We practice anonymised recruitment. Please ensure that you remove all personal information from any documents that you upload.

The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.