Team Manager (Learning Disabilities Service)

Salary: £55,581
Grade: Level 5 Zone 1
Location: 5 Pancras Square N1C 4AG
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time (36 hours)
Closing Date: Sunday 22^nd February 2026; 23:59
Interview Date: Friday 27^th February

About Camden

Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.

What You’ll Be Doing

We have an exciting new job opportunity in Camden’s Integrated Learning Disabilities Service. You will join a team of mixed professionals that deliver innovative, high quality, inclusive support, responsive to the needs and strengths of people with learning disabilities and the wider community.

As Team Manager, you will lead and manage multidisciplinary practitioner staff, including other qualified professionals, within Adults and Health directorate to provide high quality, comprehensive, and effective service delivery. You will collaborate closely with the managers and clinicians in the wider multidisciplinary team covering the following specialisms, such as Nursing, Occupational Therapy, and Psychiatry.

You will also deputise where necessary for the Service Manager including funding decisions and ensure that all safeguarding concerns and enquiries are appropriately assessed and prioritised.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Enhanced DBS.

All About You

To be successful in this role, you must hold a relevant professional qualification in Social Work, and it would be desirable to hold a higher-level management qualification but is not essential.

Managing a team of qualified and non-qualified staff, you must be a good decision maker with demonstrable experience of people management and team building and how to put knowledge of systems working into practice. You will have regular contacts that you will need to influence and negotiate with, including Members/Senior Managers, Health Colleagues and Community/Interest Groups, so you will naturally be able to build good relationships.

To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.

How To Apply

To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the role criteria noted in the Job Profile under the “About You” section.

To view the Job Profile, please CLICK HERE or copy and paste the below URL into your browser: http://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/HPRMWebDrawer/Record/11605859/file/documen…

What We Offer

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits. From flexible working to 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays!). We also know that a work life balance is extremely important so we also offer family leave, loan schemes and access to our incredible staff networks. We also have an incredible pensions scheme.

Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.

Inclusion and Belonging

At Camden, we want every colleague to feel they belong and can thrive. We welcome applications from all parts of our community, and particularly encourage people from Black, Asian and Other Ethnic Heritage communities, LGBTQ+ people, disabled and neurodiverse people, survivors of domestic abuse, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds or with care experience. We know that different voices and perspectives make us stronger, and we are committed to providing the support, adjustments and flexibility people need to succeed.

Please visit www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity for more information on our commitment.

Asking for Adjustments

At Camden, we are committed to making our recruitment process barrier-free and accessible for everyone. If you need us to do something differently during the application, interview or assessment process, just let us know and we will support you. This could include providing information in an alternative format, extra time in assessments, or adjustments for disabled, neurodiverse or long-term health conditions.

Please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or by post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG. We’ll work with you to make sure the process works for you.

Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.