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Team Manager - Supporting Disabled Children Service
Location: Wandsworth
Salary: Competitive, plus excellent benefits
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week
Ackerman Pierce is delighted to be recruiting for a Team Manager within the Supporting Disabled Children Service in Wandsworth. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced manager to lead a dedicated social work team supporting disabled children and their families.
About the Role
As a Team Manager, you will oversee a team providing a full spectrum of social work services for disabled children, including:
- Assessments and care planning.
- Supporting children subject to Child in Need and Child Protection Plans.
- Managing cases in pre-proceedings under the Public Law Outline (PLO) and care proceedings.
- Providing services for Looked After Children.
- Working closely with multi-agency partners to ensure holistic, needs-led support.
You will play a pivotal role in shaping and improving practice, ensuring the highest quality service delivery, and driving positive outcomes for children and families. This role requires innovation, leadership, and a strong commitment to safeguarding and person-centred care.
What We're Looking For
We are seeking a passionate and experienced manager who:
- Holds a Social Work qualification and is registered with Social Work England.
- Has significant post-qualification experience, ideally within children's disability services.
- Demonstrates strong leadership skills and experience managing social work teams.
- Is committed to developing practice and improving outcomes for children and families.
- Has experience working within statutory frameworks and leading on child protection, court proceedings, and care planning.
- Has excellent partnership-working skills to collaborate effectively with multi-agency partners.
Why Join Us?
We recognise the importance of work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements, including:
- Agile working, including options for home working, compressed hours, and job shares.
- 30 days' annual leave, plus bank holidays (rising to 31 days after 10 years of service).
- Local Government Pension Scheme, with employer contributions up to 19.9%.
- Learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
- Employee Assistance Programme, including health and wellbeing support.
- Cycle to Work scheme and discounts on shopping and travel.
- Access to a Relocation Scheme, subject to eligibility.
How to Apply
For further details or to apply, contact Callum Parr at Ackerman Pierce on (phone number removed) or .
