Team Manager Children Services

Eden Brown are currently seeking 2 Children Team Managers to join the local authorities in boroughs across Central London. Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Merton and Haringey.

The Team Manager within the Children Services will need to to manage a team of social work and attached support staff in delivering complex assessment work at individual client level.
To hold responsibility for assessment, case planning, service provision and review: identifying and addressing the needs of individual clients within delegated budgets.

To be a part of a management team responsible to the operational functioning of a
Referral and Assessment duty service.

-Knowledge of the legislation governing the function of a Social Services Department, including the consequent statutory duties and application.
-Knowledge and understanding of current issues in social work practice including assessment, court work and packages of care.
-Knowledge of methods to assess performance and the achievement of targets in social work practice.
-Knowledge of a Social Services department and related agencies.
-To have a minimum of three years' post qualification experience of social work practice, and the undertaking of court work where issues were both complex and in dispute.

Experience of supervising social work staff including task allocation and setting priorities, training and development and formal supervision.

Experience of Referral and Assessment processes, duty systems, referral

-Experience of establishing effective working relationships with other professionals including representatives from organisations external to the Department.
-Experience of applying the principles of equal opportunities in the implementation of social work practice, to address inequalities.

To find out more and discuss further please email me your CV directly to and call Jess Elvin on

Great rates and a great teams to be apart of. The role will be filled very quickly so if you want to be put forward for an interview please send your CV directly.

Candidates must be HCPC registered and with a current CRB.

Eden Brown operate a £200 referral scheme and have more roles then you can imagine. Give us the name of a friend or work colleague and once placed in a new role, you will get £200.

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the work place and is an equal opportunity employer

You will be required to demonstrate continuing professional development including advanced post-qualification training in relevant areas and have current UK professional registration with the relevant body.
An enhanced DBS check is required.
Your expert recruitment consultant is Jessica Elvin, call today on or email

Eden Brown is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Eden Brown Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.