Team Manager LBHF623899

Job Details:

 

Salary range: £61,686 - £64,938 per annum 
Work location: 145 King Street, Hammersmith, London W6 9XY
Hours per week: 36 
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: 29 April 2026
Interview date: Week commencing 11 May 2026

Vetting requirements: Enhanced DBS Check
Contact details for Informal discussion: Khushali Supeda, Head of Service (Looked After Children) via email on Khushali.Supeda@lbhf.gov.uk

About the role

Are you an experienced social work leader with a passion for achieving excellent outcomes for children in care? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where your leadership truly makes a difference? We are seeking a committed and dynamic Team Manager to lead our Children Looked After Team.

As Team Manager, you will provide strong, trauma informed, reflective leadership to a skilled team of social workers supporting children who are looked after and those subject to court proceedings. You will oversee high quality assessments, care planning, and court work that ensures children’s safety, stability, and positive long term outcomes.

You will work closely with partners across health, education, legal services, fostering, and wider safeguarding teams to ensure children receive consistent, relationship based support throughout their journey.

 

Key Responsibilities
Lead, supervise, and develop a team of social workers delivering service for the children in the care of the local authority.
Ensure the quality and timeliness of assessments, care plans, court reports, and permanency planning.
Provide professional oversight and decision-making on complex cases and care pathways.
Drive excellent practice in line with statutory requirements, national standards, and local procedures.
Promote a culture of high aspiration, restorative practice, and child centred work.
Work collaboratively with internal and external partners to secure positive outcomes for children.
Monitor performance, manage risk, and contribute to service development and improvement.

 

About You
We are looking for an inspiring leader who:
Is a qualified social worker with Social Work England registration.
Has substantial post qualifying experience in children’s social care, particularly LAC and court work.
Brings strong practice knowledge alongside excellent organisational and decision making skills.
Models reflective, strengths based leadership and supports staff wellbeing and professional development.
Is committed to achieving the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

 

Please refer to the Role Profile for more information 

Role Specific Qualifications:

 

A recognised Social Worker qualification with management experience including statutory work with children and their families

 

Social Work England Registration.

Our People Values:

How we act defines who we are. At the heart of our organisation is a common approach to defining ‘who we are’. We are looking for people who can build this into everything they do.

We are fair
We treat everyone with compassion, dignity and fairness. We value the views and opinion of others, and promote benefits and opportunities for all.

We are caring
We care about our borough and doing things well. We focus on standards and continuous improvement; learning from our mistakes and celebrating success.

We are collaborators
We work together for a better society. We work with our residents, businesses, schools, third sector and others for better outcomes for everyone.

We are driven
We will only settle for the very best. We seek to continually improve and put our residents, customers and businesses at the heart of everything we do.

Our commitment to you:

At H&F you will have access to a comprehensive total reward package as well as joining a flexible working employer and as such all staff can request flexible working Click HERE to find out more.

We believe an inclusive workplace is about the visibility and representation of our local diverse community - it is about open and transparent decision making co-produced with staff and residents.

It is about respect for diversity and a shared identity that seeks to encourage fair and transparent recruitment, retention, and career progression. We take a proactive approach to equity, diversity, and inclusion so that it is part of the fabric of the Council with a shared understanding of the role all colleagues play in realising the inclusivity of the workplace. At H&F, our workplace ensures that everybody has equitable access to opportunities.

In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equitable access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of their age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification (GOQ) applies.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

To explore more about the work we do towards being an inclusive employer and our commitments to achieve this please click HERE.

Asking for Adjustments

We are committed to removing barriers in the workplace and this includes adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

If you would like to discuss any adjustments or request the application form in a different format, please contact us at resourcing-peopleandtalent@lbhf.gov.uk or by post to The Town Hall, King Street, Hammersmith W6 9JU