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Team Manager
Future First Service 
£49,939 – £60,515 per annum
Permanent
Full Time (36 hours)
Wandsworth, London
Ofsted Rating: ‘Good’

Are you an experienced Team Manager who is passionate about achieving the best possible outcomes for Care Experienced young people? 

Future First, the Leaving Care Service for Wandsworth Children’s Social Care support over 440 young people aged 16-25 who are in the care of Wandsworth Borough Council. As part of a dedicated, vibrant and enthusiastic team of 36 professionals, your role will be to provide leadership and management to your team inspiring them to help young people build stable and successful independent lives.

About the role 

As a Team Manager in this demanding but incredibly rewarding role, you will manage 5 Personal Advisors and you will also be linked to linked to an area of specialism within the service and ensure that practice with Care Experienced young people is the best it can be. Currently, the areas we have are Parenting Support, Mental Health and UASC specialisms across the teams.

Your focus will be ensuring that the support provided by your Team meets all the Statutory obligations for Care Experienced young people and that our aspirational local offer and our focus on relational practice is reflected in all the work done by your supervisees. 

You will encourage your staff to access training which enhances and scaffolds their practice, and you will monitor daily data sets to ensure that we are meeting all of our KPIs. You will be motivated to help us consistently develop and increase our offer to Care Experienced young people and enjoy spending time with young people to get feedback on how they are experiencing our support.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England.
• Significant Team Manager experience with specialist experience in working within services supporting Care Experienced young people.
• An experienced problem solver, with attention to detail and a passion for improving outcomes for young people.
• Previous experience of working within services for Looked After and Care Experienced young people with the ability to utilise this experience to support practice within your Team.  
• Awareness of the principles of Systemic Social Work and be motivated to develop those skills and promote with supervisees the importance and value of relational practice. 

If you meet the criteria outlined above and would like to join a dedicated and committed team of professionals to deliver the best possible outcomes for Care Experienced young people, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Nora Dudley by emailing Nora.Dudley@RichmondandWandsworth.gov.uk

Closing Date:  13th April 2025
Shortlisting Date: 14th April 2025
Interview Date: 23rd April 2025
Presentation: You will be asked to plan and deliver the following presentation during your interview:
“Managing an Outstanding Leaving Care Team: My Approach”

We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. 

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.  

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils