Description
We are seeking a Deputy Team Manager for the SAFE Early Intervention Service, a 6-month fixed-term contract on a full-time basis. As Deputy Team Manager, you will provide leadership, guidance, and support to practitioners within the SAFE Service, ensuring effective case management, oversight of interventions, and promotion of best practice.
The successful candidate will demonstrate a commitment to relationship-based practice, working collaboratively with families and partner agencies to identify needs, build resilience, and prevent escalation to statutory services where appropriate. They will support staff to deliver interventions that promote children's safety, wellbeing, and development, while ensuring practice is informed by local procedures, safeguarding responsibilities, and Ealing's Brighter Futures Practice Model.
Key responsibilities:
- Provide high-quality, reflective, analytical, and evidence-based supervision to develop reporting managers and Social Workers
- Embrace diversity in service development, delivery, and evaluation, and people management
- Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills to enable meaningful dialogue with children, families, multi-agency networks, internal and external departments, and colleagues within other boroughs
- Ensure the team's approach to working with families follows the Brighter Futures practice model, including mentalisation and PACE
- Manage resources within budgetary constraints, securing best value and cost-effectiveness
- Manage a team, including individual performance management and professional development of staff
- Liaise with external agencies and partners to ensure coordinated service delivery
The Deputy Team Manager will report directly to the Team Manager and can expect to receive ongoing support, supervision, and opportunities for professional growth. Ealing Council offers a comprehensive training programme and coaching opportunities to support managers in developing their leadership skills and management style.
The salary for this role is GBP 57,150 - 59,298 per year.