Ealing - TM - Kinship Team - £45.20 p/h Umb

Eden Brown Synergy are currently looking for an experienced Team Manager to join the Kinship Team at Ealing Council.

Team Manager - Kinship Team - 45.20 p/h Umbrella

Duties and Responsibilities:
To lead, manage, and supervise a team of Social Workers and Senior Practitioners within the Kinship Team.
To oversee kinship assessments, support plans, and statutory reviews, ensuring child-centred and outcome-focused practice.
To ensure all work complies with relevant legislation, statutory guidance, and local authority policies and procedures.
To provide high-quality reflective supervision, performance management, and professional development to staff.
To quality assure assessments, care plans, and reports to maintain consistently high standards of practice.
To manage risk effectively and ensure timely, defensible decision-making in complex cases.
To work closely with legal services, courts, and multi-agency partners to achieve timely and appropriate permanence outcomes.
To contribute to service development, practice improvement, and continuous learning within kinship and permanence services.
To ensure statutory timescales and performance targets are met.

Working Pattern:
Hybrid working.

Essential Requirements:
Social Work Qualification - Degree or equivalent.
Social Work England Registration.
Significant post-qualified experience within children's social care, including kinship, permanence, or LAC services.
Previous experience at Team Manager or Deputy Team Manager level.
Strong knowledge of childcare legislation, statutory guidance, and best practice.
Excellent leadership, decision-making, and communication skills.

Benefits of working with Eden Brown Synergy include:
DBS check processed and paid for by Eden Brown Synergy.
Twice weekly payroll.
Dedicated recruitment consultant to support you throughout.

Please apply with an up-to-date CV for immediate consideration.
Please contact me on (phone number removed) or removed)

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.

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