Assistant Team Manager - Family Service

Assistant Team Manager
- Family Help Service

Hackney, London

Full-time (36 hours)

£30.50ph PAYE / £41.10ph Umbrella

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Hackney are recruiting for an experienced Assistant Team Manager to join a high-performing Children and Families Service in Hackney.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced practitioner looking to step into a leadership-focused role, supporting team delivery while maintaining a reduced caseload.

You’ll play a key role in delivering a high-quality statutory social work service, ensuring children and families receive timely and effective interventions to safeguard and promote positive outcomes.

This role sits between Senior Practitioner and Team Manager level, offering both hands‑on casework and leadership responsibilities.

• Manage a reduced caseload of complex children and families work
• Undertake assessments, planning and intervention in line with statutory guidance
• Support and guide less experienced social workers, including ASYEs
• Assist the Team Manager in the day‑to‑day running of the team and allocation of work
• Provide supervision, coaching and professional development to team members
• Work collaboratively with partner agencies to ensure positive outcomes for children
• Deputise for the Team Manager where required

• Social Work England registration
• 3 Years Perm exp
  - English LA
• Significant experience in a Children & Families statutory setting
• Strong experience managing complex safeguarding and risk cases
• Confident in supporting, mentoring or supervising staff
• Strong understanding of systemic, trauma‑informed and anti‑racist practice
• Excellent assessment, report writing and communication skills

Hackney’s Children’s Social Care services are committed to a systemic, trauma‑informed and anti‑racist (STAR) approach, ensuring practice is inclusive and focused on achieving the best outcomes for children and families.