Family Help Team Manager

About the role

If you are an inspiring leader who is passionate about improving outcomes for children and families, developing excellent social work practice and supporting staff to thrive, Hillingdon is the place for you.

Following our recent Outstanding Ofsted judgement
, we continue to invest in our workforce and create the conditions for strong, effective leadership. We know that exceptional services are built on supportive management, stable teams and a culture where children remain at the centre of everything we do.

As a Team Manager within our innovative Family Help Service, you will play a key role in leading practice, developing staff and driving positive change for children and families across Hillingdon.

That's why we offer:

• Ambitious, dynamic and welcoming teams where you will be supported in your practice and your professional growth
• Salary up to £67,016 per year (including £4,250 retention payment) (Salary placement will be determined based on qualifications, skills and experience)
• £4,250 Retention Payment
• Social Work England registration fee paid
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
• TOIL provided
• Excellent transport links, just minutes from the Metropolitan and Piccadilly Lines and M40 motorway
• Free parking
• Outstanding Ofsted and Children's Services recognition
• Manageable team structures and caseloads
• Stable and experienced permanent senior leadership team
• Visible, approachable and supportive senior managers
• Regular clinical supervision, reflective supervision and management support
• High-quality leadership and management development opportunities
• A relationship-based, strengths-led and trauma-informed practice model
• Modern locality-based teams and working environments
• Opportunity to help shape and influence service development
• Up to 34 days annual leave, rising to 37 days with long service, plus bank holidays

Hillingdon's Family Help Service is at the forefront of the national Families First Partnership Programme, bringing together early help, targeted support and statutory intervention to provide seamless support for children and families.

Working within our locality-based teams, you'll support children from Child in Need through to Child Protection, developing strong relationships with families and partners within your local community.

Our locality-based model enables professionals to build strong partnerships within communities, delivering timely and effective support that improves outcomes and reduces the need for escalation.

As a Team Manager, you will lead a team of skilled alternatively qualified and social work qualified practitioners supporting children and families across Targeted Early Help, Child in Need and Child Protection. You will ensure high-quality practice, strong multi-agency collaboration and a relentless focus on achieving the best possible outcomes for children.

• Provide effective leadership, oversight and management to a team of social workers and key workers.
• Create a positive team culture where staff feel supported, valued and empowered to achieve excellent outcomes.
• Drive high-quality, relationship-based practice through effective supervision, coaching and professional development.
• Ensure children receive timely and effective interventions that improve safety, wellbeing and long-term resilience.
• Maintain oversight of assessments, plans and interventions, ensuring they are child-focused and outcome-driven.
• Lead on decision-making and risk management within statutory safeguarding processes.
• Promote strengths-based and trauma-informed approaches across all aspects of practice.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with schools, health services, police, adult services and voluntary sector organisations.
• Support service development, innovation and continuous improvement within the Family Help model.
• Contribute to workforce development, recruitment, retention and succession planning across the service.
• Support our ambition of becoming a fully trauma-informed service.

We are seeking an experienced and…