TAKE CHARGE OF A FAST-MOVING, HIGH-IMPACT SERVICE AND LEAD BY EXAMPLE.

As a Social Work Team Manager, you’ll lead our Adults out-of-hours service, supporting staff with working across our three boroughs as they respond to emergency adult referrals for a range of situations for local residents and stakeholders, and providing appropriate interventions in supporting people to manage their health and safety, and promote their wellbeing.

ABOUT US

Kensington and Chelsea is home to diverse communities, thriving businesses and unique local places. Everything we do is focused on supporting our residents, strengthening our approach and creating a fairer borough.
As a competent and caring Council, we take pride in our work every day, ensuring our services are delivered with care and competence. We listen to our residents, act with integrity and work together to build a borough that is greener, safer and fairer for all.
This role reflects the heart of our ‘we’re all in’ mindset. You’ll lead a team that gets stuck in when the rest of the world winds down – helping people through crises, finding solutions and making sure no one falls through the gaps. Your leadership will help us deliver a service that’s trusted, responsive and rooted in care.

PLEASE APPLY ONLINE EXPLAINING HOW YOU MEET THE REQUIREMENTS SET OUT IN THE PERSON SPECIFICATION AND JOB DESCRIPTION.

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.
We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.
We are committed to fair, transparent, and consistent pay practices. New hires will start at the minimum of the advertised salary range.
Employees receive annual salary increases until they reach the top of the pay scale. In addition, employees will receive any agreed cost of living pay rises.

In this role, you’ll lead the Tri-Borough Emergency Duty Service – our out-of-hours social care provision for adults. Every shift brings something new, and you’ll be right at the centre of it all: supporting the team, managing risks, and making sure decisions are rooted in care, competence and compliance with the law.
You’ll manage a skilled team of AMHPs/Social Workers and Triage officers who handle complex, urgent cases. That includes leading regular handovers, overseeing safeguarding referrals, managing rotas and stepping in on the central AMHP rota once a month. You’ll also represent the service in key multi-agency forums, building strong relationships with the police, NHS and other partners.
Alongside the day-to-day, you’ll lead on service improvement, work collaboratively with our partners and stakeholders to ensure effective service delivery across the Boroughs and support the Service Manager on project work – including supporting a major service review. You’ll take responsibility for performance monitoring, audits, and budget management, making sure we maintain high standards across the board.
For further details, please review the Job Description and Person Specification