About the Role
and our Ideal Candidate
Join Children's Social Care as a Team Manager in our Leaving Care Service. Enjoy a Golden Hello along with a Recruitment and Retention Bonus, outlined as follows:
1. £1, paid with your first month's salary
2. £1, for your first completed year of service
3. £2, for your second completed year of service
4. £3, for your third completed year of service and each year thereafter
As a Team Manager you will play a crucial role in overseeing our corporate parenting from with our care experienced young people. Your responsibilities will include:
5. Leading and managing a multidisciplinary team to deliver effective corporate parenting responsibilities for leaving care.
6. Ensuring that all interventions are child-centred, emphasising the best interests of the young people leaving our care.
7. Overseeing the assessment, planning, and review processes for care leavers..
8. Ensuring compliance with statutory requirements, policies, and professional standards.
As a leader, you will foster a positive and inclusive team culture that encourages professional growth and continuous improvement. You will oversee proceedings and care planning, quality assurance reports, and the direct work of your team, while chairing meetings and collaborating with multi-agency professionals to safeguard the children and young people in our care. This role offers challenges in a dynamic and diverse environment, allowing you to expand your knowledge and skill set within children’s social care. Our teams are renowned for their ability to create exceptional care plans that prioritise the needs and voices of our service users, incorporating input from professionals, families/carers, and external agencies to achieve the best outcomes.
Are You Ready to Take the Next Step in your Social Care career? We are committed to supporting your growth in a diverse and inclusive environment, as you embark on your career with Sutton’s Children's Social Care. Apply now and join us on our journey!
This position offers an excellent opportunity for existing team managers and experienced social workers with outstanding communication skills and a compassionate manner, capable of effectively managing high levels of emotional distress. We encourage applications from candidates with experience in childcare and those passionate about delivering person-centred care.
In addition, we would expect the following from all suitable candidates:
9. To be registered with Social Work England and hold a degree in Social Care or similar.
10. Experience of working with children within a care environment.
11. Have experience of leading and managing a multidisciplinary team.
12. Have sound knowledge and ability to deliver social work support to service users and their families.
13. Ability to communicate complex social issues clearly to both patients and professionals.
14. Ability to plan and coordinate social care plans and aspects of patient discharge.
You will join a welcoming, supportive, and energetic team dedicated to providing first class supervision and ongoing professional development opportunities.
For more information about the role and/or an informal conversation, you can view the Role Profile or contact Joy Goodger, Service Manager on
About Us
The Leaving Care Service is dedicated to supporting all Children in Care and Care Leavers on their journey toward independence. Our primary responsibility is to ensure high-quality care planning for permanency, fulfilling our statutory obligations to Children in Care and Care Leavers. We strive to provide a consistent, restorative approach that prioritises the voices of children and young people while being trauma-informed.
Joining Sutton, you can expect to receive:
15. A broad range of post-qualifying education opportunities designed to encourage continuous learning and professional growth, as part of the Developing Together Social Work Teaching Partnership (SWTP) with Kingston University and regional partners
16. Opportunities to attend conferences, workshops, and access research and practice resources for ongoing development.
Sutton Council is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace, featuring various staff network groups such as the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic +A Network, LGBTQ +A Network, and Women’s +
Our Offer To You
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
Employees have access to a wide range of benefits to enable staff to achieve a work life balance, some of which include:
17. A generous annual leave entitlement of 26-32 days plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply) depending on service and grade
18. Enhanced Maternity, paternity, shared parental, adoption and dependents leave
19. Two volunteering days per year
20. Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme (dependent on the role)
21. Adjustable and agile working arrangements using Google Chromebooks
22. Learning and development portal offering a range of courses
23. Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres
24. Interest free season ticket loans
25. Local Government Pension Scheme
26. Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
27. Electric vehicle leasing scheme
28. Confidential health & wellbeing and counselling support