Why Southwark?

Are you passionate about making a positive difference in children's lives in Southwark?

Does the sound of leading a team of dedicated professionals who share your passion for positive outcomes for children and families appeal to you?

If yes, we have the perfect role for you.

Our MASH Service is looking for a passionate and dedicated MASH Team Manager to join our dynamic team and play a key role in safeguarding children and supporting families across Southwark. This is an exciting opportunity to lead and develop a high-performing multi-agency team, driving effective decision-making and ensuring children and young people receive the right support at the right time.

What You'll Be Doing

As a MASH Team Manager, you will provide leadership, management and professional guidance to your team. You will promote excellent social work practice, ensuring timely assessments, purposeful interventions and effective safeguarding measures.

Through one to one and group supervisions, you will challenge and motivate the team to deliver outstanding services to our vulnerable children, young people and their families while upholding high professional standards.

What We're Looking For

You will bring a strong combination of professional values, behaviours, and specialist skills, demonstrating a commitment to high-quality social work practice and positive outcomes for children and families.

You will have:

• Current registration with Social Work England and a recognised social work qualification
• Extensive knowledge of childcare legislation, statutory guidance, and child development
• Proven experience in professional leadership, driving practice improvements, and preparing formal reports
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills to evaluate complex information
• Commitment to anti-discriminatory practice and addressing inequality
• Ability to provide high-quality, emotionally intelligent supervision and support staff development

This post requires a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at Enhanced - Children's (Barred) level.

For detailed qualifications and requirements, please review the job description and person specification located at the bottom of the advert.

Contact Information:

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Avion Grant at .uk.

Further particulars about the position/requirements candidates should meet:

• You will have a recognised Social Work qualification and current registration with Social Work England
• Hours of work, 36 hours per week
• A competitive base salary (£54,360 - £61,686 per annum)
• This post attracts a Welcome Payment of £2,500 (£1,250 on appointment and £1,250 paid after successful completion of probation period.
• The post holder will thereafter receive a Retention Payment of £3,000 per year for their first two years, and £4,000 after three years.
• Permanent post
• This post is based at Queen's Road, London.

Additional Information

Benefits and more information:

https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/

Southwark Council will only contact candidates through official Council recruitment channels. We will not ask you to provide passport details, proof of address, National Insurance number, bank details or payment at application stage. These checks are only requested at the onboarding process – once an offer of employment has been made. If you’re unsure whether a communication you’ve received is genuine, please contact the Resourcing team directly on .uk before sharing any personal information.

Recruitment Timeline:

Advert close date: 11:59pm on Sunday 11th October 2026.

Shortlisting date: to be confirmed.

Interview date: to be confirmed.

The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. We strongly advise you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme:

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

Attachments

• Job Description and Person Specification - Team Manager (MASH)