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Supportive Action for Families in Ealing (SAFE) is an area-based, multi-disciplinary service at the forefront of our early intervention offer. SAFE provides a range of interventions for children 0-18 and their families. SAFE brings together professionals from social work, domestic violence, education, parenting and mental health backgrounds; offering a range of preventative and early help interventions to ensure better long-term outcomes for families. The service forms an important part of Ealing’s Brighter Futures model with the aim to support and transform practice across children’s services.
Are you a passionate and experienced social worker looking for an exciting new challenge? Look no further! An opportunity has arisen for a deputy team manager in SAFE West.
As a deputy team manager, you will work closely with the team manager and other deputy managers to manage a team of up to seven workers from different disciplines. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the effective running of the SAFE early intervention service, supporting a model of direct work within timely, planned interventions.
This role is perfect for someone who is committed to making a visible difference in the lives of Ealing's children and their families. If you are a qualified, Social Work England registered social worker with post-qualification experience, and have the ambition, skills, and experience to deliver the highest standards of professional practice, then this could be the perfect role for you.
More than 360,000 people call Ealing home. Our seven towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell Northolt, Perivale and Southall - are diverse, vibrant and lively communities where over 170 languages are spoken. We will enable you to do the work you care deeply about, and our aim is to deliver the infrastructure that allows that to happen.
Ealing is a great place to come and develop your career. You will be supported in this by colleagues and managers who will provide you with the opportunities to grow, gain experience, confidence and become a reflective practitioner.
Ealing is a richly diverse borough and we benefit from close ties to our communities which enriches our work and continually improves our offer. We are alive to the pressures many of our families are facing and work creatively with families and partners to bring about changes which makes the work that much more energising.
We recognise that to recruit and retain the very best social workers and social care practitioners, we need to bring together all our learning and development opportunities into one place. That’s why we have launched the Ealing Social Care Academy. The academy helps our team connect, collaborate, and engage creatively with internal and external partners and service users.
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More directly we can offer you:
Manageable caseloads
Clear career progression pathways
Opportunities to develop and experience different areas of work
Competitive remuneration packages
A hybrid approach to working that increases your work / life balance
If you want to find out about this opportunity, please contact our Recruitment lead, Caroline Horsley at: HorsleyC@ealing.gov.uk