Practitioner Manager

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Practitioner Manager REF: 2774

PO5: £54,426 pa rising in annual increments to £57,495pa inc LW.  

Permanent and Full Time

About Us:

Located in the heart of South London, Lambeth Borough is a vibrant community of over 317,600 residents. Stretching from the dynamic neighbourhood of Streatham in the South to the iconic landmarks of Waterloo in the North, we are proud to be the 9th largest borough in London. Our diversity is our strength, with more than 130 languages spoken, making Lambeth the home of the Windrush generation, London's largest LGBTQ+ community, and a thriving Portuguese-speaking community.

It is an exciting time to join Lambeth Council, we have bold ambitions for the future of Lambeth’s communities and residents through our Lambeth 2030 Plan ‘Our Future, Our Lambeth.

With exceptional schools, lush green spaces including Brockwell Park, cultural gems like the Black Cultural Archives, and world-renowned institutions such as St Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth offers an enriching and dynamic environment.

Please have a look at our dedicated One Lambeth Values and Behaviours page.

About the Team

OPPD Case Management Team is a large team of Social Workers, Social Care Trusted Assessors and Occupational Therapists. We are a long-term team providing a comprehensive, holistic social care service to Lambeth residents.

We are one of the community teams within Lambeth’s Adult Social Care service delivering a comprehensive to vulnerable adults. We manage

• Adults 18 years and over with physical disabilities and the older persons
• Court of Protection cases (e.g., financial, tenancy, Article 8 applications)
• Complex safeguarding cases (e.g., self-neglect, domestic abuse, financial abuse, hoarding, cuckooing, modern slavery)
• NRPF cases with legal complexity
• Mental capacity concerns requiring best interest decisions or court involvement
• Complex Care Framework cases and service users with multiple complaints

About the Role:

We are looking for an Experienced Practitioner Manager, to join our community-based team. A registered Social Worker with Social Work England, the successful candidate will have solid local authority experience within Adult Social Care.

You should be able to confidently support and manage the performance of a team of social workers and social care assessors to foster a culture of continuous learning and reflection of practice that inspires staff to give of their best in their roles.

We are looking for candidates who have strong management and leadership skills with demonstrable experience of delivering high quality interventions for residents, their families and carers, and experience of supporting practitioners to implement and embed excellent practice.

You will have sound understanding of Care Act interventions along with significant knowledge of Strengths Based Practice, Mental Capacity and Safeguarding Adults.

You will supervise up to 8 social care staff in the team and will support with their professional development through regular 1:1 supervision sessions and appraisals.

You will ensure that statutory assessments are assigned and completed in a timely manner within expected performance targets and quality standards. This will include supporting staff with the management of their cases

How to Apply:

To be considered for interview, your CV and supporting statement will clearly evidence how you meet the shortlisting criteria on the personal specification marked “A” for application:

Job Description and Person Specification

We operate an anonymised application process, so be sure to remove personal details when uploading your CV or personal statement.

Recruitment Timelines:

Advert close date: 11:59 on Thursday 30 April 2026

Shortlisting date: W/C 11 May 2026

Interview Date: 1 June 2026

Please click here to view: Lambeth Staff Benefits

Contact Information:

For an informal discussion, please contact: Olufunke Martins, Team Manager on martins@lambeth.gov.uk

At Lambeth, we are dedicated to providing quality services and equal opportunities for all. We are committed to safer recruitment and are proud to be a Stonewall diversity champion, a Living Wage Employer, and to guarantee interviews for all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria of the role. For a full list of our accreditations, please clickhere.