Team Manager - East Kent Young People's Team

What will you be doing?

We have an exciting opportunity for a full-time and permanent Team Manager in the Young People's Team East, serving Whitstable, Canterbury, Thanet and the surrounding areas. We have various office bases across the area.

The team provides a statutory social work service to young people aged 18 - 25 with learning and/or physical disabilities to prepare for and transition into and through early adulthood.

You will be managing a team of Social Workers and Social Work Assistants, working alongside Children’s Social Work Teams, Adult Social Care Teams and other key agencies, including Health, Education and the voluntary sector.

The successful applicant will be highly motivated, supportive and demonstrate strong leadership qualities, as well as excellent social work knowledge, skills and values to deliver the highest quality service to young people, their families and carers whilst managing the team’s well-being and performance.

You should have extensive post-qualification experience, including experience of supervising staff and in-depth knowledge of legislation, policy and practice relating to young people. A sound understanding of the Care Act and experience of Adult Social Care would be essential, including adult safeguarding and Court of Protection work.

You will have either management experience or specialist knowledge of this particular client group.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure and Barring service and registration as a qualified Social Worker with Social Work England.

This post is considered by Kent County Council to be a customer-facing position. The Council, therefore, has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This role is subject to holding a Full UK Driving Licence – The Council is committed to making reasonable adjustments so whilst this job requires the jobholder to drive your application will still be considered if you are unable to drive due to a disability.

Interviews will be held on Thursday, 5 March 2026 at Kroner House, Ashford.

About you

For more information about the role please contact the current Ross Parkin, County Transitions Manager on 03000 417721.

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.