Description Our Local Government client, Lambeth, London, is recruiting a Children''s Services Team Manager to manage the day-to-day operations of the team and a team of social workers responsible for safeguarding and promoting the best interests of children in accordance with the statutory framework. To ensure that services are delivered in accordance with the Government policy, keeping up to date with new proposals and initiatives, legislation, policies, and departmental procedures and that these are customer-focused and of the highest possible quality. To provide leadership to frontline staff in delivering and implementing any future changes in policies, procedures, or other developments, and to support the service senior managers by advising on strategy, policy and future direction of the service, ensuring effective feedback and translation into service delivery. Key Responsibility To have led responsibility for meeting the performance targets of the team and to report these to managers and staff as required. To manage budgets and expenditure to ensure that resources are optimised in line with eligibility criteria and priority levels as prescribed in assessment and care management policies and procedures, financial regulations, and ensure value for money. To provide leadership, ensuring effective working relationships with other parts of Children''s Services, the Departments (Education, Housing and Adult Social Care), external agencies (Health, police, etc.) and the ..... full job details .....