Liquid Personnel is recruiting an experienced Deputy Team Manager (Practice Manager) to join a Children’s & Adults Emergency Duty Team (EDT) in London Borough of Ealing. This is a full-time temporary/locum role offering £41.10 per hour, supporting the delivery of a high-quality out-of-hours service and providing leadership, supervision and professional guidance to Social Workers managing complex safeguarding and emergency situations.

What will your responsibilities be?

In this role, you will:

• Support the day-to-day management and operation of the Emergency Duty Team.
• Supervise, mentor and develop Social Workers through reflective and evidence-based supervision.
• Manage referrals, workload allocation and team duty arrangements.
• Provide professional oversight of complex cases involving child protection, adult safeguarding and mental health.
• Ensure urgent safeguarding concerns receive appropriate and timely responses.
• Oversee risk assessments, care plans and safeguarding interventions.
• Provide guidance on the Children Act, Care Act, Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.
• Support AMHP-related duties and mental health interventions.
• Work collaboratively with police, health services, courts, probation and other multi-agency partners.
• Monitor performance, casework quality and compliance with statutory requirements.
• Support staff recruitment, appraisals, training and professional development.
• Deputise for the Team Manager when required.

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have:

• A recognised Social Work qualification (CQSW, DipSW, CCETSW-approved equivalent or Social Work degree).
• Current Social Work England registration.
• Qualified Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) status.
• Post-qualification experience within a statutory social care setting.
• Experience working within an Emergency Duty Team or out-of-hours social work service.
• Experience across children's safeguarding and adult social care.
• Strong knowledge of the Children Act 1989, Adoption and Children Act 2002, Care Act 2014, Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and relevant safeguarding legislation.
• Experience supervising, mentoring and managing Social Workers.
• Experience managing complex risk assessments and safeguarding interventions.
• Experience preparing court reports and giving evidence in court proceedings.

Essential Skills & Attributes

• Strong leadership, management and decision-making skills.
• Ability to motivate, coach and develop staff.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Confidence managing complex safeguarding and emergency situations.
• Strong multi-agency partnership-working abilities.
• Ability to prioritise workloads and work effectively under pressure.
• Commitment to equality, diversity and anti-discriminatory practice.

Interested? Apply now or get in touch with us to learn more about this opportunity.

Why Liquid Personnel?

• Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Reasonable Adjustments: If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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