Team Leader, £35ph, Adult Social Care, Hackney

Team Leader, £35ph, Adult Social Care, Hackney
Pertemps are seeking a Team Leader for the Welcome Hackney Refugee, Migrant & Asylum Seeker Service.
 
Purpose of the Role:
To manage a team of support workers, ensuring high-quality, trauma-informed services for refugees, migrants, and people seeking asylum. The role includes workload allocation, managing complex cases, and supporting integration and access to services.
 
Main Responsibilities:

• Lead a team delivering services to refugees, migrants, and asylum seekers, ensuring trauma-informed and anti-racist practices.
• Oversee the delivery of the Welcome Hub, coordinating weekly drop-in services for migrants and asylum seekers.
• Support residents with housing needs, including preventing homelessness and linking them to housing advice.
• Lead safeguarding responses and coordinate with internal and external safeguarding teams.
• Manage caseloads and ensure timely interventions for complex cases.
• Provide line management for support workers, including recruitment, training, and performance management.
• Work collaboratively with stakeholders, both internal and external, to improve outcomes for residents.
• Ensure effective record-keeping and GDPR compliance.

 
Essential Skills & Experience:

• Strong communication and organisational skills, with the ability to manage priorities and deadlines.
• Experience working with refugees, migrants, or asylum seekers, particularly in homelessness prevention.
• Line and team management experience, with a focus on motivation and empowering staff.
• Knowledge of welfare systems, housing legislation, safeguarding, and co-production.
• Ability to foster a learning culture and ensure high team performance.

If this sounds like the role for you, please contact Aishah Hassan on Aishah.hassan@pprsocialcare.co.uk for more information

This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you:

• A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to
• An easy registration process (all done online)
• Referral schemes and incentives
• Ongoing compliance managed for you
• Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more

We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager, and Assistant Team Manager.