Assistant Team Manager

Location:

Fareham (PO17) – Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom

Salary:

Competitive

Type:

Permanent

Main Industry:

Search Management & Executive Jobs

Advertiser:

Shared Services Partnership

Job ID:

132573238

Posted On:

24 December 2025

Job Details:

Job Reference: HCC622977
Salary Range: £40,643 – £45,077 pro-rata, per annum plus market supplement £4,600 per annum
Work Location: Glen House, Swanwick
Hours per week: 37 
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 8 January 2026

This role is with Adopt South, the partnership Regional Adoption Agency for Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, and Southampton local authorities, with the lead authority Hampshire County Council as the employer.

The Role:

We are looking for an Assistant Team Manager to join our Children’s Adoption Team (Hampshire) in our dynamic and innovative Regional Adoption Agency.  

What you’ll do:

As a Children’s Adoption Social Worker within Hampshire County Council, you will be practicing in one of just a few local authorities in the country rated Outstanding by Ofsted. You will also have the added benefits of being under the management umbrella of Adopt South and as such you will working in close collaboration with the Regional Adoption Agency to find permanency for children within adoption. You will be working closely with Family Help Teams across Hampshire County Council to Parallel Planning prior to Placement Orders being granted. 

What we’re looking for:

You will have flexibility to work across a large county and although the main office base is in Totton, you will have access to all HCC buildings and home working for increased flexibility.

Our Social Workers are an asset to us, and we encourage our workforce to be creative and autonomous, while enabling them to work flexibly. We are committed to providing regular, reflective and effective supervision to support you, while ensuring you also have the working conditions you need for good practice to flourish. This role will support and supervise staff within the team to help maintain the excellent practice within the team.

Registered with Social Work England, you will be highly skilled at building meaningful relationships with children and families to engage them in life story work and ensuring children moving on to adoption are supported throughout. You will need to be creative, flexible and forward thinking in your approach, whilst constantly striving for continuous improvement to provide the best outcomes for children.

You’ll have exceptional communication skills, with the ability to relate to all different kinds of people. You will have some experience of developing others and supporting peers and colleagues to be child centered, strength based and trauma informed in their practice. You will be able to ensure staff feel motivated and involved.

A good understanding of Child Protection legislation is important to the role, as is the motivation to grow through personal and professional development. Above all, you will be determined to make a difference for both the service and the children and families we support. 

Why join us?

Hampshire County Council is recognised nationally as one of the highest performing local authorities in the UK. A modern, forward-looking local authority, it offers a pleasant, supportive, and collaborative working environment.

Hampshire County Council is also a flexible employer interested in making the most of your skills and offers a great work life balance. We invest in you through our internal development programmes and training and offer a competitive salary and benefits package.

Additional Information:

Assistant Team Manager Candidate Pack

Vetting Requirements:

This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check. As such, please note that under safer recruitment requirements for Children’s Services, references will be requested prior to interview.

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

Graeme Moppett-Stean, Assistant Team Manager on # # or Amelia Shipley, Assistant Team Manager on # #

Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
 

In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.
 

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