Assistant Service Manager Family Intervention Service

Westfield Secondary School; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job share

Generous holiday entitlement

Job summary

Sheffield City Council’s Family Intervention Service invites an experienced manager to lead our Early Help provision across the city. You will manage Team Managers, drive performance, safeguard practice and workforce development, and deputise for the Service Manager as needed.

The role offers 37 hours per week for 52 weeks, with flexible working options and a commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. Permanent contract at 1.5 FTE basis.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification with a minimum of 3 years experience.
• Ability to engage and collaborate with partners and deploy resources.
• Experience deputising for a service manager and leading improvements.

Responsibilities

• Oversee performance, quality, safeguarding practice and workforce development.
• Manage resources across a geographic area and lead service transformation.
• Deputise for the Service Manager when required and build strong partner relationships.

Skills

Leadership experience

Stakeholder engagement

Safeguarding knowledge

Operational decision-making

Education

Professional Qualification (Dip/SW/CQSW or Early Years or Health equivalent)

Job description

Assistant Service Manager - Family Intervention Service

Are you an experienced manager who is passionate about shaping high quality Early Help services and improving outcomes for children, young people and families?

Sheffield Ciry Council Family Intervention Service is a fast-paced service providing tartgeted whole family support through Team around the Family involving the wider family network and partner agencies.

We are looking to recruit 1.5 full-time equivalent permanent Assistant Service Managers. You will lead services across a geographical area of the city, managing Team Managers, building strong relationships with partner organisations and ensuring children, young people and families receive high-quality support when they need it.

You will oversee performance, quality, safeguarding practice, workforce deveopment and the effective use of resources. You will deputise for the Service Manager when required, lead service improvement and transformation activity.

Candidates will need a Professional Qualification e.g. Dip/SW/C.Q.S.W or Early Yeats or Health equivalent with a minimum of 3 years experience. An ability to engage and collaborate with partners, deploying resources and making operational decisions are key skills required.

This is an exciting time to join Sheffield City Council, with significant developments taking place through the Families First Partnership Programme, Best Start in Life and SEND reforms. The role offers variety, challenge and the opportunity to help shape services that make a positive difference for families across the city.

Interviews are planned for week commencing 9th November

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the Guarantee. In these cases, we’ll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.