Children’s Family Help Manager – Wigan – £39

Ashberry Recruitment; Wigan; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Children’s Family Help Manager to lead and manage Early Family Help Teams in Wigan. This role involves supporting operational delivery, coaching family help workers, and ensuring high-quality casework supervision. You will work collaboratively within a multi-agency framework, focusing on mental health awareness and reducing health inequalities for families. If you are passionate about making a sustainable impact on children's lives and have a strong background in team management, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing family help teams and delivering operational support.
• Strong understanding of mental health issues affecting children and families.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Early Family Help Teams to deliver effective support.
• Ensure quality casework supervision and compliance with service standards.

Skills

Team Management

Coaching

Quality Assurance

Mental Health Awareness

Multi-agency Collaboration

Education

Relevant Degree in Social Work or Related Field

Continuous Professional Development

Job description

Children’s Family Help Manager
Location: Wigan
Rate: £39

As an Early Family Help Practice Manager within the Children & Families Department, you will support the Service Manager with operational delivery and turning strategy in to reality. Performance, Human Resource and Health and Safety within associated service areas will require continuous effort.

You will lead and manage one or two of the neighborhood Early Family Help Teams, this is subject to locality size and demographics.

Working within a multi-agency framework and within the key principles of ‘Progress with Unity’. The appointed person will lead and manage Early Family Help by:

• Supporting and developing the delivery of whole age family help in line with Wigan’s early help framework.
• Coaching, managing, supervising and supporting a team of family help workers to engage children and families through an asset-based approach which results in sustainable change in line with the Strengthening Families Practice model.
• Have operational oversight and provide quality casework supervision and quality assurance to ensure practice is of the highest quality and compliant with the service practice standards.
• Support awareness and understanding of mental health and mental wellbeing for children, young people and families in the neighbourhood to avoid stigma.
• Contribute to reducing health inequalities of families and children by working in partnership supporting, empowering and removing barriers to good health
• Development and delivery of Continuous Professional Development for the workforce.
• Have involvement in a thematic area and to deputise in the Service Manager’s absence. You will be liaising with all branches of CYPS, the wider Local Authority, other agencies, organisations and groups involved in delivering early help support.

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