Deputy Team Manager

Bath & North East Somerset Council; West of England; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive induction

Monthly supervision

Relocation payments

Training opportunities

Job summary

Bath and North East Somerset Council is seeking a Deputy Team Manager to join the Family Help Teams. You will work alongside a Team Manager to lead a hub of social care professionals, manage assessments and care planning, and drive effective safeguarding interventions for children and families in Bath and North East Somerset.

The role offers permanent, full-time employment with a monthly supervision and training program, plus opportunities for professional development and relocation support

Qualifications

• Qualified social worker with experience in child and family services.
• Ability to write and quality assure professional assessments/reports.
• Experience supervising teams and supporting less experienced workers.

Responsibilities

• Lead a hub within Family Help Teams, overseeing Senior Social Work Practitioners and Social Workers.
• Manage assessments, planning and care planning in partnership with allocated social workers.
• Provide weekly group reflective supervision and monthly one-to-one supervision for your hub.
• Coordinate multi-agency work to keep children safe and support families.

Skills

IT literacy

Strong organisational skills

Supervisory experience

Court appearances/communication

Education

Social Work qualification

Tools

Electronic case management systems

Job description

Deputy Team Manager - Family Help Team
Job reference: HR-11271
Salary: £54,143 - £59,774 per annum (£28.06 - £30.98 per hour)
Closing date: 08/11/2026
Location: Civic Centre, Keynsham
Employment type: Permanent
Job Type: Full Time
Hours Per Week: 37
Advert Start Date: 27/10/2026
Service Area: Children and Young People
At Bath & North East Somerset Council we have one overriding purpose – to improve people’s lives.
If your passion is around collaborative work with families, centred on building relationships in order to help families develop resilience and make changes for their children, then we are the Local Authority for you. Working with families to keep children at home wherever possible, our dynamic teams work with families from point of contact through to long term support and intervention. Our practice model is underpinned by relationship-based, systemic approaches to facilitate change, alongside trauma informed practice.
Bath and North East Somerset Children’s Social Care are an innovative small Local Authority focused on therapeutic assessment and support. Rated Good by OFSTED, with continued vision and drive to improve further.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Deputy Team Manager (with a Social Work qualification) to join one of our Family Help Teams. We are committed to being a dynamic and creative Local Authority, working hard to think differently about how we approach our work with families. We are deeply committed to providing tailored high-quality services and well thought out interventions to families to keep children safe. Our practice is values-driven with a strong ethos of child-focussed interventions.
About the role:
You will work in partnership with a Team Manager to lead an enthusiastic hub consisting of Senior Social Work Practitioners, Social Workers, Family Help Lead Practitioners and Business Support staff.
This rewarding role will see you leading, co-ordinating and delivering a range of social care services to children, young people and families in the Bath and North East Somerset area for children subject to Child in Need Plans, Child Protection Plans, Children in Care, and children subject to legal proceedings. The role will include managing single assessments and section 47 child protection investigations. You will work closely with our colleagues across the service and have established partnerships with agencies across health, education, support services and adult services to ensure we can respond as effectively as possible to the needs of children, young people, and their families. This includes working alongside our Family Support Plus team who deliver extensive Family Group Conferences to utilise resources and support within families to keep children safe, as well as tailored interventions including the New Way domestic abuse service.
The post holder will manage one of three hubs within their team, offering monthly one-one supervision, overseeing allocations, managing assessments, planning and care planning in conjunction with the allocated social worker. You will also be responsible for leading weekly group reflective supervision for your hub, to promote creative and thoughtful practice with families.
About you:
You will be able to evidence a strong ability to analyse information and formulate outcome focused plans for children and families, as well as a commitment to driving forward care plans and legal work to protect children and promote children’s outcomes through permanency. You will be committed to understanding and promoting the performance of your hub to ensure children are receiving a consistent and high-quality service.
Ideally, you will have management and supervisory experience or will have relevant experience of supporting less experienced workers in a social care setting.
Applicants must be confident in writing and quality assuring professional assessments/reports as well as presenting their evidence verbally, including in court proceedings. Applicants need to have very strong organisational skills to manage their hub effectively and will be committed to working as part of a team to support colleagues in delivering optimum services to children and families.
You can expect:

• A comprehensive induction
• Regular supervision – at a minimum of monthly one to one
• Monthly Peer Circles to ensure strong relationships and support between Deputy Team Managers across the teams
• Extensive training opportunities, which include SARI workshops around culturally sensitive practice, opportunities to join a 6-month long training in Systemic Supervision delivered by the Centre for Systemic Social Work, attachment-based workshops, and trauma-informed workshops
• Excellent business support supporting each team
• Tri-annual Social Work Conferences with guest speakers who are experts in the field. Examples of previous conferences have included Donald Forrester, Brid Featherstone, Rebecca Carr-Hopkins, 'Annie' from Surviving Safeguarding, and Dr Karen Treisman
• Paid Social Work England membership renewal
• Access to Research in Practice
• Access to coaching
• Laptop to promote flexible working, to enhance your work-life balance
• Relocation Payments are available
• A stable leadership team
• A stable and committed team, with low rates of agency workers, and low vacancy rates

To apply you will have:

• A relevant social work qualification
• Significant social work experience
• Ideally, you will have supervisory experience, and/or a PEPS qualification
• Sound knowledge of the legislative framework and guidance that governs children’s services, and safeguarding children
• Knowledge of theory and practice applicable to social work
• IT skills to enable operation of standard electronic systems
• Well-developed emotional literacy
• Passion, commitment, and motivation to support the most vulnerable families in our area

If you are interested in this post and require more details or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please contact Bonnie Heselton, Head of Service Safeguarding Outcomes on 01225 396290 or email [e-mail]
Interview date: TBC
No Agencies Please.
Please note: that this advert may close earlier than the stated closing date due to high demand. We advise all interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.
*Please note, BANES Council operates a policy of prior consideration for roles for any individual on the Council’s at‑risk register (redeployee). This means should a redeployee express an interest in this role, providing they meet the essential criteria for the role they will be considered ahead of external applicants.

About Bath and North East Somerset Council.
Working at Bath and North East Somerset provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.
Why Bath and North East Somerset Council?
We offer a wide range of benefits, to ensure that you are paid fairly for your work, have the flexibility to enjoy a great work/life balance, and have the support you need. Go to https://jobsandcareers.bathnes.gov.uk/why-work-us/our-benefits
At Bath and North East Somerset Council we have one overriding purpose – to improve peoples lives. Find out more about our values at https://jobsandcareers.bathnes.gov.uk/why-work-us/our-values
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us. Find out more on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/equality-and-diversity
We are a Disability Confident Employer – find out more at https://shorturl.at/ajrsW
The Council is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.
Please note that this role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.
Safeguarding Statement: The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment anyone working in a post with children or vulnerable groups will be expected to undertake an Enhanced DBS check with/without barred list checks.