Deputy Team Manager Early Help Triage

Gloucestershire County Council; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Gloucestershire County Council is looking for a Deputy Team Manager in the Early Help triage team. This role requires a skilled individual to support children and families through effective decision-making and intervention strategies. With a focus on delivering the best possible outcomes, the council offers a supportive working environment and numerous professional development opportunities, alongside a competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Flexible and agile working opportunities

25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years

Option to purchase additional leave

Local Government Pension Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

In-house Occupational Health service

Employee discount scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Career development and qualification opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years relevant experience in Children’s Social Care.
• Experience working with multi-agency assessments and plans is required.
• Full driving licence and access to a car is essential.

Responsibilities

• Assist the manager in decision-making for Early Help interventions.
• Ensure effective risk management and planning for children and families.
• Provide supervision and performance management through line management.

Skills

Decision Making

Problem Solving

Intervention Delivery

Risk Management

Education

Degree level or equivalent in relevant field

Job description

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Deputy Team Manager Early Help Triage
• Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 5, 4th Floor
• Salary: £40,476- £45,718 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37.00
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 15/06/2025
• Job Requisition Number: 11103
• This post is open to job share
  
  
  

We are excited to be recruiting for a Deputy Team Manager in our Early Help Hub.

About Us

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

• £40,476- £45,718 per annum, subject to experience
• flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• an option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
• supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• an in-house Occupational Health service
• employee discount scheme
• cycle to work scheme
• links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
• career development and qualification opportunities
  
  
  

Right child, right support, right time, every time

We are working together to support families and communities to give every child the best chance of a happy and rewarding life, especially those who need more help. Gloucestershire offers a range of opportunities to develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an award-winning workforce.

Gloucestershire Children’s Services are improving. Our latest Ofsted inspection (February 2022) identified that:

‘Significant progress has been made in many areas of Gloucestershire’s children’s services… significant financial investment and the backing of political leaders, has led to improved services that are now more effective in meeting the needs of children and families’.

We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to be part of an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC.

About The Role

Working as a Deputy Team Manager within the Early Help triage team you would be expected to assist the manager in decision making in relation to Early Help and ensuring the right levels of intervention take place at the right time.

You will demonstrate clear decision making and problem solving to ensure effective risk management and planning good outcomes for children and their families

You will provide appropriate support, supervision and performance management through line management. Ensuring you are striving for excellence by working with the manager and colleagues to be delivering best practice.

You will benefit from our commitment to delivering the best possible service to children and families, and the chance to join an experienced and dynamic team. You will be joining an authority with a strong set of values that underpins the work we do: Accountability, Empowerment, Excellence, Integrity and Respect.

About You

We are looking for someone with experience of working with children, young people, families, and communities to deliver a wide range of interventions.

Experience of working with multi-agency assessments and plans is also a must.

Academic qualifications to degree level or equivalent professional qualification relevant to the field of Children, Young People and Families.

Minimum of 5 years complete year’s relevant experience working in/across Children’s Social Care and Early Help delivering direct interventions to children and families.

A full driving licence and access to a car is essential.

If you are interested in finding more out about the role please email [e-mail] or apply before the closing date.

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Deputy Team Manager Role Profile

This Position is subject to a DBS check.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.