Deputy Team Manager - Edge of Care Services (Temporary)

BRIDGEND COUNTY BOROUGH COUNCIL; Bridgend; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in Bridgend is looking for a Deputy Team Manager for their Edge of Care Services. The role involves leadership, overseeing staff working with at-risk youth, and delivering innovative interventions. Candidates should have a strong background in family services and be committed to trauma-informed practices. A Welsh language requirement applies, along with a commitment to teamwork and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with families on the edge of care or within intensive family intervention services.
• Strong leadership and practitioner skills.
• Ability to greet customers through the medium of Welsh is required.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, supervision and oversight of specialist staff.
• Lead on the design and delivery of evidence-based interventions.
• Collaborate within a multi-agency environment to deliver integrated services.

Skills

Leadership skills

Coaching and mentoring

Trauma-informed practice

Relationship-based practice

Job description

Overview

Deputy Team Manager - Edge of Care Services (Temporary) — 37 hours per week. Temporary position until 31 March 2028. Edge of Care are committed to developing innovative, evidence-based services that work effectively with families experiencing multiple and complex challenges, often linked to social exclusion and high dependency on public services.

Within this evolving landscape, this role joins our co-located, multi-agency child and family services as a Deputy Team Manager within the Edge of Care Service. We seek a motivated and skilled practitioner with a \'can do\' approach, who is passionate about improving outcomes for families and committed to the delivery and development of evidence-based interventions.

This is a key leadership role with operational focus on the Exploitation and Adolescence element of the service, providing leadership, supervision and oversight of specialist staff working with young people at risk of or affected by exploitation, extra-familial harm and complex adolescent safeguarding issues. You will also lead on the design and delivery of evidence-based interventions across the service and directorate, ensuring the service remains innovative, trauma-informed, and family-centred.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an ambitious, innovative service that values creativity and doing things differently. You will work alongside skilled, passionate colleagues in a collaborative, multi-agency environment, and develop leadership, coaching, and strategic skills while remaining closely connected to direct practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership, supervision and oversight of specialist staff working with young people at risk of or affected by exploitation and related safeguarding issues.
• Lead on the design and delivery of evidence-based interventions across the Edge of Care Service and directorate.
• Promote trauma-informed, relationship-based, strengths-focused practice and support a culture of continuous improvement.
• Coach, mentor and develop team members to improve outcomes for families on the edge of care or within intensive family intervention services.
• Collaborate within a co-located, multi-agency environment to deliver integrated services.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Experience of working with families on the edge of care or within intensive family intervention services.
• Strong leadership and practitioner skills, with ability to coach, mentor and support others.
• Commitment to relationship-based, trauma-informed, strengths-focused practice.
• Willingness to develop leadership, coaching, and strategic skills while remaining connected to direct practice.
• Ability to greet customers through the medium of Welsh is a requirement for this post.
• Enhanced DBS check with CCategory safeguarding (DBS) is required.
• Weekend working is a requirement of this post.

Dates

• Closing Date: 15 October 2025
• Shortlisting Date: 17 October 2025
• Interview Date: 25 October 2025

Additional Information

Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.

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