Early Help Team Manager

Salford-Council; Salford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Salford City Council is seeking an Early Help Team Manager to lead the Early Help Locality Team, strengthening neighbourhood-based work and fostering collaborative practice with families and partners. The role focuses on improving outcomes for children and families within Salford.

The post requires experience supervising teams, delivering case supervision, and leading change with a person-centered approach, including flexible hours as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience of managing and supervising others, including direct case supervision for multiple cases and staff.
• Ability to lead collaborative work and drive change in a person-centered approach.
• Willingness to work flexibly outside of office hours as required by the service.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision for practitioners within the service and routinely audit and quality assure work.
• Support operational development of neighbourhood/place-based working within locality and across the Salford Family Partnership.
• Lead the Early Help Locality Team to improve outcomes for children, young people and families.

Skills

Leadership

Staff supervision

Case supervision

Relational practice

Flexible working

Job description

About us

Do you want to be part of a creative forward-thinking service that involves everyone in big changes and new, exciting ways of working? Salford Early Help Service is a service at the heart of the local authorities’ commitment to support families in the early stages, preventing their needs escalating to a higher level. We are committed to working with families in an asset-based way: utilising the Salford Family Partnership Model way of working to support families in moving forward.

About the Role

As an Early Help Team Manager you will have responsibility for the leadership and management of the Early Help Locality Team with a focus on improving outcomes for children, young people and families. Partnership working is essential to the success of this and your role as the Early Help Team Manager will include supporting the operational development of neighbourhood/place based working within your locality and across the Salford Family Partnership. This role is crucial in supporting our continuing journey in the implementation of the Family Partnership Model of practice, and to continue to improve outcomes for children and families in Salford. You will need to be passionate about working with children, young people and families and have a practice base with strengths in relational practice. You will be required to provide supervision for practitioners within the service and routinely audit and quality assure work, ensuring our services for families are delivered to a high standard. We would like to encourage applications from a diverse range of candidates to help us create an exciting, dynamic and diverse workforce.

About you

We are looking for someone who is passionate about helping and supporting others to achieve positive outcomes for children, young people and families in Salford. Modeling the Salford values and behaviours is key to this role. You must have experience of managing and supervising others, including direct case supervision for multiple cases and staff. Attendance management procedures and appraisals are key skills and knowledge in which we are seeking from applicants. A willingness to work flexibly outside of office hours as required by the needs of the service. Leadership experience is essential to drive forward collaborative ways of working and leading others through change in a person centered approach.

Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and that you will be required to meet the cost of the DBS check – currently £41. The payment for this will be deducted from your first four months’ salary payments at a rate of £10.25 per month. If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment of £41.

What we need from you if you are invited to interview

• Passport/ID - You will be required to provide original documentation confirming your right to work in the UK. Successful candidates will also be required to provide proof of address.
• Qualifications/registrations – if applicable for the role

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