Family Help Locality Team Manager

The Cumberland; Butterwick; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cumberland is seeking an experienced Family Help Locality Team Manager to lead a team delivering early intervention services for children, young people and families across Cumberland. The role focuses on safeguarding, high-quality practice and improving outcomes, with a maternity cover fixed-term of 12 months.

You will provide leadership, oversight and professional challenge, working with education, health and social care partners to drive a strengths-based approach and ensure timely support

Qualifications

• Experience leading/mentoring frontline teams in early intervention or children and families services.
• Ability to establish safeguarding and high-quality practice standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team of Family Help professionals to deliver early intervention services.
• Provide leadership, oversight and professional challenge to ensure safeguarding and positive outcomes for families.
• Drive service development and continuous improvement across Cumberland.

Job description

Are you an experienced Early Help practitioner looking for your next leadership opportunity? As a Family Help Locality Team Manager, you'll lead and support a team of Family Help professionals to deliver high-quality early intervention services that improve outcomes for children, young people and families across Cumberland. You'll provide leadership, oversight and professional challenge to ensure effective safeguarding, high-quality practice and positive outcomes for families. Working closely with partners across education, health and social care, you'll drive a strengths-based approach, support service development and ensure children and families receive the right support at the right time. This is an excellent opportunity to take on a key leadership role, developing practitioners, shaping service delivery and contributing to the continued improvement of Cumberland's Family Help Service. Through this maternity cover position, you will play a vital role in helping families build resilience, reducing the need for statutory intervention and ensuring children remain safe, supported and able to thrive. This role is available on a fixed-term basis for 12 months.

Who we're looking for

We're looking for individuals who embody our organisation's core values: ambitious, collaborative, compassionate, empowering, and innovative. We believe in the power of these values to drive positive change, deliver excellent public services and shape a better future for our communities. We're also about potential over perfection and we can help you grow in the role and thrive in your career. Be sure to take a look at the post specification (below) for the essential criteria for this role.

DBS Checks

This role requires a DBS check. The level of check for this role is: Enhanced DBS check with a Children's & Adults Barred List check. Please note this role involves working in regulated activity with adults and Children. It is an offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults and Children.

Guaranteed Interviews

We offer a guaranteed interview to the following applicants as long as your application can demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role.

• Those who consider themselves disabled as defined by the Equality Act 2010
• Those in care or who have left care and are aged 24 and under
• Those who identify as a member of the British Armed Forces community (service leavers, veterans, their partners or spouses, reservists, cadets).

Return it to no later than 11 October 2026.

Diversity, Inclusion & Adjustments

We're dedicated to enhancing the diversity of our workforce and we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds. That's why we're a proud Disability Confident Leader and also an Age Friendly Employer - to provide opportunities for everyone to thrive. If you need any reasonable adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please let either the hiring manager or our Resourcing Team know by emailing . While adjustments aren't always guaranteed, we'll always listen and we'll try our best to accommodate your needs.