Family Help Team Manager

Leicester City Council; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Generous annual leave

LGPS pension

Job summary

Leicester City Council is recruiting a Team Manager for our Children’s Social Work teams in Leicester. You will lead supervision, manage a range of child and family cases, and drive high-quality social work practice rooted in Signs of Safety and trauma-informed approaches.

You will work in a hybrid model, with core hours and a commitment to training, development and wellbeing. An enhanced DBS, Social Work England registration and a recognised social work qualification are required.

Qualifications

• Enhanced DBS check is required.
• Social Work England registration is required.
• Professional qualification in Social Work (Degree, DipSW, CQSW, CSS or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Lead on supervision within the team and manage a range of cases in a Family Help Social Work service.
• Ensure performance within the team and support staff development.
• Apply Signs of Safety framework and trauma-informed practice to interventions.
• Support flexible working and professional development within the service.

Skills

Leadership

Supervision

Evidence-based practice

Trauma informed practice

Lundy model of Participation

Education

Social Work degree (or CQSW/CSS/DipSW)

Job description

Reference: REQ8672

Description: Full Time / 37 hours per week / Permanent You must currently be practicing Social Work in the UK to apply for this role. This is an exciting time to join Leicester City Council and to be part of our ever-improving service ensuring children are at the heart of our work. We are committed to working in partnership with children, families and young adults and developing excellent social work practice. To help deliver our vision we are looking for a Team Manager who is enthusiastic, passionate and has a strong track record of working with children, young people and their families to achieve positive outcomes. Join one of our Children's Social Care teams and you will play a key role in improving the life for families and children in Leicester. Our social workers are well supported by their managers, with good quality in-depth supervision and opportunities to develop further. We prioritise support, learning, development and wellbeing across our workforce with strengths in practice regularly recognised. We also offer agile and flexible working that supports a healthy work life balance. We are committed to supporting your continual professional development and have a comprehensive training and development programme whatever the stage of your career This is a full-time, permanent position (37 hours a week) with core working hours of 8.30am till 5.00pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30am till 4.30pm on Friday. Based within one of our Children’s Social Work Clusters within Leicester City, with flexible working that fits service needs. It is expected that you cover out of hours on a rota basis.

Region: Central

Location: Hybrid working - Home and Leicester City Offices

Salary: *GBP*53,051 - *GBP*56,293 Per Year

Package: Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): *GBP*76,540

Contractual hours: 37

Basis: Full time,

Full Time / 37 hours per week / Permanent

What You’ll Be Doing As a leader, you will ensure performance within your team. Leading on supervision, your workload will include managing a range of cases and conducting tasks in line within a Family Help Social Work service.

We use Signs of Safety as a model of intervention to support sound social work practice, and our work is underpinned by the principles of trauma informed practice and the Lundy model of Participation. As an authority we are committed to addressing racial injustice both for the families we work with and across the workforce. Which you’ll play a key role in.

What You’ll Need With experience of children's social worker and legislation around this. You’ll be able to guide your team working flexibly to ensure their best work. Motivating and developing staff effectively, using evidence-based practice and research to underpin your decisions. Often, having to work under pressure you’ll be aware of issues affecting vulnerable children and their families and carers, including looked after children. So, you're able to put them at the centre of your team’s work.

This role also requires an Enhanced children’s DBS check, Social work England registration and a Relevant professional qualification e.g. Social Work (Degree, DipSW, CQSW, CSS or equivalent for Education, Police or Health).

What We Can Offer You As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including childcare vouchers, discounts on city buses and trains and help with relocation to Leicester, where appropriate.

Join us We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Karen Dawson on 0116 454 5901 or e‑mail [e-mail].

Interviews TBC.