Family Help Team Manager

Leicester Bus Partnership; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 53,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Local Government Pension Scheme

Training & development

Relocation assistance

Childcare vouchers

Bus/train discounts

Job summary

Leicester City Council is seeking a Team Manager for Children's Social Care in Leicester. You will lead a social work team to support families and children, ensuring positive outcomes and high-quality practice across the cluster.

The role requires current UK social work practice, Enhanced DBS clearance, and Social Work England registration, with flexible working and a strong emphasis on professional development and wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Experience as a children’s social worker and knowledge of related legislation.
• Ability to guide team while maintaining flexible working to deliver best outcomes.
• Experience with Signs of Safety model and trauma-informed practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead supervision and manage a range of cases in Family Help Social Work.
• Ensure performance of the team and participate in the out-of-hours rota.
• Develop staff using evidence-based practice and research.

Skills

Leadership

Supervision

Team management

Flexible working

Evidence-based practice

Trauma-informed practice

Communication

Education

SW Degree

SW England reg

DBS Check Enhanced

Professional qualification

Job description

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Job reference REQ8672 Date posted 15/10/2026 Application closing date 29/10/2026 Location Hybrid working - Home and Leicester City Offices Salary £53,051 - £56,293 Per Year Package Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement):£76,540 Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Childrens Social Care Attachments Job Specification - Family Help Team Manager.pdf

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.

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 the 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.

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.