Family Solutions Team Manager

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Oldbury; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local children's services organization in the UK seeks a Family Solutions Team Manager to lead a team focused on supporting families and preventing care entry. The role involves responding rapidly to family crises and collaborating with social care teams. Candidates should possess strong leadership skills and relevant qualifications. This position offers a hybrid working model and a 12-month fixed term contract.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Flexible working patterns

Local government pension scheme

Qualifications

• Qualified professional with strong leadership experience.
• Knowledge of relationship-based family interventions needed.
• Capacity in crisis response and complex family dynamics is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Family Solutions Team to guide interventions.
• Respond to family crises, often within 24 hours.
• Collaborate with Social Care teams.

Skills

Leadership experience

Knowledge of systemic family interventions

Crisis response and case planning

Supervision and performance management skills

Strong communication abilities

Creative thinking

Education

Relevant professional qualification

Job description

At Sandwell Children's Trust, we firmly believe that the voice of the child should be at the centre of everything we do. We are on an ambitious journey to ensure that children and families in Sandwell are safe and empowered to thrive.

Our ‘Sandwell Deal’, brings together our new improved offering that make Sandwell Children’s Trust a great place to work; it also sets out our expectations of you as a member of staff.

What we can offer you

• Generous annual leave of up to 31 days, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
• Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 Bank Holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
• You will receive a generous local government career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
• We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
• Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well‑defined career progression.
• We provide competitive expenses for both mileage (55p per mile) and subsistence, plus access to a comprehensive employee benefits scheme.

Please visit The Sandwell Deal via this hyperlink

https://sandwelldeal.co.uk/

Are you passionate about building strong, stable families and making a real difference in children’s lives?

We’re looking for an exceptional, relationship‑focused Family Solutions Team Manager to lead our dynamic Family Solutions Team (FST)—a specialist service within Sandwell Children’s Trust’s Intervention Hub. FST delivers systemic, trauma‑informed, and strengths‑based interventions that help children and families stay together, thrive, and recover from adversity.

12 months fixed term contract

Hybrid Working - full time 37 hours per week

About the Role

The Family Solutions Team supports families—mainly with children aged 5–17—where relationships have broken down or are under pressure. Our interventions are designed to:

• Prevent care entry and placement breakdowns
• Support reunification from care
• Stabilise foster placements
• Address child‑to‑parent violence through evidence‑based Non‑Violent Resistance (NVR) approaches.

We respond quickly to emerging family crises—often within 24 hours—and work directly with parents and carers in the home. FST can include using systemic approaches, genograms, and parenting continuums, offering practical and emotional support that genuinely transforms relationships.

About the Team

You’ll manage a committed and highly skilled team.

Together, you will guide high‑quality, outcomes‑focused interventions, working collaboratively with Social Care teams and wider services across the Trust.

Who We’re Looking For

• A suitably qualified professional with strong leadership experience
• Knowledge of relationship‑based and systemic family interventions
• Confident in crisis response, case planning, and complex family dynamics
• Skilled in supervision, development, and performance management
• Passionate about family‑led practice and reducing care escalation
• Strong communication and partnership working abilities
• Ability to think creatively to further meet the needs of children and families.

What We Offer

• A supportive and innovative service within a passionate multi‑agency Intervention Hub
• Ongoing professional development and leadership support
• Opportunity to shape and grow a specialist family service that makes a lasting difference.

If you would like further information please contact Nicola Holmes, Intervention Hub Manager via email [e-mail]

By joining our team, you will be making a real difference in the lives of children and families. We are dedicated to driving meaningful change and ensuring the best outcomes for those we serve. With the work that we have done so far and with the ambitions we have for the future, it’s a really exciting time to join Sandwell Children’s Trust and to become part of our Family.

So, if you think your future could lie with Sandwell Children’s Trust, then we’d love to hear from you.

Sandwell Children's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups including children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people.

If you require further information on the role or working for us please email [e-mail] and a member of our Recruitment Team will be happy to give you a call.

Please note that pre‑employment checks will be carried out in line with the Department for Education KCSIE Guidance 2022.

Please click on the link below to complete an application form and view The Sandwell Deal

https://sandwelldeal.co.uk/apply/