Inclusion Team Manager – Restorative Early Intervention

WMJobs; Nuneaton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

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Job summary

Warwickshire County Council is seeking an experienced Inclusion Practitioner Team Manager to lead the Best Start in Life Service. You will champion inclusive practice, drive restorative approaches and support teams to work with families and partners to achieve strong outcomes for children and young people.

Working within a restorative culture, you will embed innovative and continuous improvement across services, ensuring high-quality practice.

Qualifications

• Significant experience of working within children's services, early help, family support, early years inclusion, SEND, education or a related field.
• Proven experience of leading, motivating and developing high-performing teams.
• Strong knowledge of inclusion, early intervention and family-centred practice.
• Experience of implementing and embedding restorative and relationship-based approaches.
• Experience of leading service improvement, innovation and change, with evidence of delivering positive outcomes for children and families.
• Experience of quality assurance frameworks, auditing practice and driving improvements through reflective learning and performance oversight.
• Strong performance management skills, including the use of data and insight to improve service delivery.
• Excellent partnership-working skills, with the ability to build positive relationships across education, health, social care, voluntary and community sectors.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, including the ability to present information to a range of audiences.
• Experience of supporting and developing staff through coaching, supervision and performance conversations.
• A commitment to safeguarding, equality, inclusion and improving outcomes for children, young people and families.
• The ability to think strategically while maintaining a focus on operational delivery and continuous improvement.
• Resilience, emotional intelligence and the ability to lead confidently through change.

Responsibilities

• Lead and shape a key part of the Best Start in Life Service as an Inclusion Practitioner Team Manager.
• Champion inclusion, innovation and continuous improvement, ensuring high-quality, inclusive support for children and families.
• Embed restorative and relationship-based practice across the service and collaborate with families and partners to achieve better outcomes.
• Lead, support and develop the Inclusion Practitioner Team to deliver high-quality practice and meaningful impact.
• Support locality working and multi-disciplinary, multi-agency teams that engage with Health, Police and Education.

Skills

Team leadership

Inclusion

Early intervention

Partnership working

Quality assurance

Performance data

Job description

Warwickshire County Council is seeking an experienced Inclusion Practitioner Team Manager to lead the Best Start in Life Service. You will champion inclusive practice, drive restorative approaches and support teams to work with families and partners to achieve strong outcomes for children and young people.

Working within a restorative culture, you will embed innovative and continuous improvement across services, ensuring high-quality practice.