Targeted Youth Support Manager

Oxfordshire County Council; Oxford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxfordshire County Council is seeking a Targeted Youth Support Manager to lead the Targeted Youth Support Service. This role involves overseeing youth service provision for young people aged 11-18, developing partnerships, and managing a dedicated team to support young people's needs and life chances effectively. Ideal candidates will possess extensive leadership experience and relevant qualifications in youth work and management.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading youth support services.
• Skilled in partnership and community work.
• Anti-oppressive and trauma-informed approaches.

Responsibilities

• Oversee planning and delivery of targeted youth services.
• Evaluate impact using data.
• Manage and lead the staff team.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Partnership and community work

Problem-solving

Education

Qualification in youth work (with JNC)

Management qualification

Tools

IT systems and databases

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About Us

Oxfordshire County Council has an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated youth work manager to join our Targeted Youth Support Service (TYSS). TYSS is a service working preventatively within County Council’s Children’s Social Care.

We work with young people to address emerging needs, improve life chances and reduce escalation to more intensive and expensive services. This includes supporting young people struggling to access education, engage in their community or face obstacles in their home life, to ensure a successful transition to adulthood. The young people are typically 11-18 (up to 25 for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities).

Targeted Youth Support Service has been in existence since 2022. The Council is proud of its commitment to young people which is evidenced in a recent peer review. About the Targeted Youth Support Service | OXME.INFO It is an exciting time to join this service as we take the review recommendations forward and combine the Targeted Youth Support, Youth Justice and Contextual Safeguarding offers into one Integrated Adolescence Service.

You can find out more about the Targeted Youth Support Service on our Oxme pages Targeted Youth Support Service | OXME.INFO

About the Role

The Targeted Youth Support Manager is an important leadership role in the delivery of the Targeted Youth Support Service (TYSS) provision across the county. You will work with a wide range of colleagues, key partners, stakeholders and most importantly young people from across sectors.

You will:

• Oversee the planning and delivery of responsive targeted youth service provision that meets the needs of young people aged 11-18, 25 SEN.
• Oversee, evaluate and quality assure work with young people on a 1-to-1 basis, in groups, in schools and in the community through detached street-based youth work.
• Use data to evaluate impact and plan service provision.
• Manage and lead the staff team, upholding all relevant policies and HR procedures.
• Develop and manage partnerships across all relevant sectors (including health, education, police, VCSE) to meet the young people’s ever-changing needs.
• Stay informed about the latest policy developments in youth work, including the Statutory Duty 507B and implement relevant policy updates in the work delivered through TYSS and partners.
• Oversee the work of commissioned services, for example Hear4Youth Cranstoun, TellMi.

The needs of the young people are varied, and you will need to lead your team to remain flexible in their work with young people and adapt your management style accordingly. You will need to support the team to use a wide range of youth work skills and you will be solution-focused in your approaches. The aim is to support the young person with building their self-esteem and confidence, set goals and explore new places; work with a young person on healthy friendships & relationships, support young people to make positive choices, preventing escalation to statutory services.

Please note our job descriptions are currently being updated and so please be aware that the scope of the role is as described in the advert and may be amended further.

About you

• You will have extensive and recent experience of leading services that support young people.
• Hold a qualification in youth work (with JNC) or a related field.
• Hold a management qualification and relevant experience of leading diverse teams.
• Your practice & management style will be shaped by anti-oppressive and trauma-informed approaches, placing the young person at the centre of all the support.
• Extensive Partnership and community work experience, to leverage resources across the Partnership to improve young people’s outcomes.
• A skilled communicator and work well as part of a team and with a wide range of professionals, confident working in a political environment.
• Confident in using IT systems and databases.
• Committed to professional development by engaging with reflective processes and ongoing learning.
• Able to travel to and access a variety of locations across the County easily.

This is a county wide role and work may take place anywhere in the county of Oxfordshire. You will need to be able to easily access urban and remote locations.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Government Administration

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