Targeted Youth Support Team Manager

Bolton Council; Bolton; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Bolton Council is seeking a passionate Targeted Youth Support Team Manager to oversee youth services within the Family Help Service. The role involves direct management of staff, ensuring collaborative working with partners, and integrating resources to support young people and communities effectively. Join us in making a difference in Bolton's vibrant community.

Benefits

Flexible work opportunities

Exclusive rewards and benefits

Generous annual leave allowance

Access to a Pension Scheme

Employee wellbeing and support services

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Youth Work and Early Help.
• Knowledge of Family Help developments.
• Experience managing high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage oversight of Targeted Youth Support provision within Family Help service.
• Facilitate integrated working and community support for youth.
• Coordinate targeted intervention program plans.

Skills

Youth Work

Team Management

Community Engagement

Education

Degree level qualification in a relevant subject

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22.06.2025

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Job Description:

Grade: K scp 39 £48,710 to scp 43 £52,805 plus 7% enhancement for out of hours working and Essential Car User Allowance up to £963pa
Contract: Permanent
Essential Requirement: Full UK Driving Licence
Essential Qualification: Degree level qualification in a relevant subject i.e., Youth Work

Ask us about flexible working options to fit with your work/life balance - #HappytoTalkFlexible

The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to become a Targeted Youth Support Team Manager within our newly established Family Help Service.
The role will manage and maintain oversight of a Targeted Youth Support provision within a Family Help service including direct line management of the staff. It will involve working with partners to support integrated working and ensure alignment to wider Adolescent and Youth Work delivery. This role is key to supporting community engagement and development within the Locality team and ensuring consistency of service provision and responsivity of the targeted youth offer as needs emerge.
The role will be key to facilitating and ensuring connectivity across the Borough of dedicated youth provision, to create integrated and joined up working arrangements that effectively support young people, across a range of needs.
The post holder will manage services and resources across a team ensuring targeted intervention programme plans are coordinated and meet the needs of young people and the community.

We are open to flexible working and have a range of options; we and are happy to discuss this further.

For an informal discussion, please contact Nicola Murphy, Strategic Lead- Prevention via email [emailprotected]

About You
You will be a passionate and experienced manager with an understanding and experience of Youth Work and Early Help.
You will have experience of managing Youth Work delivery and have a robust knowledge of effective methodology, as well as an understanding of Family Help developments. You will have experience of managing high performing teams, utilising a restorative approach to leadership and leading by example. You will have experience of working with partners and supporting culture, practice and integrated working.
You will be an approachable and confident leader, who embraces creativity and approaches change with a ‘can do’ attitude to overcome challenges.

If you think you could be what we're looking for, apply now with your CV and covering letter.
Within your covering letter with specific reference to the job description and person specification please demonstrate

1. How you have developed your understanding of Youth Work approaches and how you would apply this to the development of Family Help and integrated working across a youth network, targeted youth programme and Family Hubs?
2. How you would support the development of targeted youth work strategies and apply these into programme and practice delivery?
3. Your understanding of youth and community work methodologies to maximise participation and engagement, including applying these to support the development and implementation of effective targeted youth programmes?

About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

Ready to apply? Then please click Apply and upload your anonymised CV and supporting statement discussing your relevant skills and experience and explain how you believe they make you a strong fit for this role.

Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact [emailprotected]