Team Leader - Family Time

Gloucestershire County Council; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Gloucestershire County Council is seeking a skilled Team Leader to lead a family support team delivering family time for children in care. You will provide day-to-day management, professional supervision, and strong multi-agency collaboration to ensure children and families receive high-quality services.

The role emphasises life story work, partnership across provision and with partners, and contributing to rapid response and out-of-hours management.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team of family support workers.
• Ability to work in multi-agency settings.
• Strong commitment to children's welfare and family time.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of family support workers supporting family time for children and families involved in court proceedings and children in care.
• Lead and provide day to day management of the team.
• Ensure professional supervision of the team.
• Represent the team in multi-agency working.
• Support and oversee life story work.
• Establish an effective and collaborative relationship with social work team managers, to achieve progress and stability.
• Be part of a management team overseeing a rapid response service and contribute to out of hours management cover.

Skills

Team leadership

Social work leadership

Multi-agency collaboration

Supervision

Job description

At Gloucestershire, we are committed to ensuring the very best outcomes for our Children in Care. To achieve this, we need exceptional leaders, those who are passionate, driven, and ready to make a real difference. If that sounds like you, this could be an ideal opportunity., We are proud of the progress we've made and the strong foundations we've built. As we continue to deliver excellent services to our children, we are looking to appoint an additional Team leader to grow our Stability provision as part of our Children in Care Services. This is a pivotal role, created to provide team leadership and ensure children in care quality time with family and those who are important to them in a safe environment. As one of five Team leaders within our Stability provision, you will report directly to the Service Manager and take the lead in shaping and overseeing:

• One of the Family Time teams within the service.
• Lead and develop operational practice to ensure children experience family time positively.
• Work in partnership across the provision and with partners to ensure children's needs are met and their potential reached.

Our service is underpinned by a set of core principles:

• Outcome-focused: We aim high and deliver on our promises.
• Collaborative: We work closely with children, families, colleagues, and partners.
• Strengths-based: We build on what's working and foster strong relationships.
• Reflective: We challenge ourselves to ask, \"so what?\" and ensure our actions lead to meaningful change.
• Invested in people: We create the conditions for excellent social work to flourish.

Role summary We're looking for a skilled and knowledgeable leader who can inspire and support their team to deliver high-quality, impactful practice. You'll play a key role in creating a culture that puts children at the heart of everything we do and drives continuous improvement across the service. You will

• Lead a team of family support workers supporting family time for children and families involved in court proceedings and children in care.
• Lead and provide day to day management of the team.
• Ensure professional supervision of the team.
• Represent the team in multi-agency working.
• Support and oversee life story work.
• Establish an effective and collaborative relationship with social work team managers, to achieve progress and stability.
• Be part of a management team overseeing a rapid response service and contribute to out of hours management cover.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire's diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a 'customer facing role' must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English. Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.