Team Leader (Specialist Intervention), Children

Kirklees Metropolitan Council; North Common, Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

LGPS

Flexible working

25.5 days annual leave

Career development opportunities

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Gloucestershire County Council is recruiting a Team Leader (Specialist Intervention) to supervise an intensive, multi-disciplinary team delivering evidence-based interventions to children and families within the Family Help model.

You will provide day-to-day leadership, supervision and professional support, ensuring timely, responsive interventions and high standards in line with legislation and guidance. Hybrid working arrangements are available.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading and delivering interventions to children and families within Family Help
• Ability to supervise multi-disciplinary teams and coordinate partner agencies
• Commitment to learning, reflection and continuous improvement

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day leadership and high-quality supervision to staff
• Oversee operational delivery, quality assurance and service development
• Lead triage, formulation, and guidance to ensure high-quality, evidence-informed practice
• Collaborate with health, education, social care and partners to coordinate family support

Skills

Team leadership

Multi-disciplinary teams

Supervision

Evidence-based practice

Job description

Make a real difference to children and families

Following significant growth and investment in Gloucestershire Children’s Services, we are creating the new position of Team Leader (Specialist Intervention). In Gloucestershire we are passionate about ensuring we continue to build resilient, diverse multi-disciplinary teams as we implement the Department for Education’s Families First Partnership Programme (FFPP) reforms.

Our new Intensive Intervention Teams bring together specialist practitioners working as a part of that local community’s Family Help service providing specialist interventions to families focused on addressing issues that can lead to family breakdown and children coming into care.

About the role

We are recruiting for 2 posts

• 1 x Cotswolds
• 1 x Gloucester

As Team Leader in our Cotswold/ Gloucester team, you will supervise a multi-disciplinary team of practitioners including: Parenting Practitioners, Intensive Edge of Care Family Support Workers, Family Group Decision Making Practitioners, and linked partner agencies such as adult employment practitioners, mental health specialists and substance misuse professionals.

You will be responsible for the operational oversight, quality assurance and continuous development of your service area. You will provide day-to-day leadership, high-quality supervision and professional support to staff, ensuring children and families receive responsive, timely and effective interventions that improve outcomes and build resilience.

You will use your specialist expertise to lead triage, formulation, advice and guidance, supporting practitioners to deliver high-quality, evidence-informed practice. Working closely with colleagues across children’s services, education, health, social care and partner agencies, you will help coordinate support around families and promote joined-up approaches to meeting need.

As a leader, you will champion excellent practice, support professional development and create a culture of learning, reflection and continuous improvement. You will play a key role in maintaining high standards, ensuring services are delivered in line with legislation, statutory guidance and Gloucestershire’s ambition to achieve outstanding outcomes for children and families.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be there at the start of our journey in embedding evidence-based interventions within Gloucestershire new Family Help model.

Reward and support

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

• between £48,226- £51,356 annum subject to experience
• flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year
• family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
• supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
• an in-house Occupational Health service
• employee discount scheme
• links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
• career development and qualification opportunities
• access to our Social Work Academy
• Cycle to Work scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)
• Green Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)

What we offer

• the opportunity to be part of significant national reform and service development
• a supportive, experienced and values-led workforce
• practice underpinned by Systemic Practice and a commitment to learning and development
• meaningful work that helps prevent escalation to higher-level services
• flexible working arrangements where service needs allow

You will be joining an authority that is committed to delivering the best possible outcomes for children and families, recognising the importance of reflective practice, collaboration, and professional curiosity.

About you

We are looking for motivated and compassionate managers who will:

• lead and motivate multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality, child-centred services
• have significant experience in leading and delivering evidence-based interventions to children and families within Family Help
• provide strong professional supervision and support, helping staff to develop, perform and achieve their potential
• build effective partnerships across health, education, social care and community organisations to achieve the best outcomes for families
• make confident, evidence-based decisions, balancing risk, need and available resources
• drive continuous improvement and positive change, creating a culture of learning, reflection and professional development
• champion high standards of practice, quality assurance and service excellence
• communicate and influence effectively, adapting their style to engage families, colleagues, partners and senior stakeholders
• demonstrate emotional intelligence and resilience, remaining calm and effective in challenging and fast-paced environments
• be highly organised and adaptable, able to manage competing priorities and respond to changing demands
• promote equality, diversity and inclusion, ensuring services are fair, accessible and responsive to the needs of all children and families
• build positive relationships and professional networks, working collaboratively whilst constructively challenging where necessary
• hold a full driving licence and have access to a car

We reserve the right to close an advertisement earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a suitable number of applications.

Interviews are to take place in person at Shire Hall on 11th November 2026

If you would like to find out more about our Children’s Service please take a look here: Children’s Social Care Careers | Careers hub

The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.

Additional Information

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Team Leader (Specialist Intervention)

This position is subject to a DBS check.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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.