Team Manager

Westfield Secondary School; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Sheffield City Council is recruiting a Team Manager to lead the new Best Start Inclusion Practitioner (BSIP) team across Family Hubs and community settings. You will provide strategic and operational leadership, oversee delivery of early identification, inclusion support and preventative SEND interventions for children aged 0-5, and work to strengthen inclusive practice across the early years workforce.

We value diverse perspectives and flexible working; the role offers a supportive environment

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams in children, early years, family support, health, education or SEND services.
• Strong understanding of early childhood development and partnership working.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Best Start Inclusion Practitioner (BSIP) team across Family Hubs and community settings.
• Provide strategic and operational leadership to ensure high-quality, timely support for 0-5s and their families.
• Drive inclusion, prevention and service improvement across the early years workforce.

Job description

Are you passionate about improving outcomes for babies, young children and families? We are seeking an experienced and inspirational Team Manager to lead our new Best Start Inclusion Practitioner (BSIP) team as part of Sheffield's ambitious Best Start in Life and Family Hubs programme.

This exciting new role will lead a team of practitioners delivering early identification, inclusion support and preventative SEND interventions for children aged 0-5 across Sheffield's Family Hubs and community settings. You will provide strong operational and strategic leadership, ensuring children and families receive timely, accessible and high-quality support while strengthening inclusive practice across the early years workforce.

We are looking for a motivated leader with experience of managing children's, early years, family support, health, education or SEND services. You will have a strong understanding of early childhood development, partnership working and service improvement, alongside a commitment to inclusion, prevention and achieving the best possible outcomes for children and families.

This is a unique opportunity to shape a new service, develop an innovative workforce and play a key role in delivering Sheffield's vision for a truly inclusive Best Start in Life offer.

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the Guarantee. In these cases, we’ll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.