Team Manager - Targeted Youth Support Service (8261)

Norfolk County Council; Norwich; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Norfolk County Council is seeking a Team Manager for the Targeted Youth Support Service. The role involves leading a dedicated team to provide intensive support for adolescents facing risks, utilizing youth work methodologies and collaborating with various local services. A professional qualification in relevant fields is required, alongside significant experience in service management. This position offers a competitive salary and engaging working environment aimed at fostering youth development.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and Wellbeing services

Flexible working opportunities

'Norfolk Rewards' employee discounts

Local Government Pension Scheme

Relocation expenses (where applicable)

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing services for adolescents.
• Excellent understanding of contextual safeguarding.
• Ability to support creative youth work interventions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage Targeted Youth Support service.
• Provide support to children at risk of extrafamilial harm.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for holistic care.

Skills

Managing services for adolescents

Contextual safeguarding

Informal education

Creative interventions using youth work methodology

Education

Professional qualification in youth work, social work or youth justice

Job description

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Job Description

Team Manager - Targeted Youth Support Service | 8261 | permanent contract | 37 hours per week | £48,610 to £52,594 per annum | Grade L | Norwich

Are you a creative leader with a passion for working with adolescents?

We are looking for an experienced Team Manager to join our Targeted Youth Support Service in the North Norfolk, East Norfolk and Broadland district areas.

Our dedicated teams of Youth Workers provide intensive support to children at risk of suffering extrafamilial harm including exploitation and serious youth violence.

The teams use relationship-based practice and youth work methodology to provide a range of interventions to reduce risk and help our children to flourish.

Targeted Youth Support teams work closely with our multidisciplinary, family help, in care and youth justice services to contribute to holistic plans for children.

To be successful, you will have significant experience of managing and delivering services for adolescents, and hold a professional qualification in either youth work, social work or youth justice.

You will have an excellent understanding of contextual safeguarding, informal education and be able to support creative intervention using youth work methodology.

For an informal discussion regarding this post please contact [e-mail]

Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria.

These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council:

• Competitive salary
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service
• Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working - dependent on your job role and business need.
• Financial benefits such as:
  • 'Norfolk Rewards' our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out.
  • A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers
  • Relocation expenses (where applicable)
  • An advance of your expenses if you travel for work
  • Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants' pensions.
  • Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes
  • Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility)
  • A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job

You can find information on our Terms and Conditions here.

Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email.

We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position.

Redeployment closing date: 22 June 2025

All other applicants closing date: 30 June 2025

About Us

We have miles of beautiful coastline and our unique Broads, thriving market towns and a city with a proud cultural heritage. Our economy is growing and driven by innovation in a number of sectors, including energy and food. We also have ambitious plans for new housing and a building programme for schools across Norfolk. Our county a great place to live, work and visit, and is an excellent environment for businesses to start, grow and innovate.

We are the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to more than 850,000 Norfolk residents. We take the lead in critical policy areas, working with 84 elected Members responsible for the strategic local government services in the county.

We provide a high quality service through involving people who use our services to shape and comment on them and by promoting efficiency and innovation.

We work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities such as District and Parish Councils to provide the people of Norfolk with excellent services.