Hybrid Team Manager at South Gloucestershire Council

How you'll make a difference:

As a Team Manager within our Locality Services, you’ll play a pivotal role in developing the Family Help Model, working closely alongside our Preventative Services colleagues. This is a project role with responsibilities relating to the introduction of section 17 Children in Need (CIN) work into Preventative Services, in our test and learn phase.

What you will be doing:

• Day to day, you will provide supervision and oversight to Practice Managers within Preventative Services. This is specifically relating to the case management of section 17 CIN work, so they can receive the right support in managing this.
• It will be key for you to provide quality assurance and approve CIN assessments, plans, and reviews completed by Family help Lead Practitioners and Social Workers during the test and learn period.
• It will be your responsibility to track and monitor the families worked with, within this test and learn phase, in order to evaluate outcomes both for families and children’s services.
• You are responsible for supporting and developing data management and performance reports in this specific area of work.

What we need from you:

• We require you to hold a professional qualification e.g. MA or BA in social work, DipSW and have a current registration with Social Work England. This must include experience of managing staff and supervision of other professionals.
• Ideally, you will be able to evidence your ability to lead teams to achieve optimum performance in delivering excellent social care services for children. 
• Given the elements of this role, you must be able to provide evidence of on-going continuous professional development and a thorough knowledge of current legislation and practice relating to children and young people’s services.
• We require you to have knowledge of and experience of social work practice in respect of early permanence and adoption.

What you need to know:

• This is a limited term position, due to end 31^st August 2026.

• Please note that due to the nature of this role it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained for this post.
• You will be expected to travel throughout the authority and surrounding area so you must have a full, valid driving licence with regular access to a vehicle or have an alternative means of travel.  
• Business Insurance will need to be added to your current car insurance policy.

 

Interviews will take place Thursday 21^st August 2025

How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different:

We are proud to say that we provide an Ofsted rated 'Good' service. We are seeking additional driven professionals to help us to collectively maintain and build on this for the ongoing betterment of the children and young people of South Gloucestershire.  

• We invest in the careers of our people and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps our people make the greatest long-term difference in their work.  
• As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities.
• We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.  

 

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.   

• We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of.
• We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life.

 

We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.   

 

We’re making a difference, be part of it!  

 

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