AddressThis is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
- Job Title: Deputy Team Manager Early Help Triage
- Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 5, 4th Floor
- Salary: £39,186 - £44,428 per annum
- Hours per Week: 37.00
- Contract Type: Fixed Term
- Duration: Until 31st March 2025
- Closing Date: 18/02/2024
- Job Requisition Number: 8408
- This post is not open to job share
We are currently recruiting for a Deputy Team Manager to join our Early Help Triage and Family Information Service team on fixed term contract until March 2025.
Reward and support
For all your hard work, you will receive the following:
- £39,186 - £44,428 per annum
- 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 (pro rata for part-time staff)
- 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
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice green car scheme (T&Cs apply)
- Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
- Career development and qualification opportunities
- Access to our Social Work Academy
Right child, right support, right time, every time
Gloucestershire’s vision is “to work together to give every child the best possible chance of a remarkable life, especially those children who need more help.”
We have ambitious improvement and transformation plans to create the optimum conditions within which our staff can make a real difference and improve outcomes for children.
We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in systemic social work practice. If you would like to join an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC.
About the team
The team is part of Gloucestershire County Council’s Early Help and Targeted Support service. Early Help triage sits within the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub. Early Help Triage receive referrals from families, professionals and community services to explore support for families through Early Help.
The position will involve communicating with various agencies and family members, gathering information to support requests for the service by ensuring the most appropriate response is provided, and enabling families to thrive.
About you
There are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post:
- academic qualifications to degree level or equivalent professional qualification relevant to the field of Children, Young people and Families
- minimum of 5 complete year's relevant experience working in/across Children's Social Care abd Early Help delivering direct interventions to children and families
- competent IT skills
- a full driving licence and willingness to drive
- DBS clearance
- highly motivated and committed to ensuring timescales are met to ensure the quality of the service
- be able to work independently, with skills working within timescales with conflicting priorities
How to apply
For an informal discussion about the role or if you have any questions, please email nikki.hunt@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Additional Information
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-
Deputy Team Manager job profile
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.
