Deputy Team Manager Early Help Hub
Job Location: Quedgeley
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
- Job Location: Quedgeley
- Salary: £41,771 – £47,181 per annum
- Hours per Week: 37.00
- Contract Type: Fixed Term
- Duration: One Year
- Closing Date: 05/07/2026
- Job Requisition Number: 14325
- This post is open to job share
We are currently recruiting for a Deputy Team Manager to join our Early Help Hub on a 1 year fixed term contract.
Reward and Support
- Salary between £41,771 – £47,181 per 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
- 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)
About the team
You will be joining our Early Help Hub, which is part of Front Door to Children’s services, working with MASH partners to enable effective decision making for children and families. You will join the Management Group which includes a Team Manager and 2 other Deputy Team Managers alongside Early Help Practitioners.
About the role
Working as a Deputy Team Manager within the Early Help triage team you would be expected to assist the Manager in decision making in relation to Early Help and ensuring the right levels of intervention decision is made so that families can access support from the right place at the right time.
- Demonstrate clear decision making and problem solving to ensure effective risk management and planning good outcomes for children and their families.
- Provide appropriate support, supervision, and performance management through line management, striving for excellence by working with the Manager and colleagues to deliver best practice.
You will benefit from our commitment to delivering the best possible service to children and families, and the chance to join an experienced and dynamic team. You will be joining an authority with a strong set of values that underpins the work we do: Accountability, Empowerment, Excellence, Integrity, and Respect.
About You
- Experience of working with children, young people, families, and communities to deliver a wide range of interventions. Experience of working with multi‑agency assessments and plans is also a must.
- Academic qualifications to degree level or equivalent professional qualification relevant to the field of Children, Young People and Families.
- Relevant experience working in/across Children’s Social Care and Early Help delivering direct interventions to children and families.
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