Team Leader - Blaby Oadby Wigston and Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicestershire
Client:
Leicestershire County Council
Location:
Huncote Family Hub, Pavillion Centre, Sports Field Lane, Huncote, Leicester LE9 3BN/Bassett Street, Wigston, Leicestershire LE18 and Granville Rd, Hinckley LE10 0PP
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
644c7b72995f
Job Views:
2
Posted:
24.03.2025
Expiry Date:
08.05.2025
Job Description:
Children and Families Department
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Worker Category: Field Based Worker
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 26th March 2025
Interview Date(s): 10th April 2025 at Huncote Family Hub
About the Role
We are looking for a Team Leader within our Blaby, Oadby & Wigston Target Family Help Service and one in Hinckley and Bosworth. You will work alongside another two Team Leaders within our locality and have responsibility for a multi-disciplinary team, including Family Wellbeing workers, Keyworkers, and SEND Family Support Workers. Together, they offer brief and intensive one-to-one work in the homes and family hubs, support families through the Short Breaks Assessment and review process, deliver a group work programme, and, alongside our social work colleagues, support families through their Child in Need Plan.
When applying, please state whether you would prefer a specific location or if you would like to be considered for either area.
An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
* Have an excellent understanding of the needs of children, young people, and families at a locality level and support your team in responding to these in innovative ways, using a partnership approach.
* Lead on the management of referrals, ensuring they are prioritised and appropriately allocated according to need, and that children, young people, and families are offered the right service at the right time, with measurable outcomes.
* Manage the operational demand upon the Service by identifying and engaging the most vulnerable children and families in the locality at an early stage to improve outcomes and promote resilience within families.
* Ensure that the voices of children, young people, and their families are heard and are used to help shape service delivery.
* Support staff to maintain high-quality case recording, undertake assessments and reviews in a timely manner, and maintain all paperwork relating to families so that records are up-to-date and concise.
* Create and maintain effective working relationships with key partners to support coordinated delivery of services for families and children at risk of poor outcomes.
* Ensure robust and consistent application of thresholds, including escalating to social care as appropriate through discussion based on accurate presentation of facts and thorough analysis of the information available.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances while still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Lou Pettitt- Team and Partnership Manager (Localities)
Telephone: 0116 3057879
Email: [insert email here]
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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