Team Manager - Young 's Service

Ofsted rating: ‘Good’ with Outstanding Leadership. June 2023. Team Manager Opportunity in Southampton. TEAM MANAGER FOR The Young People’s Service

£57,755 - £65,222 PA PLUS Market Supplement of £2,000 per annum.

Southampton City Council, Young People’s Service is a service passionate and striving to achieve the best outcomes for children and young people in our city. We work closely with partner agencies, building strong relationships between practitioners and their families enabling systemic and reflective work with our children. Never has there been a better time to join an organisation which is going from strength to strength.

Ofsted commended the Young People’s Service and noted that our Youth Hub is a fantastic place to do direct work with young people.

We are currently seeking a committed and supportive person to continue to drive and develop support for our children in Southampton City Council. As Team Manager for the Young People’s Service, you will lead a dedicated team of Social Workers and Young Person’s Practitioners. Our Young People's Service is all about trying to reduce the impact of child criminal and sexual exploitation and enabling families to live together where there is a real risk of breakdown.

The city’s young people need someone special to lead one of our teams. This person needs to be quick to find solutions to complex challenges – this could be young people encountering coercion or violence, struggling to access education or training, or recovering from traumatic experiences. We need someone who is calm, containing, solution focused, quick thinking and positive. We are looking for someone who can give young people and their families hope and aspiration.

Are you this inspirational and motivational leader? Are you a Qualified Social Worker? If you are, why don’t you join the Southampton family?

The Young People’s Service is made up of two Social Work Teams and our dedicated Prevention Service. We run a number of creative initiatives to support our children and young people;

• Our very own, child led café ‘Opportunity Brews’
• Weekly Youth club
• We are a HAF provider, running bespoke school holiday activities for our most hard to reach children
• An education worker in post to support children to access schooling and post 16 education and training
• Strong Partnerships with local charities who deliver high quality interventions
• Drops ins from local Drug and Alcohol Support workers and Sexual Health Nurses

The Team Manager appointed will spend their time supporting Social workers and Young People’s Practitioners to plan for children on Child Protection and Child in Need plans. We are proud to be working alongside Durham University to deliver the Risk outside the Home Framework to help children and young people reduce risks to them from contextual safeguarding concerns. This exciting opportunity for a full time Team manager will allow any experienced manager or an aspiring manager to utilise their social worker skills and core values whilst they support staff to support young people in their plans for the future.

We are looking for a social work manager who cares about delivering aspirational support to our children and someone who can lead a team that values creativity, relational practice and positivity.

Southampton City Council and its partners have made a collective commitment to run well managed services, ensure manageable workloads for social workers, provide high levels of support and expert guidance to help with complex situations. We would like to warmly welcome those who live in or near to the city, and those who are looking to relocate to the area. We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome a broad diversity of talent to apply.

We do reserve the right to cease any advertising prior to the published closing date for a role that receives a high number of applications. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal…