Cluster 6 Team Manager

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Plymouth Family Hubs are Seeking a dynamic, passionate, committed and highly skilled person to join our amazing management team. As the new team manager, to continue to develop our parenting offer across the city, whilst also developing Family Hub services in the North of the city. Family Hubs provide high quality support to families in a safe and friendly environment.

Location of the post:

You will be based in the North of the city in either our hub at Four Greens Community Trust Whitleigh, or the Southway Community Hub. There is also the need to travel for meetings to other Family Hubs in the city and to meet with other professionals and organisations. We use a mix of on line and face to face meetings to engage with partners and stakeholders. Due to the nature of our face to face work with children and families the majority of our work is from the office / hubs, however there are times when working from home is advantageous.

Hours:

We are looking for 30 - 37 hours per week over 4 - 5 days, to include a Tuesday 8.30am - 4.30pm and a Friday 8.30am - 4pm. There are times when we need to work flexibly and this can include evenings and weekends depending on the needs of the service.

Some of the Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• To manage all areas of service provision in the North of the city as set out in the family hub specification.
• To manage the facilitation of parenting courses across the Barnardo's Family Hubs working closely with other Family Hub providers and delivering organisations in the city.
• To manage a team of Family Support Workers and Group Facilitators by providing supervision, practice development sessions, team meetings, on-going practice advice and monitoring and evaluation of all aspects of our recording policy.
• To provide support to team members with regards to safeguarding, analytical thinking and on-going risk assessments.
• To complete regular monitoring reports in line with the contract specifications set by the local authority.
• Working with the Children's Service Manager and other team managers to grow and develop the service in line with Barnardo's corporate strategy of positive futures and based on the needs of Children and Young People.

Essential requirements to evidence in your application:

• At least 12 months experience in managing a service / team aimed at supporting children, young people and families.
• Experience in providing high quality personal and case supervision including casefile auditing.
• Experience or knowledge of facilitating parenting courses, preferably Solihull, Incredible Years or Circle of Security.
• An in depth understanding of supporting children and families through one to one interventions in the home.
• Demonstratable record of good working practice with children, young people and families.
• Proven track record of working with key partners and stakeholders to develop services to meet the needs of families.
• Ability to prioritise tasks and manage time effectively.
• Strong IT skills and the ability to accurately record information.
• Excellent interpersonal and team work skills.

Interested but would like some more information on the role? Then please contact Tracy Tucker (Children's Services Manager) tracy.tucker@barnardos.org.uk

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described. We are committed to welcoming people from a diverse background, culture and experience.

Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently to 31/03/2025 and therefore should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement. This contract is due to expire on 31/3/25.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out 1st April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a key pillar of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to grow and develop in their career at Barnardo's as it will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues to progress through the pay band of their role.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band - this ensures that pay progression steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years service
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children - no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) is reflected in our values and our practice, and we have invested in this area of our work to ensure that we can deliver on our commitments to be an inclusive employer. EDI is a key enabler of our purpose as a charity and we want to ensure that the diversity of our teams is reflective of the communities we serve and that we continue to learn and develop our work with a focus on inclusion. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnic Communities, candidates who are LGBT+ and Disabled candidates.