Team Manager - Inclusion

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Job Description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £42.498 - £46.344 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Working Hours: 37 Hours per week - Mon Fri

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 3rd March 2025

Interview Date(s): Thursday 13th March 2025

To improve the educational outcomes and life chances of children, young people and their families in Leicestershire by:
• Supervising a team of multi-disciplinary staff
• Leading practice development in the locality
Understanding the needs of children, young people and families at a locality level and responding to these in innovative ways, using a partnership approach

About the Role

• To work with the Inclusion Service Manager to implement changes in response to local, regional and national drivers, and statutory responsibility where required
• To ensure that the voices of children, young people and their families are heard and are used help to shape service delivery relating to families so that records are up-to-date and concise.
• To manage risk of disengagement around education and to show an understanding of, and commitment to, statutory duties set by the DfE, policies and procedures, ensuring that risk management processes are adhered to.
• To develop and deliver innovative interventions designed to enable children and young people to access good quality education including assessment, delivery and review of educational outcomes.
• To develop and deliver innovative interventions designed to assist young people in managing their emotional and physical health and to support a reduction in the likelihood of disengagement from education by children and young people.
• To establish and maintain effective collaborative arrangements with Schools, partnership agencies, to represent the Education and Inclusion Service, and to facilitate meetings that are relevant to the Service area across the County
• To ensure commissioned arrangements around service delivery are fulfilled.
• To line manage and support staff which includes recruitment, supervision, training, performance and development reviews, attendance management and disciplinary processes.
• To 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.
• To have an oversight of all high-risk cases and to contribute to the risk management plans.
• To work with children, young people and their networks to reinforce the responsibilities for statutory education.
• To keep up to date with relevant educational issues, legislation, research, guidance and standards.
• To lead a team to meet local performance targets in line with the national careers and educational standards in line with OFSTED

An enhanced DBS check is required for this post.

For information on our approach to the recruitment of ex-offenders, please see our policy statement.

About You

To apply for this post, you must:

• Level 4 qualification in a relevant subject, e.g.
  /NVQ4 childcare, youth justice, social work qualification, teaching qualification, child nursing qualification.

OR

Meaningful, demonstrable and relevant knowledge and experience evidenced against the headings below including significant experience of working within children and family services in a multi-agency environment.

• Evidence of continuing professional development including management/supervisory skills/leadership.
• Experience of supporting staff and teams to maintain, develop and improve outcomes and improve outcomes for children, young people and families, including case supervision and management oversight.
• Experience of working within children and education services.
• Knowledge of relevant theoretical, practical, and procedural approaches that help improve the lives of children and young people, and demonstrate an improvement in their outcomes
• Demonstrate the ability to influence and shape the environment in which you operate to achieve high quality outcomes for the children and families of Leicestershire
• Must have a full valid driving licence and unrestricted use of a car and relevant insurances.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

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 whilst 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. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Frances Shelbourne Inclusion Service Manager

Telephone: 0116 305 0716

Email: Frances.shelbourne@leics.gov.uk

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

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.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.freshdesk.com/support/home.

By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

About Us

About Leicestershire County Council

Leicestershire County Council is a Disability Confident, Menopause Friendly, Mindful Employer, Fostering Friendly, Forces Friendly, and Cycle Friendly organisation. In August 2021, we also signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We are strongly committed to promoting equality and opportunity, championing employee wellbeing and investing in staff training and development.

Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire.

For further information on what it's like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:

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