Early Help Locality Team Leader

12-month temporary post (subject to service consultation)

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Team Leader to join our evolving Family Help Service, supporting children (019) and families across the borough.

This is a key role at a time of national Children’s Social Care Reform, including the Family First Partnership Programme, strengthening early intervention and integrated Family Help delivery.

You will lead a locality team delivering coordinated, intensive support to families with complex needs, using a whole-family, strengths-based approach to achieve sustained positive outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Lead, manage and develop a targeted Early Help team
Oversee high-quality assessments, plans and interventions
Drive effective early help delivery and improved outcomes
Work closely with partners across health, education and social care
Support safe step-up/step-down with Children’s Social Care
Monitor performance and lead continuous improvement
Ensure strong safeguarding oversight across all practice

About You

Degree-level qualification or equivalent in a relevant field
Experience of leading or supervising staff working with vulnerable families
Strong background in multi-agency working and early intervention
Sound knowledge of safeguarding and preventing escalation of need
Confident decision-maker with the ability to support and challenge practice

Working Arrangements

Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week of 8:45 17:00.

Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work flexibly outside of these hours to meet family’s needs.

Join us to help shape the future of Family Help and make a lasting difference for children and families.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

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We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

Next steps

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Kirsty Walton on k.walton@bury.gov.uk

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