Plymouth City Council
Assistant Team Manager (Adolescent Services)
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About the Role
Plymouth City Council is seeking a passionate and experienced Assistant Team Manager to support and lead our newly developing Adolescent Team. This specialist service supports young people at risk of extra-familial harm, including exploitation, Harmful Sexual Behaviour (HSB), homelessness, serious youth violence, and contextual safeguarding concerns.
Our Adolescent Team will deliver intensive family support to children and families, preventing problems from escalating further where multiple vulnerabilities are present and family needs are complex. You will be supervising Family Help Lead Professionals, social work qualified and alternatively qualified practitioners, creating the conditions for them to be able to work creatively and flexibly - undertaking specialist assessments and interventions to manage risk and promote recovery for children presenting with HSB, as well as ensuring family and professional networks around them are equipped to support them. A robust understanding and practice experience in the field of HSB is necessary.
You will be overseeing practice, ensuring that workers are using evidence-based interventions and relationship-based practice to work with families to address multiple and complex needs. With the national social work reforms re-shaping how, we work with Children in Need this is an exciting time to be an Assistant Team Manager in Plymouth, and you will be part of a large team focused on developing a service that delivers the right support for children and families at the right time.
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Key Responsibilities
- Supervise and support Family Help Lead Professionals and other practitioners, ensuring they undertake specialist assessments and interventions to manage risk and promote recovery for children presenting with HSB.
- Ensure family and professional networks are equipped to support children and families.
- Use evidence-based interventions and relationship-based practice to work with families.
- Address multiple and complex needs of children and families.
- Oversee practice to ensure workers are using appropriate methods and tools.
- Drive practice improvement through regular quality assurance activity, supervision, coaching, and mentoring.
Ideal Candidate
- Extensive experience of working with families, supervisory or management experience.
- Strong values-based practice approach rooted in empathy, kindness, and compassion.
- Significant experience of working with children and families in a relevant health, youth work, education, or social care setting.
- Applied knowledge of the Children Act 1989.
- Team player with an understanding of key management tools.
- Commitment to driving forwards practice improvement.
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Requirements
- Disclosure & Barring Service Check: Enhanced DBS Children’s & Adult’s Barred List.
Contact Information
For more information or an informal discussion regarding this role, please contact Mark Anderson via email: mark.anderson@plymouth.gov.uk.
Closing Date
- Sunday 26 July 2026
Equal Opportunities Employer
Plymouth City Council is an equal opportunities employer. All applicants will be considered for employment regardless of age, care experience, disability, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion/belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
As part of our commitment to promoting equality, we offer guaranteed interviews to those who meet the essential criteria and are considered disabled, care experienced, or are an Armed Forces Service Leaver within the last two years.
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