Gloucestershire County Council
Team Leader (Specialist Intervention), Children
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Gloucestershire County Council Job
Job Title
Team Leader (Specialist Intervention), Children
Job Location
Gloucestershire
Salary
£48,226 - £51,356 per annum subject to experience
Hours per Week
37.00
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
30/08/2026
Job Requisition Number
14747
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Make a Real Difference to Children and Families
Following significant growth and investment in Gloucestershire Children’s Services, we are creating the new position of Team Leader (Specialist Intervention). In Gloucestershire we are passionate about ensuring we continue to build resilient, diverse multi-disciplinary teams as we implement the Department for Education's Families First Partnership Programme (FFPP) reforms.
Our new Intensive Intervention Teams bring together specialist practitioners working as a part of that local community’s Family Help service providing specialist interventions to families focused on addressing issues that can lead to family breakdown and children coming into care.
About the Role
As Team Leader you will supervise a multi-disciplinary team of practitioners including:
- Parenting Practitioners
- Intensive Edge of Care Family Support Workers
- Family Group Decision Making Practitioners
- Linked partner agencies such as adult employment practitioners, mental health specialists, and substance misuse professionals
You will be responsible for the operational oversight, quality assurance, and continuous development of your service area. You will provide day-to-day leadership, high-quality supervision, and professional support to staff, ensuring children and families receive responsive, timely, and effective interventions that improve outcomes and build resilience.
You will use your specialist expertise to lead triage, formulation, advice, and guidance, supporting practitioners to deliver high-quality, evidence-informed practice. Working closely with colleagues across children's services, education, health, social care, and partner agencies, you will help coordinate support around families and promote joined-up approaches to meeting need.
As a leader, you will champion excellent practice, support professional development, and create a culture of learning, reflection, and continuous improvement. You will play a key role in maintaining high standards, ensuring services are delivered in line with legislation, statutory guidance, and Gloucestershire's ambition to achieve outstanding outcomes for children and families.
This is a fantastic opportunity to be there at the start of our journey in embedding evidence-based interventions within Gloucestershire new Family Help model.
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Reward and Support
For all your hard work, you will receive the following:
- Between £48,226 - £51,356 per annum subject to experience
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years of continuous service
- Option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year
- Family-friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
- Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
- An in-house Occupational Health service
- Employee discount scheme
- Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) and the Young Employees Network
- Career development and qualification opportunities
- Access to our Social Work Academy
- Cycle to Work scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)
- Green Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)
What We Offer
- The opportunity to be part of significant national reform and service development
- A supportive, experienced, and values-led workforce
- Practice underpinned by Systemic Practice and a commitment to learning and development
- Meaningful work that helps prevent escalation to higher-level services
- Flexible working arrangements where service needs allow
You will be joining an authority that is committed to delivering the best possible outcomes for children and families, recognising the importance of reflective practice, collaboration, and professional curiosity.
About You
We are looking for motivated and compassionate managers who will:
- Lead and motivate multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality, child-centred services
- Have significant experience in leading and delivering evidence-based interventions to children and families within Family Help
- Provide strong professional supervision and support, helping staff to develop, perform, and achieve their potential
- Build effective partnerships across health, education, social care, and community organisations to achieve the best outcomes for families
- Make confident, evidence-based decisions, balancing risk, need, and available resources
- Drive continuous improvement and positive change, creating a culture of learning, reflection, and professional development
- Champion high standards of practice, quality assurance, and service excellence
- Communicate and influence effectively, adapting their style to engage families, colleagues, partners, and senior stakeholders
- Demonstrate emotional intelligence and resilience, remaining calm and effective in challenging and fast-paced environments
- Be highly organised and adaptable, able to manage competing priorities and respond to changing demands
- Promote equality, diversity, and inclusion, ensuring services are fair, accessible, and responsive to the needs of all children and families
- Build positive relationships and professional networks, working collaboratively whilst constructively challenging where necessary
- Hold a full driving licence and have access to a car
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How to Apply
For an informal chat about this role, please contact cswrecruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk and they will put you in touch with the suitable hiring manager.
We reserve the right to close an advertisement earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a suitable number of applications.
Interviews are to take place in person at Shire Hall.
If you would like to find out more about our Children's Service please take a look here: Children's Social Care Careers | Gloucestershire County Council
The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have the right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.
Additional Information
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below: Team Leader (Specialist Intervention)
This position is subject to a DBS check.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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