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We're looking for an inspiring Team Manager to join our Family Hub Service, leading Family Workers, Youth Support and Family Hub teams across Reading. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and deliver early intervention services that support children, young people and families to thrive.
Working across our Family Hub teams, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring high-quality practice, driving service improvement and leading a skilled, multidisciplinary workforce focused on achieving the best possible outcomes for local families.
We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.
About the role
As Team Manager, you will:
- Provide operational leadership for Family Workers, Youth Support and Family Hub services.
- Lead, support and develop a diverse team of practitioners and coordinators.
- Oversee workload allocation, performance management and quality assurance activity.
- Ensure services are delivered in line with legislation, safeguarding requirements, policies and performance expectations.
- Champion the Family Help Lead Practitioner model and support effective whole-family interventions.
- Build and maintain strong partnerships across Children's Services, Health, Education, Housing, Criminal Justice and the voluntary sector.
- Lead on service improvement initiatives and contribute to strategic developments across Family Hub services.
- Monitor budgets and resources to ensure value for money and effective service delivery.
- Support preparation for inspections and contribute to the ongoing development of high-performing services.
- Deputise for the Family Hubs & Partnerships Service Manager when required.
About you
We're looking for someone who brings:
- Significant management experience within children's services, early help, family support, youth services, social care, education or a related field.
- Experience of leading teams, managing performance and developing staff.
- A strong understanding of safeguarding, risk assessment and effective intervention with children, young people and families.
- Experience of working within multi-agency environments and building strong professional partnerships.
- Knowledge of quality assurance processes, service improvement and performance management.
- Confidence chairing complex meetings and making informed decisions.
- Excellent communication, leadership and organisational skills.
- A commitment to inclusion, equality, diversity and culturally responsive practice.
- Relevant professional qualifications within children's services, social care, education, health or youth work.
You’ll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you’ll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.
Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:
Work Together as one team - champion and inspire a culture which ensures that all employees across the organisation work together to provide excellent outcomes for Reading
Drive Efficiency - create an environment in which resources are used efficiently and employees’ skills are developed and used effectively
Be Ambitious - aspire to deliver excellence and inspire and support others to reach their potential
Make a Difference to Reading - inspire a culture in which the customer is the focus and where change is welcomed as an opportunity
Our offer
We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition is strongly encouraged, and you’ll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.
A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:
- Generous holiday entitlement - 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays - rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service and 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave
- A wide range of flexible working opportunities
- Modern working environment at the Civic Offices in the heart of Reading
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Life Assurance - three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
- On-site day nursery (Kennet Day nursery) rated outstanding by Ofsted
- Season Ticket Loan - a loan to help with the cost of your rail or bus journey, to and from work
- Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand new, greener car for three years. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax
To arrange a confidential discussion on this position please contact [email protected]
Closing Date: Tuesday 11th August 2026
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Interview Process: To be confirmed
