We are looking for a part time Team Leader in our Family Time contact service working 2 days per week on a Thursday and Friday who can line manage a team of family time contact workers ensuring that services are effectively delivered in accordance with referrals and vulnerable children’s care plans and service guidelines.
You will support the Team and Service manager and engage with social workers and foster carers to ensure that practice standards, recording and statutory duties are carried out within specific timescales.
You will have experience of working with vulnerable children in care and under assessment within a court arena and knowledge of legislation around this.
You will ideally have first line management experience, budget management and rota planning and knowledge of safeguarding issues and procedures with at least two years knowledge of working in a social services setting, ideally with a level 3 NVQ/QCF in childrens care or equivalent.
Further information is available from [email protected]
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.
It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.
Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the Guarantee. In these cases, we’ll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.
Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.
If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.
Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.
