Family Help Team Leader
| Posting date: | 16 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 April 2026 |
| Location: | Stockport, SK3 8QW |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75793787 |
Summary
Family Help Team Leader
MB3 (£51,356 - £58,165 pro rata, actual salary £25,678 - £29,082)
18.5 hours, Part time (Wednesday pm, Thursday and Friday)
Permanent
Hybrid: Garners Lane Family Hub, Stopford House and homeworking
Application Deadline: 29th March 2026 (23:59)
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 31st March 2026
Interview Date: 15th April 2026
Interview Type: In person, interviews will take place at Fred Perry House in Stockport
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Your Role
An opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified and experienced social worker to take on the role as a Family Help Team Leader on a part time, permanent basis.
As a Family Help team leader, you will support the development of targeted help in Stockport, including enhancing the Team Around the School model and the management of a family help team, in line with the Families First Partnership Programme agenda.
Family help team leaders play a key role in driving forward the early help / family hubs agenda to improve outcomes for children and families.
Family help team leaders work as part of a footprint leadership team to develop and coordinate the Early Help and Team Around the School offer in response to the needs of children and families. As a team leader, you will be expected to develop high standards of practice and skills using restorative approaches whilst ensuring whole family working.
Responsibilities will include operational management for family help teams (family help coordinators, advance practitioner social workers, social workers and family help intervention workers) including supervision, oversight of risk and decision making. You will be accountable for managing the planning, allocation and review of workloads to ensure priorities and demand is managed effectively. The Team Leaders also quality assure practice, monitor and report on timeliness of assessments and family outcomes.
About You
The post holder will have a comprehensive understanding of assessment and planning and how the early help assessment and Team Around the Family processes can be used to improve outcomes for families and prevent escalation to social work intervention. You will have good knowledge of the Families First Partnership Programme. You will be a forward-thinker, have excellent communication skills and demonstrate strong negotiation and leadership skills to ensure effective partnership working.
The successful candidate will be experienced social work qualified practitioners and be committed to integrated working with a strong understanding of Early Help. Experience of leading teams is also essential.
About Us
At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Vicky Ansell via Vicky.ansell@stockport.gov.uk or 07356 363542 for an informal discussion about the role
The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
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