West Yorkshire Keyworker and Early Support Services Team Manager (Operations)
| Posting date: | 10 June 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £35,390.46 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 July 2026 |
| Location: | Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Barnardo's |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 23184 |
Summary
Are you an experienced leader looking for a dynamic role that makes a positive impact on the lives of neurodivergent children and young people and those with a learning disability, autism or both?
Do you believe in transforming health, social care and educational systems for this cohort ofchildren and young people and their families?
West Yorkshire Keyworker Service and West Yorkshire Neurodevelopmental Early Support Service are recruiting, and this could be the next role for you.
Barnardo's is recruiting a Team Manager (Operations) who will:
be passionate about and have experience of improving the lives of neurodivergent and diagnosed (autistic and/or learning disability)children, young people
operationally support management delivery across both services so we deliver safe service provision, support service development, ensuring service effectiveness.
Manage and work in a fast-paced and changing environment – overseeing group work and one to one interventions across both services.
Implement and oversee the triage of service users, using a framework and principles of peer support, to ascertain need, provide advice, guidance and support, identify suitable service pathway and ensure this is provided in a timely manner.
Work effectively as a team leader and support both services to positively function to meet KPIs and contract requirements.
Effectively manage your diary and have excellent time management skills.
Use recording systems effectively, having experience of recording within required timescales.
Understand the importance of safeguarding and implement this and how this relates to practice within early support and crisis models.
Have experience in data capture; with the ability to present data in management reports and progress reports to commissioners at Place and across West Yorkshire.
This is an exciting operations opportunity that has arisen in the West Yorkshire Keyworker Service and West Yorkshire Neurodevelopmental Early Support Service. It's a unique opportunity to combine non-clinical expertise, operational leadership and management in a fast paced, innovative environment that puts children, young people, young adults up to the age of 25 who are autistic and/or have a learning disability and their families at the heart of everything we do. For our West Yorkshire Neurodevelopmental Early Support Service our age range for neurodiverse children and young people is up to 18 years.
The overall aims and objectives for the services are families get the support they need to navigate complex systems, supported by someone they have built a trusting relationship with. We want the support needs to be focused on the prevention of hospital admission or family/placement breakdown, supporting mental health and re-engagement in community activities.
You will work alongside a strong management team to provide leadership, operational oversight and data management to inform keyworking and early needs support vision, priorities and development in West Yorkshire.
As Team Manager (Operations) you will provide additional management capacity and cover, leadership and support to ensure service delivery operates effectively across West Yorkshire Neurodevelopmental Early Support Service and if needed West Yorkshire Keyworker Service.
The focus of the role isService delivery oversight, quality assurance in delivery and ensuring service provision has the appropriate management oversight where it is identified and/or needed.
Please note the interview date is Friday 17th July 2026 - please ensure you are available on this date.
You must be able to drive and have access to your own car as this is essential for regional wide service delivery.
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
If you have the drive, passion and experience for this exciting new role then we are interested in receiving your application.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
About Barnardo's
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Our basis and values
Do you believe in transforming health, social care and educational systems for this cohort ofchildren and young people and their families?
West Yorkshire Keyworker Service and West Yorkshire Neurodevelopmental Early Support Service are recruiting, and this could be the next role for you.
Barnardo's is recruiting a Team Manager (Operations) who will:
be passionate about and have experience of improving the lives of neurodivergent and diagnosed (autistic and/or learning disability)children, young people
operationally support management delivery across both services so we deliver safe service provision, support service development, ensuring service effectiveness.
Manage and work in a fast-paced and changing environment – overseeing group work and one to one interventions across both services.
Implement and oversee the triage of service users, using a framework and principles of peer support, to ascertain need, provide advice, guidance and support, identify suitable service pathway and ensure this is provided in a timely manner.
Work effectively as a team leader and support both services to positively function to meet KPIs and contract requirements.
Effectively manage your diary and have excellent time management skills.
Use recording systems effectively, having experience of recording within required timescales.
Understand the importance of safeguarding and implement this and how this relates to practice within early support and crisis models.
Have experience in data capture; with the ability to present data in management reports and progress reports to commissioners at Place and across West Yorkshire.
This is an exciting operations opportunity that has arisen in the West Yorkshire Keyworker Service and West Yorkshire Neurodevelopmental Early Support Service. It's a unique opportunity to combine non-clinical expertise, operational leadership and management in a fast paced, innovative environment that puts children, young people, young adults up to the age of 25 who are autistic and/or have a learning disability and their families at the heart of everything we do. For our West Yorkshire Neurodevelopmental Early Support Service our age range for neurodiverse children and young people is up to 18 years.
The overall aims and objectives for the services are families get the support they need to navigate complex systems, supported by someone they have built a trusting relationship with. We want the support needs to be focused on the prevention of hospital admission or family/placement breakdown, supporting mental health and re-engagement in community activities.
You will work alongside a strong management team to provide leadership, operational oversight and data management to inform keyworking and early needs support vision, priorities and development in West Yorkshire.
As Team Manager (Operations) you will provide additional management capacity and cover, leadership and support to ensure service delivery operates effectively across West Yorkshire Neurodevelopmental Early Support Service and if needed West Yorkshire Keyworker Service.
The focus of the role isService delivery oversight, quality assurance in delivery and ensuring service provision has the appropriate management oversight where it is identified and/or needed.
Please note the interview date is Friday 17th July 2026 - please ensure you are available on this date.
You must be able to drive and have access to your own car as this is essential for regional wide service delivery.
When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.
If you have the drive, passion and experience for this exciting new role then we are interested in receiving your application.
Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.
About Barnardo's
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Our basis and values
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Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
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