Family Help Team Manager - Prevention

Overview Family Help Team Manager | Secondment Opportunity / Temporary Fixed Term Contract for 9 Months | 37 hours per week | £50,166 to £54,277 per annum | Grade L | Dereham (Breckland) Hi, I am Jenifer Dewar, Assistant Director for Family Help at Norfolk County Council. Norfolk is a ‘Good’ authority with ‘exceptional leadership.’ We are proud of our Social Work Teams and value all our practitioners. This is an exciting time to join our Management Team at Norfolk. Family Help mirrors some of the ambitions laid out in the National Children’s Social Care Review (2022) and the Government’s response to that, Stable Homes Built on Love (2023), it further amplifies and enhances elements we know have worked for our children, families and practitioners in Norfolk for some time. Responsibilities and requirements We are looking for a Team Manager who is a qualified Education to Degree level and/or equivalent professional qualification (e.g. in social care, health, education, psychology) and/or evidence of frontline management experience. You will need experience in managing a team of multi-disciplinary practitioners, be an excellent team player and share our vision to provide the best possible outcomes for children and families alongside excellent people management skills, knowledge of recruitment, budget management, and mentoring skills. Family Help consists of multi-disciplinary teams working collaboratively to meet the needs of children, and in a culture that prioritises relationships, direct work, and extended family networking to affect sustainable change. Our family help teams have 22 practitioners, of which seven or eight are Family Practitioners and six Social Workers. The rest of the team is made up of specialist practitioners, assistant managers, and team managers. Cases are managed by the whole prevention and protection teams and families receive targeted interventions at a very early stage, improving outcomes for our Children and Families. We have received amazing benefits from this way of working for our Social Workers too including the reduction in intervention times and paperwork. You will be joining an authority who cares about your well being, who are passionate about flexible working and who develop practitioners, so everyone feels valued and part our Norfolk County Council family. We particularly encourage applications from underrepresented groups at Norfolk County Council including Black and Global Majority practitioners, and we are committed to equality and diversity within our Family Help teams. Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. Contact for informal discussion For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Pat Ndhlalambi, Head of Family Help – Prevention (West & Breckland) at p.ndhlalambi@norfolk.gov.uk. Benefits These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council: * Competitive salary * Generous holiday entitlement * Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service * Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependant on your job role and business need. * Financial benefits such as: Norfolk Rewards discounts on groceries, clothes, holidays, technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out * A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers * Relocation expenses (where applicable) * An advance of your expenses if you travel for work * Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions * Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes * Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility) * A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here. Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email. We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position. Redeployment closing date: 29th April 2026 at 23:55 All other applicants closing date: 6th May 2026 at 23:55 J-18808-Ljbffr