About the Job

ID: 1402 Job Title – Team Manager

Service: Hertfordshire Children's Contact Service

Salary: starting at £32,311 per annum, rising to £35,800 FTE per annum (£19,211.95 - £21,286.49 pro rata, per annum)

Location: SG1

Hours: 22 hours per week (part time)

We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.

Contract: Permanent

[Employer hidden] & the Role’s Impact

At [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.

We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.

This is an exciting opportunity for an Individual to join us to help. Are you passionate about safeguarding children and ensuring their well-being? Do you have strong leadership skills and experience in managing staff and service that provide Family Time. If so, we invite you to join our team as a Team Manager for Family Time in Hertfordshire.

Main Responsibilities

• Leadership and Management: Lead, manage, and support a team of supervised contact workers
• Service Delivery: Oversee the planning, coordination, and delivery of supervised contact sessions
• Safeguarding and Risk Management: Ensure that safeguarding policies and procedures are strictly followed
• Stakeholder Engagement: Work closely with parents, family members, social workers, and other professionals to ensure that the needs of the children are met.
• Reporting and Compliance: Prepare regular reports on the operation of the supervised contact service, including feedback, usage, outcomes, and areas for improvement.

Main Requirements

• Appointments are subject to [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – Enhanced with Child Barred List

Benefits

• an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 30 working days plus bank holidays
• up to 6% matched-pension contributions
• flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
• enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
• eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
• cycle to work scheme
• investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities

To Apply

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Closing Date: Friday 7th March 2025 at 23:59

Interviews are scheduled to take place WC 10th March 2025

For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role, and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.