Targeted Services Team Manager

Job Description

Job Category : Social Care – Unqualified
Location :Edge Hill CFC, Liverpool, L7 1PH, Liverpool City Council
Hours Per Week : 35.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time :09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £26.56

Job Purpose
To be accountable for the leadership of a specific service, function or team to ensure
the effective delivery of services to young people
Directly Responsible For:
Multi-agency staff within a team or service area
Directly Responsible To:
Head of Service – Targeted Services for Children & Young People
• To manage a team of social workers and targeted services officers within a Youth Justice Prevention Team.
• You will have significant experience of Youth Justice or Early Help within a senior role.
• To be responsible for the effective management of staff, workload and resources as identified by the Head of Service.
• To ensure that all responsibilities are fulfilled in accordance with LCC Employment Code of Practice, Health and Safety, and other relevant policies.

Main Areas of Responsibility:
• To have lead responsibility for the effective delivery of services to young
people in a specific function or area
• To develop and implement a clear vision of building partnership activity and
community capacity to deliver services for young people
• To be responsible for the effective management of staff, workload and
resources as identified by the Head of Service
• To ensure that all responsibilities are fulfilled in accordance with LCC
Employment Code of Practice, Health and Safety, and other relevant policies
• To be responsible for the monitoring and planned spend of team budgets and
ensure LCC financial and administrative procedures are adhered to by all staff
• To have a comprehensive knowledge of legislation related to children and
young people

Qualification and training
Essential
• A relevant professional qualification or significant middle/senior management
experience in a relevant setting (A,I)
Desirable
• A relevant management qualification or commitment to gaining a relevant
management qualification within two years of taking up post
Experience
Essential
• Substantia qualifying experience in a youth justice, youth work, community
safety or children’s services setting (A,I)
• Experience of information management (A,I,AC)
• Proven track record of managing people/services (A,I)
• Experience of managing policy development and implementation (A,I)
• Experience of managing change initiatives (A,I)
• Proven track record of working in a performance culture – including service
planning, target setting and achievement and performance appraisal (A,I)
• Experience of successful partnership working with a range of internal/external
bodies (A,I)
• Experience of involving customers in service change (A,I)
Desirable
• Experience of project management
Skills/Abilities
Essential
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of legislation relevant to service
responsibility for this post, including health and safety, equality and
employment
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of legislation relevant to service
responsibility for this post, including health and safety, equality and
employment
• Ability to ensure equal treatment and access to employment and services

• Ability to establish and develop positive relationships with service users,
external agencies, partner organisations, the community, elected members,
colleagues and staff in a way that generates confidence and respect
• Ability to interpret data and produce management reports
• Ability to develop and effectively manage realistic service budgets within
agreed resources
• Ability to produce service and team business plans that focus on continuous
improvement
• Ability to manage performance at a team and individual level, and challenge
poor performance, fairly, positively and constructively
• Ability to manage risk and safeguarding
• Ability to produce and present accurate, clear and concise reports and
management information orally and in writing
• Ability to develop practical and creative solutions to service and portfolio
problems
• To take part in the out of hours duty rota