Team manager – dbit core service, north essex

Team Manager – DBIT Core Service, North Essex

Fixed Term, Full Time

£55,892 to £69,241 per annum

Location: Colchester

Working Style: Fixed‑base worker

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Team Manager 6‑month secondment in the DBIT North team. The Divisional Based Intervention Team (DBIT) Core Service is a countywide edge‑of‑care secondary service comprising of four quadrant‑based teams. Each team works closely with referring teams in the area focussing on whole family work where a child or children are at risk of a reactive care episode due to relationship breakdown or other complex circumstances. The service works with children aged 8 years and above, and their families, using primarily a Solution Focused Approach as its methodology of intervention.

The role is pivotal in guiding, supporting and nurturing high‑quality Solution Focused intervention work within the team and across the service. Your responsibilities include working across the quadrant and county with colleagues, partners and families to ensure families receive the support they require to protect children from harm, to develop their well‑being and to help families stay together when safe and possible to do so.

Working as part of a highly supportive team, you will ensure all practitioners’ well‑being is high on the agenda, that families receive the service at the right level, and that interventions are proportionate and promote desired change. To support this the team manager is expected to be in the office a minimum of 3‑4 days per week.

The role requires you to be mobile throughout a wider operational area, including travelling around Essex and beyond, transporting service users and their belongings and being able to respond in an emergency. A driving licence and a car, or the ability to meet mobility requirements through other means, is essential.

Experience and Qualifications

• Degree in Social Work, CQSW, CSS or equivalent
• Registration with Social Work England as a registered Social Worker
• Previous Experience of:
• Delivery of services in Children’s Social Care
• People Management
• Resource planning and management
• Quality assurance and customer care
• Achieving person‑centred outcomes
• Work with complex statistical, financial and performance information
• Policy development and change management
• Experience of working in a political environment, skills in understanding and responding to different perspectives and taking a cross‑organisational perspective
• Required to work flexibly as required, including evenings and weekends if necessary
• Committed to Solution Focused, systemic, relationship‑based social work, providing effective, innovative interventions and with the ability to build good partnerships, both with external partners and within the organisation

Additional Employment Information

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader and is committed to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum requirements. We also welcome veterans and care leavers who meet the role’s requirements. If your role requires a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service.

Benefits may include support for unpaid carers and flexible working arrangements to accommodate personal needs.