Team Manager - Children and Families Hub

Team Manager - Children and Families Hub

Permanent, Full Time

£54,001 to £66,899 per annum

Location: Colchester

Working Style: Fixed-base worker

Closing Date: 3rd February 2026

Children and Families is recognised as a service in which social work can develop and prosper, with a culture of collaboration, integrity and compassion; promoting development and wellbeing of children, young people and their families; protecting them from neglect and abuse. Working together with partners delivering a range of early help, family support and effective social work interventions which build resilience, remove barriers and enable children and young people to look forward to a brighter future.

The role

An opportunity for an experienced Team Manager to work in the Essex 'front Door', working with partners and the Hub staff team to ensure the application of threshold in line with the ESCB Effective Support document through use of a matrix management system. The role requires agility, and flexibility, to reflect the many elements of Hub and related wider partnership work.

The role holder will have experience of threshold application, working with internal and external partners, and working within a pressured environment. An understanding of data, audit, and performance management is a key element of this role, informing both practice standards and service development.

You will be working alongside the existing Team Managers, within a matrix management system, to promote customer-centric culture identifying the right intervention, at the right time ensuring that children and their families receive the lowest form of safe intervention.

The Experience You Will Bring

• Degree in Social Work, CQSW, CSS or equivalent
• Registration with Social Work England as registered Social Worker

Previous Experience of:

• Delivery of services in Children’s Social Care as a Team Manager
• 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.
• You will be committed to systemic, relationship based social work, providing effective, innovative interventions and with the ability to build good partnerships, both with our external partners and within the organisation.

To read more about our business area, please visit: Children & Families

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Why Essex?

As one of the largest and most dynamic UK local authorities, Essex offers a stimulating public service environment. Covering over 1,420 square miles and serving 1.8 million residents, we’re committed to transformational change and delivering better quality at lower cost. Recognised in the top three of the latest IMPOWER index for productivity, we ensure everyone matters in Everyone's Essex . With flexible working options and a focus on innovation, whether you are looking to develop your career or contribute to the local community, Essex is the ideal place for you.

In February 2025 , Greater Essex was accepted onto the Government’s devolution priority programme, which will see local authorities in Essex work towards establishing a Mayoral Combined County Authority by May 2026. You can read more about devolution and local government reorganisation (LGR ) on our careers site.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process. We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

Once you’ve secured your role within Essex County Council you will receive many great employee benefits, including support for unpaid carers and flexible working arrangements to accommodate their needs.

At Essex County Council, we value integrity and ethical behaviour. We kindly ask that you embrace our code of conduct and the Nolan principles , including throughout the recruitment process. Your commitment to these standards helps us maintain a positive and respectful

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

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