Family Team Manager

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job reference REQ
8672 Date posted 15/10/2026 Final date to receive applications 29/10/2026 Location Hybrid working
- Home and Leicester City Offices Salary £53,051 - £56,293 Per Year Package Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement):£76,540 Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Childrens Social Care Attachments Job Specification
- Family Help Team

Full Time / 37 hours per week / Permanent

You must currently be practicing Social Work in the UK to apply for this role.

This is an exciting time to join Leicester City Council and to be part of our ever-improving service ensuring children are at the heart of our work. We are committed to working in partnership with children, families and young adults and developing excellent social work practice.

To help deliver our vision we are looking for a Team Manager who is enthusiastic, passionate and has a strong track record of working with children, young people and their families to achieve positive outcomes. Join one of our Children's Social Care teams and you will play a key role in improving the life for families and children in Leicester.

Our social workers are well supported by their managers, with good quality in-depth supervision and opportunities to develop further. We prioritise support, learning, development and wellbeing across our workforce with strengths in practice regularly recognised. We also offer agile and flexible working that supports a healthy work life balance.

We are committed to supporting your continual professional development and have a comprehensive training and development programme whatever the stage of your career

This is a full-time, permanent position (37 hours a week) with core working hours of 8.30am till 5.00pm Monday to Thursday and 8.30am till 4.30pm on Friday. Based within one of our Children’s Social Work Clusters within Leicester City, with flexible working that fits service needs. It is expected that you cover out of hours on a rota basis.

What you’ll be doing

As a leader, you will ensure performance within your team. Leading on supervision, your workload will include managing a range of cases and conducting tasks in line within a Family Help Social Work service.

We use Signs of Safety as a model of intervention to support sound social work practice, and our work is underpinned by the principles of trauma informed practice and the Lundy model of Participation. As an authority we are committed to addressing racial injustice both for the families we work with and across the workforce. Which you’ll play a key role in.

What you’ll need

With experience of children’s social worker and the legislation around this. You’ll be able to guide your team working flexibly to ensure their best work. Motivating and developing staff effectively, using evidence-based practice and research to underpin your decisions. Often, having to work under pressure you’ll be aware of issues affecting vulnerable children and their families and carers, including looked after children.

So, you're able to put them at the centre of your team’s work.

This role also requires an Enhanced children’s DBS check, Social work England registration and a Relevant professional qualification e.g. Social Work (Degree, DipSW, CQSW, CSS or equivalent for Education, Police or Health).

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension…