Team Leader - Family Help

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Salary:
Band 12, £52,412 - £56,759 per annum, plus a recruitment and retention package of up to £2,500 market supplement to be paid monthly.

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Civic Offices

12/08/2026

Social Care Children

UK Region

We are seeking experienced and passionate Team Leaders to provide operational leadership within our Family Help service and help drive excellent outcomes for children and families.

Portsmouth is entering a significant and exciting phase in how we support children, young people and families.

As Family Help becomes central to our system, we are strengthening our workforce so that practice remains relational, purposeful and sustainable.

We are investing in people, strengthening practice and creating the conditions where good work can thrive.

People who work in Portsmouth consistently tell us that relationships matter here – with families, with colleagues and with leaders.

• working with families using high support and high challenge
• intervening earlier to create meaningful change
• building on family and community networks through Family Group Decision Making
• having the time, space and support to practise reflectively

We are clear about our Portsmouth Model of Family Practice and invest in helping staff apply it well, through reflective supervision, protected learning time and accessible professional development.

Family Help removes traditional boundaries between early help and statutory services, making it easier for families to access the right support at the right time .

Our approach is rooted in:

• Awhole-family approach
• Single assessment and planning
• Evidence-based, relational interventions
• Family-led planning and decision - making
• Strong multi-agency collaboration

As Team Leader – Family Help, you will:

• Provide day-to-day leadership to a team of Social Workers and Family Help Lead Practitioners
• Ensure high-quality, safe and proportionate practice across early help, Child in Need and safeguarding work
• Offer reflective supervision, coaching and mentoring to support professional development
• Lead on risk management, decision - making and case progression
• Drive continuous improvement, quality assurance and inspection readiness
• Champion restorative, strengths-based and child - centred practice
• Work collaboratively with partners across education, health, police and the voluntary sector

This is a key leadership role in our service transformation journey, supporting the embedding of Family Help and Family Safeguarding approaches across Portsmouth .

You will be:

• Aqualified and registered Social Worker with substantial post-qualifying experience in Children's Services
• An experienced manager with confidence in supervising and leading staff
• Skilled in safeguarding, risk assessment and statutory decision - making
• Knowledgeable in the Children Act, Working Together guidance, SEND Code of Practice and early intervention principles
• Passionate about restorative, relational and trauma-informed practice
• Committed to equality, anti-discriminatory practice and staff wellbeing
• Organised, resilient and able to manage pressure in a complex, fast-paced environment

• Be part of a service that putsfamilies at the centre of everything we do
• Work within a supportive , learning-focused culture
• Access excellent professional development and leadership support
• Competitive salary and market supplement
• Make a real and lasting difference to children and families in the city

Expectation is that role is primarily office based

We anonymise applications during application & shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered.

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