Targeted Services Team Manager 

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