Youth Support Team Manager

Duration: Initially 6 months
Hours: 37 hours per week
Rate: £32 umbrella an hour (£25 PAYE an hour)

Gloucestershire County Council are looking for a Youth Support Worker to join their N.E.E.T Team based in Gloucester and working within a challenging Post 16 landscape.

Responsibilities:

• You will have a pivotal role in shaping the work with the children and young people managing the N.E.E.T Teams and working closely with colleagues across Children's Services and wider stakeholders
• To lead, manage and be accountable for a team of Family Support Workers and other professionals
• Lead and provide day to day management of the teams
• Develop a clear plan which links to the strategic objectives
• Provide monthly supervision
• Manage effectively the workflow within NEET Teams
• Quality assure the work of the teams by a range of means

Requirements:

• Experience within education, training and employment or careers guidance settings
• Extensive experience of working in areas associated with vulnerable children, young people and their families
• Experience of providing high quality case supervision to staff
• Experience of chairing complex and contentious meetings
• Experience of change management
• Educated to degree level/recognized qualification relevant to the field of children and families
• driving license and access to your own vehicle