Assistant Team Manager - Youth Support Service

Brighter Futures for Children
Assistant Team Manager - Targeted Youth Support Team

12 months fixed-term contract

Salary: £42,708 - £48,710 per annum

About us
Brighter Futures for Children is a not-for-profit company, owned by, but independent of, Reading Borough Council. Although we are independent, we are very much part of the Reading Family. Our people enjoy all of benefits as other Council employees including membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and continuous service.

 

We work closely with partners in the local community and key organisations including Reading Borough Council, policy, public health and voluntary groups. We are responsible for the delivery of children’s social care, early help & prevention, education services (including SEND). This also includes fostering and adoption, the Youth Offending Service and traded services with schools.

 

Our main aim is to protect and enhance the lives of the children of Reading. We help families find long-term solutions to ensure children lead happy, healthy and successful lives.

 

About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Family Help Targeted Youth Support team.

 

Part of the role will be to manage a team of targeted youth support workers, providing a high-quality targeted youth support offer to young people and their families. This includes, but is not limited to the following: -
• Providing leadership to a team of targeted youth workers that ensures effective management of staff.
• Provide robust and regular case supervision and monitoring, with a focus on maximising the impact of the targeted youth worker service with young people and their families.
• Ensure that targeted youth group provision is delivered to a high standard and outcomes are recorded and reported on.
• Providing multi-agency support to wider service as well as the Family Help management team and working/leading on developmental issues.

For more information about the role, please read the job description and person specification.

 

Our offer
We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition are strongly encouraged, and you’ll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.

 

A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:
• Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
• Incremental holidays starting with 26 days plus public holidays (rising to 33 after 10 years’ service)
• Discounted Child Care (on site nursery)
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Season train ticket loans
• Salary Sacrifice Car Lease Scheme
• A range of local shopping discounts

Inclusion and Diversity
We want Brighter Futures for Children to be a great place to work and to ensure that our children, young people and families are represented in leadership roles and positions of power. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our children, young people and families so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

 

Asking for Adjustments
Brighter Futures for Children is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions.

If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please let us know.

 

Closing date: Sunday, 15 June 2025
Interview dates: Tuesday 17 & Wednesday 18 June 2025

We look forward to hearing from you!