Team Manager Supporting Families Service

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Team Manager - Supporting Families Service. Bradford

Lead Change for Families Across Bradford

At Barnardo's, we believe in children, young people and families. Every day, we work alongside communities and partners to help families overcome challenges, strengthen relationships and achieve positive, sustainable change.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated Team Manager to join our Supporting Families Service, leading Barnardo's contribution to the Bradford Voluntary and Community Sector Supporting Families Partnership.

This is a key leadership role within a well-established and highly regarded service that supports families through Bradford's Early Help offer. Working alongside Bradford Children and Families Trust and partner agencies, you will play an important role in ensuring families receive the right support at the right time.

What You'll Be Doing

As Team Manager, you will lead and support a team of Family Help Key Workers and Family Aide Workers delivering targeted and intensive family support across Bradford District.

You will:

Provide effective leadership, supervision and support to a team of practitioners.

Ensure safeguarding remains central to all service delivery.

Oversee casework, risk management and quality assurance activity.

Monitor service performance, outcomes and contractual targets.

Support continuous improvement through audit, reflective practice and learning.

Build strong relationships with Bradford Children and Families Trust, commissioners and multi-agency partners.

Contribute to service development and the ongoing transformation of Family Help services across the district.

Promote a strengths-based, restorative and solution-focused culture throughout the service.