Child & Young Persons Support Manager – Children with Disabilities Team, North Essex

Child & Young Persons Support Manager – Children with Disabilities Team, North Essex

Permanent, Full Time

£48,205 to £57,988 per annum

Location: Colchester

Working Style: Community-based worker

Here in Essex, we continue to raise the bar about practice and our investment in our workforce is second to none. It’s an exciting time to join us having received our 2^nd Outstanding Ofsted rating in a row.

The Opportunity

The Team Manager leads the Child and Young People’s support team to deliver bespoke interventions to children and young people with complex disabilities, and their families. The manager will possess a deep understanding of the impact of disability upon families and how to support effective positive behaviour support.

With proven ability to focus on results, develop innovative solutions and build strong working relationships with partners, schools, and multi-disciplinary teams.

The role will involve providing leadership and support across a team of support staff, enabling the development of individuals within the team. Key responsibilities will include using expertise and professional knowledge to provide guidance on complex cases and ensuring delivery of a high-quality service with positive outcomes.

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Accountabilities

• To manage allocation of all referrals, incoming work, and tasks to staff individually and to be responsible for the ongoing monitoring of workload and closure of cases.
• To manage all recruitment and induction processes for new staff, identify and oversee training needs for staff and liaise with ESCA regarding any specific identified training needs.
• As team manager undertake all regular and planned supervision to review personal and professional development of staff, as well as provide reflective case supervision and complete staff annual performance capabilities. To provide management oversight on outcomes of interventions, support plans, and reports such as Child Protection conference reports.
• To establish, develop and maintain productive working relationships with other relevant agencies and organisations, and to work in a multi-disciplinary way to achieve best outcomes for families.
• To actively participate in wider strategic developments by attending relevant meetings with partners in Health, learning Disability services and Commissioning.
• To manage and oversee, quality assurance of services provided. To manage and respond to complaints or compliments received and implement any learning from these.
• To use data information systems (PowerBi) to monitor specific data and use this to inform any service planning and/or team plans, such as efficient throughput of work. To use data to inform performance reports.
• To ensure all staff understand and follow SET procedures and any concerns are highlighted and recorded correctly, following ECC policies and guidance.
• Continue to expand and develop the service as required to ensure continued delivery of high-quality services. To provide consistent advice, guidance, support, and consultation to colleagues across all relevant services, including other frontline teams.

The Experience You Will Bring

• A recognised social work qualification i.e., Diploma, degree or Masters in social work, CQSW, CSS or equivalent, with current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a registered social worker.
• Evidence of continuing professional development, aligned to any relevant Professional Competency/Capability frameworks or Knowledge and Skills Statements.
• experience of managing staff in a supervisory role.
• Specialist knowledge of disability and its impact on families, trauma, challenging behaviour, and positive behaviour support management.
• Knowledge of Children Act 1989 and 2004, the Care Act 2014 and other legislative and policy guidance applicable within Children’s Social Care, including SET procedures.
• Ability to lead team meetings and contribute to other relevant professional meetings.
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work in partnership with other agencies and professionals to maximise outcomes for disabled children and their families.
• Ability to complete written reports to a good standard.

The role requires you to be mobile throughout a wider operational area including travelling around the county of Essex and beyond, transporting service users and their belongings and to be able to do so in an emergency. Driving licence and car or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means is essential.

Why Essex?

As one of the largest and most dynamic UK local authorities, Essex offers a stimulating public service environment. Covering over 1,420 square miles and serving 1.8 million residents, we’re committed to transformational change and delivering better quality at lower cost. Recognised in the top three of the latest IMPOWER index for productivity, we ensure everyone matters in Everyone's Essex. With flexible working options and a focus on innovation, whether you are looking to develop your career or contribute to the local community, Essex is the ideal place for you.

In March 2026, the Government announced that councils in Greater Essex will be reorganised into five new unitary authorities from April 2028. In addition to this, Greater Essex has been accepted on to the devolution priority programme, where we will work towards establishing a Mayoral Combined County Authority. You can read more about these changes, and what this may mean for this role, on our careers site.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process. We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

Once you’ve secured your role within Essex County Council you will receive many great employee benefits, including support for unpaid carers and flexible working arrangements to accommodate their needs.

At Essex County Council, we value integrity and ethical behaviour. We kindly ask that you embrace our code of conduct and the Nolan principles, including throughout the recruitment process. Your commitment to these standards helps us maintain a positive and respectful workplace for everyone.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

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