Team Manager - Families from Abroad

Team Manager – Families from Abroad | 9342 | Secondment Opportunity / Fixed Term Contract until 31st March 2027 | 37 hours per week | £50,166 to £54,277 per annum | Grade L | West & Breckland, Norfolk Are you passionate about making a difference for children, young people, and families who have migrated to Norfolk? Do you have strong leadership skills and experience in safeguarding and multi-agency working? If so, we want you to join our REDI Service – Relocation, Ethnic Diversity and Integration – as a Team Manager. About the Role The REDI Service provides holistic family and educational support to promote inclusion, wellbeing, and educational success for children and young people from migrant families. As Team Manager, you will lead a multi-disciplinary team delivering early help and preventative interventions, ensuring families receive the right support at the right time. You will: Manage and develop a team working closely with children, young people and families with families’ assessments and plans. Oversee community-based inclusion projects. Work closely with partners across education, health, and social care. Ensure safeguarding standards are met and performance targets achieved. Drive service improvements and champion best practice. About You We’re looking for someone who: Is educated to degree level or equivalent professional qualification (social care, health, education, psychology). Has experience managing staff in a safeguarding environment. Understands multi-agency working and has strong leadership skills. Can communicate effectively and influence others. Is committed to equality, diversity, and integrated working. Knowledge of immigration, visa processes, trauma-informed practice, and implementing group work is desirable, but training will be provided. Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job Description and Person Specification to help you demonstrate you meet the criteria. For an information discussion please contact Katie Smith, REDI Service Manager 01603 217757 katie.smith@norfolk.gov.uk These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council: Competitive salary Generous holiday entitlement Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependant on your job role and business need. Financial benefits such as: ‘Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out. A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers Relocation expenses (where applicable) An advance of your expenses if you travel for work Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions. Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility) A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here. Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for internal and external vacancies in myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email. We would like to make you aware that priority consideration for this post may be given to current employees who are at risk due to restructure within the organisation or are in a redeployment position. Redeployment closing date: 28 November 2025 at 23:55 All other applicants closing date: 07 December 2025 at 23:55