Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024.

We are an Accredited employer under the Liverpool City Region Fair Employment Charter, demonstrating that we are committed to the principle of fair employment and we are dedicated to providing a healthy, fair, inclusive and just workplace. 

Come join us and be part of our success if you are passionate about helping families thrive in the face of complex challenges? Do you have the skills and experience to deliver life-changing therapeutic parenting and child interventions that make a real difference? Do you enjoy working directly with families to empower them and build lasting resilience? If so, you may be the perfect candidate for this exciting opportunity to work as the manager of Knowsley Children Services Family Support worker teams.      

We are looking for an experienced and passionate Interventions Manager to lead our Family Time Service and Family Interventions within Children’s Social Care.  You will have operational responsibility for Senior Support Workers and lead the developments for Family Time provision and direct interventions to children and parents open to Children Services from Early Help to Child Protection and Children looked After. 

In this role, you will:

‣ Lead, support and supervise the Family Time team and Family Support worker interventions

‣ Ensure high-quality and flexible family time provision, including evenings and weekends

‣ Oversee risk assessments, rotas and service delivery

‣ Ensure all interventions are offered to a high standard that make a difference to children’s lives.

‣ Provide specialist advice on safeguarding, permanency planning and attachment

‣ Support continuous improvement and development of the service

‣ Promote positive parenting and strong family relationship.

Strong partnership working skills are essential, alongside experience of working collaboratively with Children's Social Care, Police, Education and wider partner agencies to assess and respond to risk.

This is a challenging but rewarding role that offers the opportunity to make a lasting difference to the lives of children, young people, and their families.

If you are dedicated to making a positive impact through partnership working and therapeutic practice, we encourage you to apply. 

At Knowsley Council we will consider requests for flexible working.  For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time. There is a requirement for you to attend your work base at least 3 day’s per week.

We welcome applications from residents and beyond, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce.

Please note sponsorship is not available for this role.

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We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants.

At Knowsley we value our applicants and want them to feel well-informed and welcomed. If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work at Knowsley, please contact: 

Chloe Vose (Prevention and Intervention Coordinator): Mobile: 07810053551 Email: chloe.vose@knowsley.gov.uk

If you are interested in this vacancy, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification.  Please note if a CV and supporting statement does not reflect the person specification it is unlikely to be shortlisted. 

Closing Date: Monday, 31st August at 23:59pm