Job Description

Senior Service Manager Early Help and Ta

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Date: 4 Jul 2025
Job Location:
Gloucester
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.



Job Title: Senior Service Manager EHT Job Location: Shire Hall Salary: 56,781 - 59,936 per annum Hours per Week: 37.00 Contract Type: Fixed Term Duration: 18 months Closing Date: 20/07/2025 Job Requisition Number: 11639 This post is not open to job share

About the Service

Gloucestershire County Council's Early Help service provides support, advice and guidance to children and their families across the county. The service is integral in supporting children and their families to access the right support at the right time. We offer a number of different services under the umbrella of Early Help within the County Council including Family Support, Family Group Conferencing, Parenting and advice and guidance through Early Help Coordinators and Community Social Workers. Our work is multi-agency, with other professionals, to ensure that children are achieving the best possible outcomes. This role will oversee the current Service Managers within the service, reporting to the Head of Service, ensuring we offer a consistent impactful service for families.

About you

As well as your experience as a manager/leader you will need to have a solid understanding of the broad Early Help offer across the county and the role of the partnership in delivering this, alongside the offer from the services within the council. A clear knowledge of the functions of each service within the councils offer will be key and an ability to advice and guide the current service managers in their role managing the team managers of these teams. You will have a quality assurance role and will need to be able to process and analyse team performance to ensure we are delivering the best service for families and communities.

About Us

30.5 annual leave days per annum



An option to purchase up to 5 days of additional leave per year (dependant on business need)



Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision



Access to our Employee Assistance service that provides free, confidential counselling and advice for employees available 24 hours a day online and by telephone



An in-house Occupational Health service



Employee discount scheme



Cycle to work scheme



Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) Network and the Young Employees Network

How to apply

If you feel you have the skill, desire and experience required to make a positive difference; please submit an application by clicking the "Apply Now" button. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by e-mail and invited to interview. Please contact Emma Trigwell for further information. email: emma.trigwell@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-



Senior Service Manager - Job Profile



This Position is subject to a DBS check.



Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.



We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire's diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.



It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a 'customer facing role' must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.



Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.