Gloucestershire County Council

Service Manager, Early Help and Best Start in Life Job Location: Gloucestershire This is a Gloucestershire County Council job. Salary: £60,532 - £63,895 per annum Hours per Week: 37.00 Contract Type: Fixed Term Duration: 24 months Closing Date: 23/08/2026 Job Requisition Number: 14688 This post is open to job share Help shape the future for children, young people and families Are you an inspiring leader with a passion for improving outcomes for children and families? We are looking for an exceptional Early Help, Best Start Family Hub Service Manager to provide strategic and operational leadership across Early Help, Best Start in Life and Family Hub services on a fixed term basis. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the development of innovative, integrated services that support children, young people and families to thrive. You will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our vision for Best Start in Life Family Hubs, working collaboratively with partners across health, education, early years, social care and the voluntary and community sector. About the role Reporting to the Head of Service for Early Help and Targeted Support and the Head of Service Early Years and childcare, you will be responsible for driving the quality, performance and impact of Early Help, Best Start in Life and Family Hub services. You will lead a small multidisciplinary team, champion relationship-based and systemic practice, and ensure services are responsive, effective and focused on improving the lived experience of children and families. Key responsibilities include: Leading the operational delivery of the Best Start in Life programme and local plan. Driving the development and embedding of Best Start Family Hubs as a whole-system, place-based model. Providing leadership and line management to multidisciplinary practitioners. Maintaining a strong culture of learning, quality assurance and continuous improvement. Monitoring performance, outcomes and impact across service areas. Building and sustaining effective partnerships across agencies and sectors. Contributing to strategic planning, commissioning and service redesign. Representing the service at senior partnership boards and governance forums. Ensuring effective use of resources and budget management. Deputising for the Head of Service when required. About you You will be a skilled and forward-thinking leader with a proven track record of delivering improved outcomes for children, young people and families. You will bring: significant leadership experience within children's services, early help, education, health, social care or related fields experience of leading complex programmes, service transformation or system change strong understanding of Early Help, Family Hub and Best Start in Life approaches experience of working across multi-agency partnerships and influencing at a senior level knowledge of relevant legislation, national policy and integrated service delivery models excellent communication, relationship-building and leadership skills the ability to translate strategic priorities into successful operational delivery emotional resilience, adaptability and a commitment to supporting staff wellbeing Essential qualifications degree-level qualification in a relevant discipline professional qualification in a relevant field such as social work, education, youth work, health, housing, employment or criminal justice Level 5 Leadership and Management qualification, or willingness to work towards one Desirable qualification in coaching and/or mentoring Why join us? This is an opportunity to make a lasting difference for children, young people and families while joining an ambitious organisation committed to innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement. We offer: flexible and hybrid working arrangements a supportive and inclusive leadership culture professional development and career progression opportunities a commitment to staff wellbeing the chance to influence and shape services at a strategic level For an informal chat about this role, please contact Sarah Hylton at Interviews are due to due to take place in person week commencing 7th and 14th September. Additional Information To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:- Service Manager, Early Help and Best Start in Life - Job Profile This position is: subject to an Enhanced DBS Disclosure requires travel across the county may involve occasional work outside normal office hours is designated as a politically restricted post under the Local Government and Housing Act If you are passionate about leading change, developing partnerships and improving outcomes for children and families, we would love to hear from you. Apply today and help us create the best start in life for every child.

Family Drug and Alcohol Court Social Worker Job Location: Tewkesbury This is a Gloucestershire County Council job. Job Location: Tewkesbury Borough Council Offices Salary: £39,152- £47,181 per annum Hours per Week: 37 Closing Date: 16/08/2026 Job Requisition Number: 13981 This post is open to job share Gloucestershire Children's Service are looking for an FDAC Social Worker to join the Tewkesbury Children and Families team. Reward and Support For all your hard work, you will receive the following: between £39,152 - £47,181 per annum subject to experience £4,000 welcome payment £2,000 retention payment up to £8,000 for relocation funds flexible and agile working opportunities 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff) family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) 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+) and the Young Employees Network career development and qualification opportunities access to our Social Work Academy Right child, right support, right time, every time In our recent inspection in June 2025, our Children's Services have been officially judged as 'Good' with 'Outstanding' elements. Ofsted also said 'Leaders have set out a clear vision for delivering success for children, by modelling values and creating a culture where the workforce, children and families feel valued and heard; risk is managed confidently with bottom lines clearly set out.' This marks an important step in our journey to improve outcomes for our children and young people, and we remain focused on our mission: to continue building on this success and ensure that every child and young person in our county has the opportunity to thrive. Gloucestershire offers a range of opportunities to develop your career, supported by a phenomenal Social Work Academy offer, a developing systemic practice methodology, an ambitious leadership team and an award-winning workforce. We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to be part of an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC. We are looking for an FDAC Social Worker to cover our Tewkesbury locality. You will hold an FDAC family and work alongside the multi-agency service and TACS. You will work to deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions in the collaborative, problem-solving court, FDAC. A crucial aspect of these roles will be to bring learning back into the locality teams and further enhance services to locality families and communities. As a locality FDAC Social Worker, you'll experience: systemic practice that is curious, courageous, and compassionate trauma-informed approaches multi-professional collaboration and planning deeper understanding of Hidden Harm and its impact on children confidence in court settings and the expert voice of social workers restorative practice with high support and high challenge development of multi-agency interventions use of language that cares collaborative permanency planning equal access to FDAC for families across all localities you'll be the 'spoke', holding one FDAC case from your locality TACS will be the 'hub', supporting you as part of the wider family team you'll deliver interventions and share learning with your locality team What it will involve: hold one FDAC case (approx. 2 days/week) reduced caseload to support this work attend fortnightly FDAC hearings with your family write and curate all FDAC reports (review, evidence, final) attend formulation and intervention planning meetings deliver interventions and support permanency planning work within a multidisciplinary team (including nurses, therapists, and support workers) receive a full induction, peer and 1:1 supervision, and contribute to transformation reviews You will have: • Social Work England registration • a recognised qualification in Social Work • to have passed your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) • DBS clearance We welcome applications from newly qualified and social workers in the early years of their career. Depending on your qualification date and previous experience, you will be invited to either join our accredited ASYE programme or to complete an alternative early career development in-house pathway. The appropriate option will be explored and confirmed as part of the interview and offer process. How to apply For an informal chat about this role, please contact or to apply please do so before the closing date. We reserve the right to close an advertisement earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a suitable number of applications. Interviews for this vacancy are due to take place in person week commencing 24th August.

Children and Families Senior Social Worker/ Social Worker Job Location: Gloucestershire This is a Gloucestershire County Council job. Job Title: Children and Families Senior Social Worker/ Social Worker Job Location: Gloucestershire Salary: £39,152 - £47,181 per annum Hours per Week: 37 Contract Type: Permanent Closing Date: Ongoing Job Requisition Number: 13952 This post is open to job share We are currently recruiting for Social Workers and Senior Social Workers in all our locality teams. Gloucestershire covers six localities: Gloucester, Cheltenham, Tewkesbury, Forest of Dean, Stroud, Cotswolds About us For all your hard work. You will receive the following; between £39,152 - £40,777 per annum for a Social Worker or between £41,771 - £47,181 per annum for a Senior Social Worker subject to experience annual retention payment of £2,000 £4,000 welcome payment up to £8,000 relocation package flexible and agile working opportunities 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service an option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro-rata for part-time staff) family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) 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+) and the Young Employees Network career development and qualification opportunities access to our Social Work Academy paid SWE registration renewal Right child, right support, right time, every time Working together to support families and communities to give every child the best chance of a happy and rewarding life, especially those who need more help. We have ambitious improvement and transformation plans to create the optimum conditions within which our staff can make a real difference and improve outcomes for children. We aim for the same Social Worker to support children and their families from the front door until permanence is achieved either through positive change and the child remaining with their parent/s or legal permanence being secured either within the family or outside of the family. We are a local authority adopting, and training all colleagues in, systemic social work practice. If you would like to join an authority that takes a relational approach to working with families and focuses on what needs to change in the system around a child and family to enable children to thrive, then consider a role with GCC. Our team structures are designed to ensure there is the right level of support available to staff and that caseloads are kept at a manageable level with a Team Manager, Advanced Practitioner, 4 Social Workers and an NQSW making up each team's full complement of staff. We need resilient, driven individuals who will play their part in making our vision for Children's Services a success. You will be joining an authority with a strong set of values that underpin the work we do: Accountability, Empowerment, Excellence, Integrity and Respect. About you As a Social Worker, you will be instrumental in delivering a first-class service to ensure the best outcomes for the children and young people of Gloucestershire. Through building positive relationships with colleagues within the service and partner agencies you will ensure we are able to provide support and protection for children and young people in need and at risk. As well as your experience as a frontline social worker, there are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post: Social Work England registration a recognised qualification in Social Work to have passed your Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) (if you qualified after 2012) a full driving licence and willingness to drive DBS clearance (Enhanced Adults and Children's) If you would like to find out more about our Children's Service please take a look here: Children's Social Care Careers Gloucestershire County Council We welcome applications from newly qualified and social workers in the early years of their career. Depending on your qualification date and previous experience, you will be invited to either join our accredited ASYE programme or to complete an alternative early career development in-house pathway. The appropriate option will be explored and confirmed as part of the interview and offer process. Please note, all our welcome payments and retention payments are non-contractual, pro rata for part-time staff and subject to National Insurance and tax deductions. We reserve the right to close an advertisement earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a suitable amount of applications or fill the vacancy/vacancies. The council will consider sponsorship for this role, in line with Home Office regulations and subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks. If you are an Internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability as per the Equality Act (2010), please declare this in an email to , as this is NOT currently covered in the application due to a technical error. By providing this information, you can choose to be considered for a guaranteed interview under our Disability Confident pledge if you meet all essential shortlisting criteria. It also enables the recruiting manager to arrange any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process. a disability is defined as: a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term (more than 12 months) adverse effect on a person's ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

Business Change Manager £52,413 - £54,495 per annum Fixed Term 18 months Are you an experienced Change Manager who is passionate about digital innovation, creative use of technology and making a difference? Do you want to join a team that is dedicated to ensuring that Gloucestershire County Council utilises technology in the best way possible? If so, read on About the Team & Role You will be joining the Digital Innovation team, part of the Digital & ICT service who deliver and support technology solutions for the officers and councillors of Gloucestershire County Council (including the Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service, NHS partners, schools and other services that work with the organisation). The Digital Innovation team includes the Digital & ICT projects management office, technical specialists, developers and the business communications/engagement team. We work alongside our colleagues in IT Service Management, Infrastructure and Security. This role is fully funded and allocated to the education case management transformation programme and will be reporting into the Programme Manager. As Business Change Manager you will be responsible for ensuring change initiatives meet objectives on time and on budget by increasing employee adoption and usage. You will focus on the people side of change, including changes to business processes, systems and technology, job roles and organisation structures. Your primary responsibility will be creating and implementing change management strategies and plans that maximise employee adoption and usage and minimise resistance. You will work to drive faster adoption, higher ultimate utilisation of and proficiency with the changes that impact employees. These improvements will increase benefit realization, value creation, ROI and the achievement of results and outcomes. This role is fixed term for 18 months (with possibility for extension) About You Our ideal candidate will ideally have change management experience, ideally in a project or programme environment, with a proven record of influencing stakeholders at all levels. You should be able to clearly articulate your ideas, concepts and technical details to non-technical stakeholders, effectively collaborate with team members and other departments and be able to adjust to new challenges quickly, sometimes managing multiple areas of focus simultaneously. About Us For all your hard work, you will receive the following: Flexible and agile working opportunities 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family Career development and qualification opportunities Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) 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 Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply) Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network How to Apply If you feel you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference, then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the "Apply Now" Button. For an informal discussion about the role please contact Chris Bridem via email Closing date 8 October 2025. Short-listed candidates will be contacted by e-mail and invited to interview week commencing 20/10/2025. Please read the job profile which provides further information on the experience and attributes sought of our ideal candidate. The Digital & ICT service support the Council's Agile working policy and expect team members to work a minimum of two days per their working week in the office, which is based in central Gloucester, and to attend 'in person' meetings as and when required. New starters will be required to come into the office more often during their induction. Additional Information To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:- Business Change Manager - Job Profile The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer. 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.