Team Manager - South Eastern Family Support Service

We are seeking to employ Team Manager (22.2hrs / 3 days per week) to provide effective line management support to a team of experienced Family Support Practitioners within the Family Support Service & Parent and Infant Project.  Some flexibility regarding working patterns will be necessary to meet the exigencies of the service.

Barnardo's South Eastern Family Support Service

The service is funded by the HSC in response to an acknowledgement of a growing need for better integration of support services for young people and families. The family support funding provided through the Health and Social Care Board presented an opportunity for the SEHSCT to improve outcomes for children (0-18) and their families through targeted funding of family support packages.

The service delivers across the South Eastern Trust area.

About you:

Do you have:

• A relevant degree in Social Work, Early Years, Education, Psychology, Youth & Community Work or equivalent.
• Previous experience of supervising people (paid or volunteers)
• Demonstrable experience of recognising and responding to safeguarding concerns
• Demonstrable experience working with families and children in a childcare setting
• Demonstrable experience of delivering strengths based services to families leading to improved outcomes
• Experience of leading meetings and completing written reports e.g. for funders
• Hold a full UK driving licence, business insurance and access to a car for work purposes (this criterion will be waived for candidates with a disability who can demonstrate alternative means of meeting the mobility requirements of the post).

If so, we would welcome your application.

When making your application, please ensure that you outline how you meet the Essential Requirements detailed in the attached Additional Information Sheet.

Salary: £35,390.46 - £43,392.02 FTE

Hours: 22.2 hrs (14.8 Lisburn and 7.4 Bangor)

Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently to 31 March 2027 and therefore should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement.

Location: Lisburn and Bangor

Closing date:  Midnight, 8 March 2026

Interview date:  TBC

Contact details : recruitment.support@barnardos.org.uk

Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced Access NI with Child Barred List Check.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values.  We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people. 

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay. 

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.  More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application. 

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

• Reference number:22450
• Job Title:Team Manager - South Eastern Family Support Service
• Location:Lisburn & Bangor
• Locality:South Eastern Trust Area
• Contract type:Permanent (Fixed term funded post)
• End date:31/03/2027
• Hours:22.2
• Salary:£35,390.46 - £43,392.02 FTE
• Closing Date:8 March 2026
• Interview Date:TBC

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Additional Info

• Barnardo's Workplace Offer Visual Summary.pdf (27.58 KB)
• Team Manager - Children's Services - Job Description and Person Specification.pdf (0.55 MB)
• Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy Dec 2024.pdf (164.07 KB)
• AccessNI Privacy Notice - May 2025.pdf (141.60 KB)
• AccessNI Revised Code of Practice.pdf (71.58 KB)
• Storage Handling Retention and Disposal of Disclosure Policy Northern Ireland 2023.pdf (161.18 KB)
• Additional Information Sheet - Team Manager 22.2 Feb 26.pdf (128.34 KB)