The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
The Role:
An exciting opportunity to lead clinical practice across Children’s Services in the London Borough of Southwark. We believe this creates a great opportunity to provide practice leadership of a Clinical Service alongside strategic change projects to deliver the borough’s commitment to improve the mental health and wellbeing of those who most need it within the borough.
Operating as Assistant Director and reporting directly to the Director for Children and Families, this role will play an important part in the senior leadership of Children’s Services functions and across the partnership/ service. The post holder will be responsible for a clinical service that will work with social workers to assess and help children and families using clinical expertise in a variety of contexts including edge of care, child protection, court work as well as youth offending work.
We are looking for a qualified and experienced senior clinician to help us develop our work including teaching and coaching as well as developing strategic partnerships to support delivery our objectives for children and young people and those that care for them.
Benefits and more information:
- https://jobs.theguardian.com/minisites/southwark-council/life-at-southwark-benefits-and-more/
Application process:
Please upload your full CV and supporting statement your application must include: -
Up to date CV, a supporting statement;
Your CV and supporting statement should be no more than 4 pages long, outlining why you believe you are suitable for this role and addressing the person specification.
For an informal conversation about the role, phone Alasdair Smith, Director of Children and Families on 020 7525 0654
An enhanced DBS check will be required.
Additional salary details
This post attracts an additional JNC financial benefits package to the value of £3,503 per annum, pro-rata (April-March).
Recruitment timetable
Recruitment Timetable
- Advert Closing Date: 11.59 pm on Sunday 13 March 2022
- Assessment Dates : 23 March 2022
- Interview Date: 28 & 29 March 2022
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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