The Role
Can you make a difference in the lives of vulnerable children and their families?
If yes, we have the perfect role for you!
Our Children’s Social Care department is looking for a passionate and dedicated Service Manager to join our Assessment and Intervention Service (A&I) and help make a positive difference for children in Southwark!
About the role:
We are seeking an experienced, driven and creative leader to guide our fast paced A&I Service from good to outstanding.
To support this ambition, we are well resourced with an embedded Clinical Service, an internal Family Group Conference Service, Parent Advocates, a Family Council and Family Support Workers who work directly with families to provide help and support to keep children safe within their families.
Additionally, we offer an excellent Quality Assurance service with a dedicated Audit and Learning Partner and a quarterly celebration of learning, which we call Learningfest.
As a Service Manager, you will collaborate with internal and external partners to provide excellent service to all vulnerable children, young people and their families in Southwark. This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate leader to guide social work practice with children and families.
Based in Peckham, you will work with the Head of Service to provide leadership to your team and ensure our practice system enables excellent work with families.
About you:
This role requires a visible leader with high expectations and a results focused approach, supported by well-developed analytical planning, excellent practice knowledge, and strong organisational skills. You will encourage and instil a reflective, restorative and open culture with high support and high challenge.
You will have experience managing operational teams within children's social care and a genuine commitment to providing high quality services for children and young people. Your expertise will enable high quality assessments and interventions, ensuring families receive the right help, at the right time, in the right place.
A commitment to systemic ways of working, restorative approaches and freeing practitioners to spend more time with children and their families is vital. Knowledge and experience of supporting families under child in need, child protection and legal frameworks are essential.
We are looking for a manager who can set objectives, develop plans and allocate resources to achieve demonstrably improved outcomes for families. An experienced operational manager who has managed teams within Children's Social Care, with a genuine commitment to the provision of high-quality services for children and young people, will thrive in this role.
Join us and lead the way in making a real difference in Southwark!
Contact details:
If you are interested in a discussion about this role, please email Emmanuel Hanson at Emmanuel.Hanson2@southwark.gov.uk
Additional details:
Please note a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required at an enhanced level.
Benefits and more information:
In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. Our offer includes:
- Substantial training and development is provided including an offer of bespoke coaching and mentoring
- Modern technology including laptop, Apple iPhone and iPad
- A basic salary range of up to £69,990 plus an additional financial JNC Benefits package of £2,724 per year (pro-rata, April-March, subject to review)
For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
About Southwark:
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
Our most recent Ofsted inspection was graded as ‘good’ in all areas.
At Southwark Children’s Services, we pride ourselves on doing our vital job differently. Our systemic, holistic, family-centred approach sits at the core of our values. Our endlessly supportive, collective, people powered culture underpins everything we do to protect vulnerable children across our borough.
“Children are at the heart of practice in Southwark.”
“Staff have time to work intensively with families when needed, and to reflect and consider ways to improve children’s lives”
Recruitment timeline:
- Closing date: 11:59pm on Sunday 11th August 2024
- Shortlisting date: week commencing 12th August 2024
- Interview date: Week commencing 19th August 2024
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.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme:
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
- Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
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