The role
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.
The role:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Service Manager to join the Safeguarding & Family Support Service on a 12 month secondment or fixed term contract for members of staff on temporary/locum contracts.
As a Service Manager, you will provide professional leadership and will support and seek out collaborative opportunities across the service. You will work closely with colleagues in Family Early Help, Assessment & Intervention, Care Services and the YOS to enable a positive experience and journey for children who come to our attention.
You will manage employees, including three Safeguarding Teams, a Specialist Parenting Assessment team driving excellent practice and outcomes for children and their families. You will also manage relevant budgets, and team/individual performance in accordance with the council procedures and objectives.
You will be someone who is passionate and who values relationship based social worker, trauma informed practice, restorative practice and uses this amongst other models to shape the way you lead and drive social work practice, whilst aiming to achieve positive outcomes for children and their families.
About you:
Registered with the SWE and have relevant experience.
Secure knowledge and understanding of public law, statutory requirements, and high-quality safeguarding practice in relation to children and young people.
Experience of successful management of social work services for children we care for, including the management of service change and development.
Understanding of and commitment to high quality systemic, relationship based and restorative practice, in work with children, young people and families, staff and partners.
Ability to influence the views and practice of a wide range of agencies in order to promote better outcomes for children and young people. Able to inspire the highest quality practice across the service. Able to understand and manage a complex budget in order to meet statutory requirements, deliver value for money and achieve best outcomes for young people.
Proven experience of managing people and teams including motivation, engagement, performance management and development.
As a service manager, the ability to make a confident, insightful contribution to quality assurance across Children, Families and Education services.
Ability to work imaginatively across boundaries within and beyond the Directorate to ensure a coherent, effective response to the needs of young people, and to inspire others to do so too.
Additional details
We will only consider applications from internal candidates, that are current employees or agency workers on an active assignment.
This post attracts an additional JNC financial benefits package of £2,724 per annum (pro-rata, April-March).
This post is being offered as a fixed term contract for 12 months. We encourage any internal employees to gain agreement from your substantive line manager if you are considering this is as a secondment opportunity.
Please note a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required at enhanced level.
If you are thinking about applying and would like to have an informal discussion, please contact Abby-Gail McIntosh by email at Abby-Gail.McIntosh@Southwark.gov.uk or by mobile at 07927 669 480.
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. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
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
Recruitment timetable
Closing Date: Wednesday 23rd August 2023 at 23:59
Interview Date: tbc
SWCINT
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 programme. 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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