Head of Financial Management

3 days ago

Huntingdon Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire County Council Full time

This is a key leadership role that will directly impact the lives of children and young people in care, as we continue our journey of improvement. Following our last inspection in March 2024, which was graded as Requires Improvement to be Good, we are seeking a passionate and experienced individual to help us achieve our goal of an outstanding service at the next inspection.
As Head of Corporate Parenting, you will lead the operational delivery of the Children in Care and the Leaving Care services. You will bring a strong understanding of care planning, along with the legislation governing care leavers, and the new requirements for care leavers' separate judgement under the Children's ILACS Inspection. This is a great opportunity for someone who is committed to improving outcomes for children and young people and who can bring vision, leadership, and dedication to ensure their needs remain at the heart of all we do.
You will become part of a fresh and energetic team with an ambitious commitment to the children and families we support. Enabling you to provide leadership to children's social care delivery teams ensuring a high standard of practice, taking key operational decisions to improve the outcomes for the children and families of Cambridgeshire.
You will hold statutory duties and work across the system with partners to deliver the best outcome possible for our children and young people.
You will be a qualified social worker with current Social Work England registration, and a post-graduate management qualification.
You will have comprehensive knowledge and experience of operational safeguarding children services and corporate parenting. You must be confident to lead with compassion but be able to deliver creative and innovative solutions.
You must have a solid understanding of the issues and challenges faced by local government and the skills to establish and sustain positive relationships across the system building trust and confidence.
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage...
Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
Access to development opportunities , apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes+
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.

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