Children’s Services Improvement Lead
4 weeks ago
**What's involved with this role**:
**Interim Children’s Services Improvement Lead**
**Reference no: Plymouth RQ808447**
**Pay rate: £594.11 per day PAYE**
**Hybrid role** Reporting to the Director of Children’s Services, this role will lead on the creation and ongoing development of the Council’s Improvement Board and associated Improvement Plan for children, young people and their families in Plymouth. The role cuts across services in Social Care and Education and into the wider partnership environment, encompassing the entire needs of a child. To be an integral part of the Directorate’s Leadership Team (DLT) working alongside Service Directors and with the DCS to establish and maintain the apparatus of continuous improvement in Plymouth. Key responsibilities:
- Lead on the creation and ongoing development of the Council’s Improvement Board and associated Improvement Plan for children, young people and their families in Plymouth. The role cuts across services in Social Care and Education and into the wider partnership environment, encompassing the entire needs of a child. A monthly forward plan programme will need to be created and delivered against its Terms of Reference and forward programme.
- Lead on delivery of the MTFP programme of work which has been agreed and needs to realise £1.627m in saving from the existing Children in Care cohort within Plymouth. This will be achieved through detailed reunification processes, step down from residential care processes including an improved use of SGOs for this cohort, and an improved throughput of Care Leaver accommodation and successful outcomes. A clear monthly tracker in place for each cohort.
- Lead on the development of Edge of Care processes and systems across the city working with colleagues in social care, early help, housing, education and community connexions in this space. To realise a cost saving of £2.275m through the reduction of adolescent entrants into care, to review and implement ‘turn-key’ long term solutions for adolescents e.g. respite care and models for change with families.
- Be accountable for the development of a new focused sufficiency and recruitment programme for the Fostering and Placements Service. Specific areas of delivery are short breaks provision, adolescent step down from social care, adolescent respite and placements for children with disabilities. Build a recruitment and retention programme with specifics cohorts identified for growth whilst maintaining and growing the generic Fostering Service cohort.
- Provide coaching and support to Heads of Service to support their operational improvement plans and child centred restorative practice, including mentoring and oversight to ensure that services meet need. With specific accelerated focus on identified cohorts for placement change.
- Provide solutions and ways of working that will support the Council’s recruitment and retention of childcare social workers and other childcare practitioners to ensure the very best in Plymouth. Work closely with the Learning Academy.
- Oversee the management of a small improvement team.
**“Role Requirements” - to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria**:
- An experienced, confident and competent professional offering high support and high challenge in a change environment.
- Experience of working at leadership level and comfortable with reporting on the health of the entire system, leading solutions focused change programmes to support the improvement of services for children in Plymouth.
- A strong communicator with motivational skills, supporting others to think dynamically and creatively to solve complex problems and offer clear solutions.
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment and reflecting the Council’s commitment to getting it right for children and delivering high quality services to families.
- Experience of working across social care and education.
- Ability to provide clear leadership to senior managers, combining development and service provision to lead an outstanding team.
- Able to lead, motivate and professionally challenge colleagues where appropriate.
- Strong analytical and reporting skills - including reporting to Members and the Corporate Leadership Team.
- Ability to respond to external audit and inspection findings, including internal audits to put in place clear strategic plans for children in the city.
- Self-motivated and an ability to inspire confidence and drive in
- Strong IT skills using Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
**_To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF._**
**_If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been ad
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