Service Leader

1 month ago


Portsmouth, United Kingdom Portsmouth City Council Full time

**Job details**:
**Salary**: £55,427 - £62,065

Hours: Full time 37 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Closing date: 6th September 2023

**Portsmouth City Council**

Portsmouth is a vibrant university city, with a rich maritime history on the South coast enjoying excellent transport links to the rest of the country.

Portsmouth City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is also committed to promoting quality childcare across the city that works to improve outcomes for children.

DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment and this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

**The Service**:
The Children & Families Service provide social work/care support and intervention with children, young people and their parents/carers. This includes Children in Need of Support, Protection and Care, including Care Leavers, Children with Disabilities and Young People who offend and/or are at risk of exploitation. The service also provides a range of placement options for children who are in the care of the local authority including foster care and residential care, adoption and other care arrangements with Special Guardians and Connect Persons.

**The Role**:
To lead a service of team leaders and social workers managing Children in Need, Child Protection and work in public law outline including Looked After Children. To ensure all team requirements are met regarding:
You will work with a range of partner agencies including Health, Education, Police, Housing and Community/ Voluntary Services to co-ordinate, plan, commission and deliver services to vulnerable children in Portsmouth. This is necessary to meet the statutory requirements as defined in the Children Act 1989 and Children Act 2004.

You will work creatively and flexibly within the resources available. Statutory guidance and local policies and procedures assist decision making, but the role requires a high level of experience and judgement to ensure standards and best practice are applied. You are required to have a good research knowledge and ability to ensure the safe delivery of services by a capable and competent workforce.

You will have overall responsibility for casework, performance/budget management and staff development in their service. You will support Team Leaders with decision making in crisis situations. You will support with preparation work for relevant decision making/resource allocation panels and with the analysis to support recommendations for ICPCs, court proceedings and out of home placements.

**Who is the person?**

You will have a recognised professional qualification in social work, excellent organisational and communication skills, and take pride in everything you do. You will be curious and creative and above all have a 'can do' attitude. You will be able to work as part of a team and ensure that front-line practice contributes to strategic priorities.

You need to:

- Have Diploma/Degree/MSc in Social Work and be Social Work England registered with Social Work England.
- Be a confident and competent leader, manager and supervisor and be able to model the values and behaviours that are consistent with delivering our vision.
- Have the ability to use statutory procedures and local standards/processes to inform good practice and service delivery.
- Have an ability to bring together different disciplines and organisations and work towards a common aim and service improvement.
- Take an active role in contributing to the development of an integrated model and address any challenges that arise as part of the change management process.
- Be a collaborative leader to help develop multi-agency practice so that all stakeholders understanding the need to modify practice approaches and transform the service.
- Be able to demonstrate an appropriate use of authority and to be able to support, challenge and scrutinise professional practice to improve outcome for families.
- Demonstrate a healthy professional curiosity and generosity of spirit to ensure that vulnerable people receive support and intervention to be safe, well, valued and respected.
- Have a good working knowledge and experience of promoting anti-discriminatory practice and addressing equality of opportunity issues.
- Be clear about information sharing standards, expectations regarding informed consent and the legislation that underpins this.
- Engage with service users, partners, staff and senior leaders/elected members in a manner that is clear, open, honest and helpful.

**_Please read the job profile for the full details of this role _**

**What you'll get in return**

We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potentials with a healthy work life balance, offering



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