Family Action Services Lead

2 months ago


Dorset, United Kingdom Dorset Councils Full time

Organisation
- Dorset Council
- Location
- Dorset, United Kingdom
- Reference
- REC/23/00532
- Occupational group
- Health and Social Care - Children's
- Salary details
- £35,415 - £39,514 FTE per annum (£21,249.00 - £23,708.40 pro rota, per annum) plus £480 Home Based Allowance
- Job term
- Part Time
- Appointment type
- Fixed Term
- Contact
- Helen Wemyss
- Closing Date
- 28 February 2023 12:00 PM

**Services Lead, South West Region**
**Home based**
**22.2 hours per week (part time)**

**Grade 4 (lower) point 29-33: £35,415 - £39,514 FTE per annum**

**(£21,249.00 - £23,708.40 pro **rota, per annum)**

**plus £480 Home Based Allowance**

**Fixed term until 31st March 2024 (with the possibility of becoming permanent)**

Are you a driven, innovative team player and manager, who is solution focused and passionate about making a difference? Do you have an excellent track record of leading and developing excellent operational services? If so, we want to hear from you.

At Family Action we transform lives by providing practical, emotional, and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage, and social isolation. We have been building stronger families since 1869 and today we work with more than 60,000 families in over 150 community based services, as well as supporting thousands more through national programmes and grants.

Introduction to the role and service
This is an exciting opportunity to lead a service portfolio of children and family services across the South West of the UK. You will be managing a small team of project leads to oversee effective service delivery and contract compliance alongside an Operational Manager. We are looking for someone who is motivated, passionate, and wanting to make a difference to the lives of vulnerable children, young people and families, ensuring the highest standards of quality and service user experience are upheld.

You will have a track record as a service lead in a relevant child, family or vulnerable adults’ field and will work closely with the Operational Manager to ensure the effective management and development of services in your region.
You will ensure the safe and effective delivery of trauma-informed services while working innovatively to extend their impact.

Your skills
You will be person centred and committed to ensuring there is equality of access to services. You will ensure that service users are treated with dignity and their specific needs are prioritised to improve their sense of wellbeing.

The post holder will hold a minimum NVQ Level 4 qualification or equivalent in the relevant discipline such as health, social care, counselling, therapy, education, or youth work. You will bring an experience of managing interventions and service models focused on good child and family practice. The post holder should be committed to continued professional development and have a sound knowledge of underpinning theories of practice models relevant to different service types.

You will have a strong track record in service delivery and a focus on quality, performance, safeguarding and management controls. With an inclusive approach, you will be passionate about engaging our service users in all aspects of our work including co-production. We want to hire a ‘can-do’ and energetic lead who will build and sustain positive working relationships with key commissioners and future funders, while developing partnerships that will continue to evolve and effectively meet the needs of everyone the services support.

This role will be home based with frequent travel to services across the South West and occasional travel to our Head Office in London.

What will we offer you?

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect. If you share these values and behaviours and have the necessary skills then we look forward to hearing from you.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Helen Wemyss on

Closing date: Tuesday 28th February 2023 at 12pm
Interview date: TBC


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