Head of Service

2 months ago


Peterborough, United Kingdom Service Care Full time

Service care Solution are currently recruiting for a Head of Service in Peterborough, to work in the Assessment and Family Safeguarding Team.

You would be acting as operational lead for the delivery of Council services that includes, but is not limited to:

- Assessment & Family Safeguarding
- Looked After Children
- Young People Leaving Care

For this position, you must have
- A relevant graduate Level qualification or equivalent and/or relevant compensating experience at a senior leadership level.
- Evidence of continuous professional and leadership skill development
- Takes collective and shared responsibility for the effective leadership and management of the Council's services and delivery of improved outcomes and the achievement of value for money.
- To lead and performance manage social care and/or a multi-professional social care service's against local and national indicators and targets within statute and the relevant guidance to ensure that assessment and interventions are delivered in time and are of high quality to meet children and family's needs and deliver the required outcome.
- To contribute and play an active part in the delivery of service across children's services as part of the Children's Services Management Team and the implementation of Family Safeguarding and motivational interviewing as the model of intervention with families across Children's Social Care through the construction of a Service Plan for the respective areas of responsibility.
- To report directly to the Service Director Early Help & Safeguarding.
- To advise and report to Corporate Parenting Panel, Safeguarding Board, Health & Wellbeing Board, Safeguarding Families board, the Lead Portfolio Holder and any other committee and/or relevant board.
- To line manage Group Manager(s) and overall management responsibility for the respective service areas and deliver services through the relevant Service plans.
- To manage and bring the budget for the responsible service area in on target.

Working with Service Care Solutions comes with many benefits, including
- A specialist consultant within an experience and dedicated Social Work recruitment team
- Excellent rates of pay
- An extensive range of Social Work vacancies available throughout the UK
- Payroll service twice a week

Service Care Solutions also offers a £250 referral bonus So, if you know of anyone who would be perfect for this position and they are placed into work, you will receive £250 for the referral once their probationary period has been completed



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