Head of Service

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Service Manager within the Safeguarding Team to work full time based in Haringey.The salary for this permanent Service Manager job is up to £61,491 per annum.The post holder has line management responsibility for a Social Work area where there is line management responsibility for Practice Mangers, Senior Practitioners, Social Workers, Information Sharing Researchers & Administers.To be responsible for effective management of Team Managers and other practice staff as required and to provide accountability for the delivery of services to children, young people and their families.Ensures that there is effective management of childcare services, including judgement of risk to individual families and children, within the Service and across agencies. This may on occasion include managing staff in different locations.To manage staff from other disciplines and agencies as may be required as part of delivering multi-disciplinary services.To manage, develop and continuously review services for the client group in partnership with others, in order promote the provision of good quality, best value services for local residents.To ensure that all staff and managers receive regular, high quality, challenging and reflective supervision and performance appraisal according to department and council policy and guidance.Ensures that the high quality of work is maintained as a uniformly high standard and that team members expertise and special skills are developed (through the use of supervision, appraisal and standard setting).To identify staff learning and developments needs and ensure high standards of professional practice are achieved through systematic individual and team development programmes.To be responsible where appropriate for the recruitment, selection, appointment, induction and probationary assessment of new staff, in accordance and council policy and procedures.To identify matters that might lead to disciplinary proceedings, carry out investigations and present at hearings as and when necessary. To be responsible for the implementation of the absence monitoring policy in relation to the staff team.To attend, organise and chair meetings as appropriate and as requested, within the department and with other agencies.Makes decisions, co-ordinate and directs staff in making decisions to achieve positive outcomes for children and their families within a single and multi-agency care planning framework.Provides creative approaches to managing services for children and their families within the boundaries of legislation, policy and practice.To undertake any other duties consistent with the basic objectives and duties of the post.Requirements of this role:A social Work Qualification or equivalent.Understanding of relevant legislation.Registered or eligible for registration.This post requires registration with the relevant health professional council/governing body (Social Care England).Contact:This Service Manager job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.Reasonable Adjustments:If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement. #J-18808-Ljbffr