Lead for Children and Families

**Location**: CHSW - Devon, Cornwall, Bristol

**Contract**: Full time, Permanent

**Salary**: £50,995 - £54,101 pa

Are you a care leader passionate about joining a team where you can really make a difference to children and their families?

Join us to help lead our team as we embark on our ambitious plans for growth and development of children's hospice care in the South West.

**About the Role**

We are investing in our Nursing/Care leadership and delivery, and this post is one of three lead roles joining our dedicated Senior Care Leadership Team who are passionate about making a difference to the difference to the lives of the children and families we support.

In this role you will be a dynamic visible service leader for Children & Families across Children's Hospice South West (CHSW) including the accountability / responsibility as the Named Lead for Safeguarding (Adults & Children) and Transition lead. You will be responsible for the embedding, delivery, and assurance reporting of all regulatory, quality and business requirements in relation to this and the Children and Family Portfolio.

The Lead for Children & Families is responsible for ensuring the service is well led, accessible and reaches as many children and families as possible. Alongside being the CHSW care lead for Safeguarding and Transition this role has a key responsibility for ensuring that the service is accessible and engages / hears the voice of Children & Families. This includes ensuring the frameworks for listening to and supporting children & families with additional needs (sensory, behavioural, social, or complex clinical needs) is in place across the service.

**About You**

You will be educated to degree level and will hold a relevant professional qualification and registration e.g. social worker, nurse, psychologist. You will have extensive post qualification experience in a leadership role, working with children or adults with a life limiting/threatening con working with children/adults with a life limiting / life threatening condition chronic illness or disability in a variety of settings; acute, community.

We are looking for someone who understands the role of a hospice and shares the core values and behaviours of the organisation, an approachable confident leader who ensures quality is accessible and achievable for everyone. The post holder must be able to work independently and also collaboratively with a wide range of care and medical staff and managers at all levels. The ability to work with IT and technology is essential.

This post can be based at any of our Hospice locations and to ensure visibility and support, will also be required to travel to all three hospices.

**About Us**

Our hospices in Devon, Bristol and Cornwall have been providing expert, individualised care to support children, young people and their families for more than 30 years. The CHSW ethos is support the whole family and our current delivery model includes care wherever the child is when they need it most including care at the hospice base, at home and virtual support.

The care and support we provide can span many years, or be a brief moment in time, being there when families need us most. You will leave each day knowing you have made a real difference to short and precious lives.

We value our staff and offer an excellent working environment with an enthusiastic and committed team.

**What we offer**:
33 days (plus bank holidays) holiday entitlement, which increases with service

enhanced sick pay scheme rising up to 6 months full and 6 months half pay

NHS pension continuation for Nursing staff or personal pension scheme with 7% employer contribution

family friendly policies, with enhanced maternity/adoption pay

health, wellbeing services

group life insurance scheme

training and development opportunities

environmental and green agenda

a supportive and inclusive environment

a chance to make a real difference

**Join our team...**

Join our team for a rewarding career move to an organisation where 98% of staff say they are proud to work for.

To find out more please see the job description and person specification on this page.

This fantastic opportunity will give you the chance to explore the wonders of the South West, whether you are already located here, you are a returner or looking for a different way of life; the South West offers a high quality of life and great leisure opportunities. These environmental attractions are matched by the excellent reputation of the highly successful Children's Hospice South West (CHSW) as an organisation and local employer.

You may have experience of the following: Registered Manager, Interim Registered Manager, Service Manager, Care Manager, Care Home Manager, Home Manager, Residential Home Manager, Charity, Third Sector, NFP, Children, Youth, etc.

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