Children's Services Manager — Lead Teams & Safeguarding

Barnardo's; Dalkeith; Vor Ort; GBP 44.000 - 51.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Barnardo's is seeking a Children’s Services Manager to lead a portfolio of commissioned services across Bradford, focusing on early intervention, emotional wellbeing and family support. You will provide strategic leadership across multiple teams, ensure safeguarding standards and manage budgets and performance.

The role requires extensive experience in children’s services, strong leadership, and the ability to collaborate with commissioners and partner agencies to improve outcomes for children

Qualifikationen

• Extensive experience leading and managing children’s services.
• Strong safeguarding and child protection knowledge.
• Experience reporting to commissioners and stakeholders.
• Ability to monitor performance and produce management reports.

Aufgaben

• Provide effective leadership and management across multiple services.
• Lead, support and develop staff teams to deliver high-quality services and achieve positive outcomes.
• Ensure all safeguarding responsibilities are met and embedded throughout service delivery.
• Manage performance, quality assurance and service improvement activities.
• Oversee budgets and financial performance, ensuring effective use of resources.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with commissioners, partners and key stakeholders.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Strategic vision

Safeguarding

Budget management

Stakeholder relationships

Data analysis

Jobbeschreibung

Barnardo's is seeking a Children’s Services Manager to lead a portfolio of commissioned services across Bradford, focusing on early intervention, emotional wellbeing and family support. You will provide strategic leadership across multiple teams, ensure safeguarding standards and manage budgets and performance.

The role requires extensive experience in children’s services, strong leadership, and the ability to collaborate with commissioners and partner agencies to improve outcomes for children