Devon, Cornwall and Channel Islands Children's Services Manager

Barnardo's; Ilford; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading children's charity is seeking a Children's Services Manager to oversee several advocacy services across the Devon, Cornwall, and Channel Islands area. This role involves managing teams, ensuring compliance with regulations, and supporting young carers. The ideal candidate has a relevant degree and significant experience in children's services management, aligned with the charity's values.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Annual leave of up to 30 days

Access to pension scheme

Discounts at high street shops

Qualifications

• Experience managing services for children and young people.
• Knowledge of advocacy and support systems for youth.
• Ability to work collaboratively in diverse teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee Children's Services programmes across multiple areas.
• Provide support and direction to service teams.
• Ensure compliance with child welfare regulations.

Skills

Management of multiple services

Experience with advocacy for children

Understanding of child protection

Leadership skills

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent experience

Job description

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We are currently looking for a Children's Services Manager in the Devon, Cornwall and Channel Islands area.

In this role you will be managing 4 services - Kernow Young Carers, Cornwall Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service, Plymouth Advocacy Service and Jersey Advocacy Service.

• Kernow Young Carers. Supports young carers aged 4-17 years and delivers across the whole of Cornwall offering 1-1 support, running activities and residentials and working with schools to upskill them. It also supports Young Adult Carers aged 18-25 years. The aim is to reduce the impact of caring on the young carer and offer them a break from their caring role.
• This service is part of the county-wide Cornwall Carers Service, which is a partnership of 5 charities, let by Cornwall Community Charity.

• Cornwall Advocacy and Independent Visitor Service offers advocacy to children and young people aged 6-18 years (up to 25 years with SEND). This is for C&YP in care, those involved in child protection proceedings, those with a disability, homeless 16-17-year-olds, Family Group Conferences and those wishing to make a complaint about a service they have received from Cornwall Council.
• The service also provides Independent Visitors for C&YP in care
• This is an 'opt in' service

• Plymouth Advocacy Service offers advocacy to children and young people aged 4-18 years (up to 25 years with SEND). This is for C&YP in care, those involved in child protection proceedings and those wishing to make a complaint about a service they have received from Plymouth City Council.
• This is an 'opt out' service

• Jersey Advocacy Service offers advocacy to children and young people aged 5-18 years. This is for all C&YP involved in child protection proceedings and those with a Child In Need meeting.
• Jersey has its own Laws and Regulations which differ to those on the UK mainland.

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document (if applicable). This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

Pay & Reward Framework

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay.

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band - this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application.

Benefits

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
• Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
• The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
• A host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave options
• Service related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contribution
• Death in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal Pension
• Cycle2work scheme
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal
• 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
• Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
• Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

About Barnardo's

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.