Early Help Project Manager

Brackenberry; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A local authority support agency is seeking an Early Help Project Manager for a 3-month contract in Tower Hamlets. The candidate will manage teams and enhance service delivery for families, requiring expertise in Childrens Services and relevant qualifications. The role offers a daily rate of £215.60 - £284.20 and requires immediate availability.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable expert understanding and knowledge of Childrens Services and Early Help.
• Significant experience managing complex high performing multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience producing information for external regulators, including statutory returns.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with managers across Childrens Services to promote best practices.
• Provide advice to early help partners and schools.
• Lead and manage the MAST Early Help Team.

Skills

Expert understanding of Childrens Services

Knowledge of statutory frameworks

Experience with performance management

Ability to work collaboratively

Education

Level 4 qualification in education, social care, or related field

Job description

We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Tower Hamletsto assist with the appointment of anEarly Help Project Manager, on a 3-month contract, likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £215.60 - £284.20 per day

Responsibilities:

• To work collaboratively with managers across Childrens Services and wider partnersto promote the delivery of best practice and improved outcomes for families throughEarly Help.
• Provide effective advice and challenge to early help partners, schools and settingsto promote the delivery of best practice and improved outcomes for familiesthrough Early Help.
• To provide day to day operational leadership and management to the MAST EarlyHelp Team whilst developing and maintaining strong and effective integral part ofwith the MAST and CSC teams.
• To supervise, develop and support Early Help Staff and utilise staff resourceswithin an agreed partnership and matrix management model as required.
• To monitor and ensure that assessment, referral and allocation pathways arefollowed within timescale.

Knowledge Required:

• A demonstrable expert understanding and knowledge of thenational and local context for and operations of ChildrensServices, with a particular focus and Early Help.
• A demonstrable expert understanding and knowledge ofstatutory, policy and regulatory frameworks with regard toChildrens Services, including early help and safeguarding.
• A thorough knowledge of current early help issues that facelocal authorities, including government direction of travelexpressed in recent papers and Ofsted developments.
• An understanding and knowledge of the challenges andrequirements of performance management, intelligence anddata quality in a local government setting.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Relevant qualification at Level 4 in education, social care,childcare, health services OR relevant professional child orfamily focused qualification.
• Significant experience of managing complex high performingmulti‐disciplinary teams within a local government, school orindependent sector context at a senior management level.
• Experience of coordinating performance management,intelligence and data quality arrangements and operations ina local government setting.
• Experience of producing information for external regulators,including statutory returns.

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K
• This role requires an Enhanced DBS

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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