Head of Service

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Birmingham; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social care organization is seeking a Head of Service to lead the Children in Care Service. The role involves providing strategic leadership, ensuring outstanding services, and developing key partnerships. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in social care, with skills in leadership and relationship building. Attractive benefits include a generous annual leave package and additional support for mental health and well-being.

Benefits

Competitive rewards

Pension

30 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Car Leasing Scheme

Mental health and well-being support

Qualifications

• Understanding of service user involvement for outstanding service.
• Ability to drive innovations for better outcomes.
• Skills to build relationships with partners for corporate parenting.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to Children in Care Service.
• Deliver outstanding services to children and families.
• Develop and maintain partnerships with key stakeholders.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Partnership development

Continuous improvement

Empowering young people

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a Head of Service to lead the Children in Care Service where you will join our Children in Care leadership team.

Are you ready for a new opportunity?

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership to the Children in Care Service and contribute to the Children in Care leadership team.
• Lead to deliver outstanding services for children and families and ensure effective delivery by managers and workers.
• Develop partnerships and maintain relationships with key partners to understand and fulfil corporate parenting responsibilities for young people.
• Drive continuous improvement, champion service user involvement, and explore opportunities and innovations to improve outcomes for young people.
• Support and empower young people to achieve their full potential.
• Interviews will take place on 6 October.
• For questions or to find out more, contact Lisa Jamieson at [e-mail]

About you

• You will need to have an understanding of how to include service users, partners and staff in achieving an outstanding service.
• You will need to be able to think ahead, scan opportunities and innovations to improve outcomes for young people, while ensuring managers and workers deliver good practice.
• You will have the skills to build relationships with key partners to understand and fulfil corporate parenting responsibilities for our young people.

About Us

• We know and understand that working in social care is hard work and challenging at times, and we reward you with a very attractive employment offer.
• Alongside regular supervision, access to training and shared learning, mental health and well-being support, we offer a wide range of benefits including competitive rewards and pension, a generous annual leave package with 30 days leave plus bank holidays; Car Leasing Scheme; to name a few.
• If you would like to be part of our passionate and dedicated Children’s Trust and are committed to continuous and innovative practice improvement, apply today.