Head Of Service - Family Safeguarding

Connect2Surrey; Reigate; Hybrid; GBP 89.000 - 96.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Connect2Surrey is seeking an experienced Head of Service for Family Safeguarding in Reigate. You will lead Family Safeguarding and Children's Social Care at senior level, driving performance, improvement and strategic direction to secure better outcomes for children and families.

You will oversee delivery, quality assurance and budgets while collaborating with multi-agency partners to foster a culture of continuous improvement and strong safeguarding practice.

Qualifikationen

• Senior leadership experience within Children's Social Care
• Experience at Head of Service level or equivalent
• Strong background in Family Safeguarding and safeguarding practice
• Proven track record in performance improvement and service transformation
• Ability to turn data and BI into actionable improvements
• Experience of quality assurance, audits and improving practice standards
• Budget and resource management experience

Aufgaben

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across Family Safeguarding and Children's Social Care services
• Drive service improvement and transformation with clear standards embedded across the service
• Use performance data, MI and BI to identify trends, risks and improvement areas
• Strengthen performance management and ensure grip on service delivery
• Oversee QA, audits and performance measures and translate findings into improvements
• Provide leadership to senior managers and operational teams
• Ensure effective safeguarding risk management and high practice standards
• Manage budgets and resources for value for money
• Build partnerships across Children’s Services and multi-agency partners
• Support workforce development and a culture of accountability and improvement
• Contribute to wider strategic priorities and continuous improvement

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Performance improvement

Business intelligence

Quality assurance

Budget management

Safeguarding practice

Strategic direction

Tools

Management information

BI tools

Jobbeschreibung

Head of Service - Family Safeguarding

Location: Reigate, Surrey - Hybrid Working

Rate: £500 per day

Contract: Interim

We are looking for an experienced and influential Head of Service to provide senior leadership across Family Safeguarding and Children's Social Care.

This is an excellent opportunity for an established senior leader who can bring strong operational grip, lead improvement and use performance intelligence to drive better outcomes for children and families.

We are particularly interested in candidates who combine extensive Children's Social Care and safeguarding leadership experience with a strong understanding of performance improvement, quality assurance and business intelligence.

The Role

Working at a senior leadership level, you will provide strategic and operational direction across Family Safeguarding, ensuring services are safe, effective, performance-focused and centred around achieving positive outcomes for children and families.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Providing strong strategic and operational leadership across Family Safeguarding and Children's Social Care services
• Driving service improvement and transformation, ensuring clear standards and expectations are embedded across the service
• Using performance data, management information and business intelligence to identify trends, risks and areas requiring improvement
• Strengthening performance management and ensuring leaders have a clear grip on service delivery
• Overseeing quality assurance, audits and performance measures, translating findings into tangible service improvements
• Providing leadership and oversight to senior managers and operational teams
• Ensuring effective management of safeguarding risk and consistently high standards of practice
• Managing and monitoring budgets and resources, ensuring effective deployment and value for money
• Building effective partnerships across Children's Services and wider multi-agency partners
• Supporting workforce development and creating a strong, accountable and improvement-focused culture
• Contributing to wider strategic priorities and continuous improvement across Children's Services

About You

We are looking for an accomplished senior Children's Social Care leader who can demonstrate:

• Significant senior leadership experience within Children's Social Care
• Previous experience operating at Head of Service level, or substantial equivalent senior management experience
• Strong experience within Family Safeguarding, Child Protection, Children in Need or closely related statutory services
• A proven track record of performance improvement and service improvement
• Strong understanding of business intelligence, performance data and management information, with the ability to turn insight into action
• Experience of quality assurance, audits and improving practice standards
• Strong operational grip and the ability to identify and respond to areas of risk or underperformance
• Experience of managing significant budgets and resources
• Strong knowledge of statutory Children's Social Care and safeguarding practice
• The ability to lead and influence senior managers, practitioners and multi-agency partners
• A confident, visible and collaborative leadership style focused on achieving sustainable improvements for children and families

This role would suit an experienced Head of Service, Senior Service Manager or Senior Children's Social Care leader with a strong safeguarding background who enjoys combining operational leadership with performance, improvement and strategic development.

Why consider this opportunity?

This is an opportunity to take on a highly influential senior role where you can directly shape practice, performance and service delivery. You will have the scope to use your leadership experience to strengthen services, develop a culture of continuous improvement and ultimately improve outcomes for children and families.

Connect2Surrey is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.