Head of Service QA Review and Partnerships

East Riding of Yorkshire Council; London, Beverley; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced leader to join a forward-thinking council's Children’s Services team. This role focuses on ensuring quality assurance and independent reviews for children's services, advocating for children and families, and driving strong outcomes through effective leadership. The ideal candidate will possess strong social work practice skills, excellent communication abilities, and experience in managing complex organizational systems. Join a dedicated team striving for excellence in children's services and make a meaningful impact in the community.

Qualifications

• Experience in social work leadership and managing complex organizational systems.
• Strong communication skills and ability to advocate for children.

Responsibilities

• Lead quality assurance and independent review services for children’s outcomes.
• Drive delivery of Local Safeguarding Partnership and promote a learning culture.

Skills

Leadership

Communication Skills

Social Work Practice

Budget Management

Education

Social Work Qualification

Management Experience

Job description

The job itself

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced leader to join our team, in the East Riding of Yorkshire Council Children’s Services. We are a good children’s services, and we continue to strive with our partners to achieve excellence for children in our local area.

The cornerstone of our work is the belief that all families are experts in their lives and our job is to help them find solutions when things get difficult. We want all children to live happy healthy lives preferably in their own families and networks, so we work WITH them to safely achieve this.

The Head of Service for Quality Assurance and Partnerships is responsible for the strategic leadership of all quality assurance and independent review services to ensure practice is good and achieving strong outcomes for children. The role is responsible for driving delivery of the Local Safeguarding Partnership through the business unit and promoting a culture of learning with oversight of all inspection readiness work.

You will need to have humility as a leader, be able to operate under pressure within a complex organisational system, manage budgets, advocate for children at all levels and be ready to work relationally in a culture of high support and challenge. You will need to be a strong social work practice leader with excellent communication skills and experience operating at a senior level with children and their families, partner agencies, corporate colleagues and elected members.

If this sounds like you, and you are ready to do great things for children, please get in touch.