Head Of Service -Safeguarding Children With Disabilities

Adecco; Havering-Atte-Bower; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in the UK is seeking a Head of Service for Safeguarding, Assessment, and Children with Disabilities. This role involves leading the delivery of statutory social work services, ensuring high-quality assessments and effective management within children’s safeguarding. Candidates should have significant experience in children's services and a relevant social work qualification. The position offers a competitive daily pay rate of £550 and hybrid working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience at a senior level in Children’s Services.
• Knowledge of legislation and procedures for safeguarding.
• Experience managing resources effectively.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Safeguarding Service ensuring high quality services.
• Manage teams to deliver effective assessments and interventions.
• Advise senior leaders on performance and practice matters.

Skills

Statutory children’s social work

Leadership through improvement journeys

Collaborative reflective leadership

Ability to present at meetings

Education

Social Work Qualification

Management/Leadership Qualification

Job description

Overview

Client: Local Authority in Havering

Job Title: Head of Service - Safeguarding, Assessment and Children with Disabilities

Pay Rate: £550 DAILY UMBRELLA

Hours: 36 hours a week (Mon-Fri) 9 AM-5 PM

Duration: Initial 6 Month Contract

Location: HYBRID WORKING - Minimum 3 days in the office (Romford Town Hall). Some flexibility around this.

Description

Purpose of Role:

The post holder will be the operational lead for the delivery of statutory social work services that includes but is not limited to children in need of statutory assessments and children in need of protection. They will be responsible for effective, inclusive leadership and management of the borough\'s children\'s Safeguarding Service. Ensuring delivery of high-quality services against local and national indicators and targets in keeping with professional standards of good practice, legislation, regulations and guidance so that high quality assessments and interventions are delivered in time, to meet children and family\'s assessed needs and improve outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Delivering effective, inclusive leadership and management of the teams, ensuring high quality services against local and national indicators and targets.
• Ensuring practice is in line with current legislation and relevant guidance so that high quality, effective assessments, plans and interventions are delivered to timescales, to meet children and family\'s assessed needs and improve outcomes.
• Has responsibility for XXX budgets within the relevant services.
• Has responsibility for ensuring high quality, value for money services including in-house and commissioned providers, and contributes to budget setting, budget monitoring and delivery of services within budget targets, including the Section 17 budget.
• Lead responsibility for specific areas of practice and strategic development relevant to the service (e.g., Children\'s legal planning, Havering Safeguarding Children\'s Partnership as required).
• Advise and contribute to regular reports to the DCS, the Lead Member, the Assistant Directors, other senior leaders, panels, committees and/or relevant boards on performance and practice matters as required.
• Line manage the Safeguarding Service Managers and hold overall management responsibility for the Teams, ensuring delivery of good quality practice and continuous improvement through the relevant service plans.

Experience

• Experience at a senior level in Children\'s Services, with a clear understanding and practical experience of improving safeguarding and quality of practice.
• Experience in an organisation of similar complexity and political environment managing direct reports to provide professional expertise and advice, establishing and sustaining positive relationships that generate confidence, ability and trust.
• Detailed knowledge of the legislation, guidance and procedures for safeguarding within Children Services, Assessment and Children with Disabilities, and the statutory framework in which social workers operate.
• Ability to present at meetings and forums including senior managers, stakeholders and elected officials.
• Experience of managing a range of resources.

Key Skills / Qualifications

• Considerable experience of statutory children\'s social work.
• Experience of leading services through improvement journeys and Ofsted monitoring.
• Collaborative reflective leadership style with ability to drive and deliver results.
• Social Work Qualification (required).
• Management/Leadership Qualification - preferable.

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