HOS Corporate Parenting

Tripod Partners; Harrow; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading children's services organization in Harrow is seeking a Senior Manager to oversee operational management and strategic development. The role involves safeguarding vulnerable children and implementing significant services to reduce risks and enhance child welfare. The position requires accountability for high-risk decisions and collaboration across various child welfare domains. Applicants should have extensive experience in social care management, particularly within high-risk statutory services.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior strategic and operational management for children's services.
• Develop and implement services to safeguard children and young people.
• Accountable for high-risk decisions in Children’s services.

Job description

To provide senior strategic and operational management across defined areas of the services, taking a lead role in the development and implementation of services and strategies which promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people across the borough which is predominantly related to high risk statutory children’s social care services across a particular agreed area and specialism, while also providing professional cover for the full range: early help and intervention (including statutory responsibility for Children’s Centres) to reduce risk of escalation to targeted statutory services, children in need of protection, children looked after, those subject to Court proceedings and those young people involved in or on the periphery of the criminal justice system.
To be accountable for high-risk decisions in Children’s services, including out-of-hours/on-call.