Interim Service Manager - Family Help Team

Fox Morris Group Ltd; Kingswood; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Fox Morris Group Ltd is recruiting an Interim Service Manager for the Family Help Team within South Gloucestershire Council. The post provides strategic direction and senior operational leadership to a key service area, ensuring children are protected, families receive timely support, and services remain child-centred and high quality.

You will lead through managers, setting priorities, using performance and workforce insight to drive continuous improvement, respond to demand, and prepare for

Job description

Interim Service Manager - Family Help Team - South Gloucester Council

Fox Morris Group are working to recruit a Interim Service Manager - Family Help Team

• South Gloucestershire's children's social care service is rated Good by Ofsted, and our senior leaders are central to how we maintain that strong foundation while continuing to improve. As a Service Manager, you will provide visible, confident and values-led leadership across your service area, creating the conditions for managers and practitioners to deliver consistently strong, child-centred practice.
• Using performance insight, quality assurance and partnership working, you will shape services that are responsive, well-coordinated and focused on improving outcomes. By setting clear direction, supporting managers to lead with confidence and driving a culture of learning and continuous improvement, you will help us strengthen practice and continue progressing as a Good local authority with ambition for every child, young person and family we support.
• As a Service Manager within Family Help and Social Care, you will provide strategic direction and senior operational leadership for a key service area, helping ensure children are protected from significant harm, families receive the right support at the right time, and children in care and care leavers experience high-quality, child-centred services.

You will lead through managers, set clear priorities and create the conditions for confident, consistent practice. Using performance, quality, financial and workforce insight, you will help services respond well to demand, prepare for inspection activity, manage resources effectively and continue improving outcomes for children, young people and families.

• Provide senior leadership across a key Family Help and Social Care service area, setting clear direction and supporting effective service delivery.
• Lead through managers, developing confident practice, workforce capability and a culture of learning and improvement.
• Use performance, quality, finance and workforce information to respond to complex challenges, work with partners and drive continuous improvement.