Service Manager

Sandwell Children's Trust; Oldbury; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Generous annual leave

LGPS pension scheme

Service awards

Flexible working

Job summary

Sandwell Children's Trust is seeking a Service Manager for the Children We Care for Service on a 3‑month fixed term basis. The role leads workload management, child-centred planning, and ensures staff supervision and practice standards are embedded across the team.

The successful candidate will be an experienced leader, registered Social Worker with an enhanced DBS, and able to drive improvements through multi‑agency collaboration while maintaining statutory duties and safeguarding

Qualifications

• Qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England and enhanced DBS.
• Experience leading children's services or equivalent.
• Strong ability to supervise and develop staff and practice standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the service in workload management with child-centred planning.
• Ensure multi-agency interventions are signposted and managed to standards.
• Hold practitioners to account through supervision and performance reviews.
• Drive continuous improvement and ensure statutory duties are met.

Skills

Leadership experience

People management

Child protection

DBS enhanced check

Education

Qualified Social Worker

Job description

Sandwell Children's Trust are looking for a Service Manager for their Children We Care for Service on a 3 month Fixed Term basis.

• Lead the service in the management of the workloads focused of effective planning that is child centred, focused on permanence and ensuring staff supervision and practice standards are embedded
• Ensure interventions and support for children and young people through multi-agency approaches are signposted and managed with the agreed standards guidelines for working with children and families; provide scrutiny, professional guidance, quality assurance and direction to your service
• Hold practitioners and managers to account for meeting required standards of practice and driving performance through effective supervision, appraisal and support and support the Trusts priorities and transformation and to ensure that statutory duties and regulations are met.
• Qualified Social Worker, Social Work England registered and willing to undertake an enhanced DBS.
• You will need to be a confident and inspirational leader with experience in management gained within Children's Services.
• You should be able to draw on your experience to demonstrate excellent organisational skills, a head for complexity, and know how to improve services.
• We would expect you to be able to utilise your significant knowledge of working with vulnerable children in need of statutory safeguarding intervention in a range of settings and from a variety of backgrounds.
• Have a proven track record of supporting continuous improvement in service delivery.
• We are proud to create an environment where our employees are nurtured, caseloads are manageable and continuous professional development is encouraged. With a culture of collaborative working and the child at the heart of everything we do, there's never been a more exciting time to join the Trust.
• By joining our team, you will be making a real difference in the lives of children and families. We are dedicated to driving meaningful change and ensuring the best outcomes for those we serve. With the work that we have done so far and with the ambitions we have for the future, it's a really exciting time to join Sandwell Children's Trust and to become part of our Family.
• At Sandwell Children's Trust we strive for excellence to improve the lives of children. To achieve this, we know how important it is to retain and attract high performing, forward thinking and innovative people and provide them with all the support they need.
• With a culture of collaboration, partnership working and the child at the heart of everything we do, it really is an exciting time to join Sandwell Children's Trust. Working for us There are lots of great reasons to work with us in Sandwell Children's Trust. From a generous rewards package to a culture of learning and development. Our 12 reasons to work for Sandwell Children's Trust sets us apart as the place to grow your career and feel part of a great team.
• Please visit the Sandwell Deal and our 12 reasons via this hyperlink: https://sandwelldeal.co.uk, Sandwell sits in the heart of the West Midlands and has a diverse population of 341,729 people. While Sandwell is the 12^th most deprived local authority in England, it is a community where our families have high aspirations and where we pride ourselves on equality of opportunity and our adaptability and resilience.
• At Sandwell Children's Trust, we firmly believe that the voice of the child should be at the centre of everything we do. We are on an ambitious journey to ensure that children and families in Sandwell are safe and empowered to thrive. Our 'Sandwell Deal', brings together our new improved offering that make Sandwell Children's Trust a great place to work; it also sets out our expectations of you as a member of staff.

What we can offer you

• Generous annual leave of up to 31 days, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
• Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 Bank Holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
• You will receive a generous local government career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
• We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
• Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
• We provide competitive expenses for both mileage (55p per mile) and subsistence, plus access to a comprehensive employee benefits scheme.

3 months Fixed Term Contract £62,179- £65,938 pro rata dependent upon experience Hybrid working We're looking for exceptional candidates who are passionate, committed and dedicated to improving the lives of children and young people.

Benefits & Rewards

• Up to £6,500 re-location package
• Generous annual leave entitlement, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
• The opportunity to purchase up to 10 days additional holiday through our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 bank holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, this is a nationwide career average scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
• We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
• Reimbursement of Social Work England registration
• 24/7 access to free and confidential employee counselling service
• Access to a range of discounts on products and services
• Salary sacrifice schemes for cars, bikes and technology.
• Refer a friend scheme
• Wellbeing initiatives and forums
• Discounted gym membership
• Eye care vouchers