Head of Service - Safeguarding & Child Protection Team

Location London
Job type Contract
Salary Up to £450.00 per day
Consultant Billy Holland
Call +44 7458 154932
Reference HQ00103724_1582215888

Sanctuary Executive is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Head of Service to fill a full-time role within a Children's Services based in London, within the Safeguarding & Child Protection Team.

The pay rate for this locum Head of Service job is £450 per day and is an initial 4-month contract.

This Head of Service is part of the senior leadership team for Children's Social Care within the Children's Schools and Families directorate. The role includes the strategic leadership, service development and effective management of Statutory and Regulatory Children's Social Care services. Provision of high-quality services, ensuring performance management and review mechanisms are in place to monitor progress and achievement of service objectives and goals. Contributing to work of the Council's Safeguarding Children's Board, Children's Trust, along with collaborative work with corporate colleagues and partner agencies and the development of staff working closely with service managers to establish best practice.

Duties:

  • To lead and manage the service in achieving the highest standards of practice in work with vulnerable children, young people and their families, ensuring that at all times, children they are at the heart of service provision and developments

  • Ensure effective risk management practice, through the development of excellent inter-agency collaboration and communication

  • Ensure that children and young people within the borough are safeguarded from abuse

  • Ensure that timely and effective statutory processes are in place where there is a concern about a child or young person who may have suffered or is likely to suffer significant harm

  • Ensure that the interventions of children's social care teams are child centred, effective and timely and to act accordingly where this is not the case

  • Pro-actively work with stakeholders, including service users, carers, families and communities to deliver change and quality improvements

  • Lead on practice and systems development and the implementation of new legislation and government initiatives

  • Ensure successful partnership and multi-agency working across the service and undertake the lead on a range of interagency work as required to ensure both development and sustainability of good service provision

  • Promote and develop a performance management culture, managing poor performance where necessary

  • Effective budgetary management and the delivery of value for money services

Requirements:

  • A recognised and relevant professional social work qualification (Degree / Diploma in Social Work).

  • Registered on Social Work England.

  • Management experience is essential.

  • Management qualification or Post Graduate diploma in related field or equivalent

  • Extensive knowledge of policies, statutory regulations and guidance relating to safeguarding and child protection

  • Extensive knowledge of Quality Assurance and Performance Management frameworks

  • Comprehension of Children Act 1989 and 2004 and the impact on service delivery

  • Knowledge of equality and diversity practice and the capability to apply it to work with young people and their families

Contact:

This Head of Service job is advertised by Billy Holland; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.