Sanctuary Social Care has a permanent vacancy for an experienced and dedicated Safeguarding Children's Manager (Service Manager) to fill a full-time role based in Wandsworth.
The salary for this permanent Safeguarding Children's Manager role is £60,426 - £74,202 per annum.
Job Purpose:
- The post holder directly line manages the children's planning and reviewing officers (child protection coordinators) 2020. The post holder will have lead responsibility for Child Protection conferences service and the LADO.
- The purpose of the role is to provide strategic and operational management support, supervision and oversight to the staff so that child protection conferences and allegations into concerns about trusted adults are timely, of a high standard and contribute to keeping children safe.
Main Duties:
- To work with the Head of Safeguarding Standards Service.
- Assist the Head of Safeguarding Standards Service to provide a strategic performance overview of children's services, in particular in relation to those children/young people looked after by the authority or who are subjects of child protection plans by preparing reports as required including those for senior leadership and Council Members.
- Quality assures the work of the children's planning and review service and to contribute to the wider quality assurance function across Children's Social Care and Wandsworth Safeguarding Children Partnership (WSCP).
- Provide leadership and safeguarding advice to the Council and wide-ranging partner agencies in relation to their statutory responsibilities for safeguarding children arising from the Children Act 2004, Working Together to Safeguard Children.
Requirements of the Safeguarding Children's Manager:
- A recognised and relevant professional social work qualification (Degree / Diploma in Social Work)
- Registered on Social Work England
- Experience of child protection and children looked after social work including management
- Experience of risk management, decision making and planning for children within a pressured, fast-moving environment
- Ability to lead, manage and supervise a team of qualified social workers
- Ability to provide written and verbal reports
- Management qualification
Contact:
This Safeguarding Children's Manager job is advertised by Neil Clements; 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.
