Service Manager - Children’s

Start: ASAP

Rate: £450 per day (Umbrella Inside IR35)

Hours: 37 hours per week

Duration: Until January 2024 (likely extensions)

Working pattern: Office based with one day remote working - A weekly £250 can be paid for accommodation for applicants that are not based locally

Location: Plymouth

Our client is looking for a Children’s Service Manager to lead and manage Services based within Children Young People and Family. This role will be generic across the areas of Referral and Assessment Service, Children’s Social Work Service and Permanency Service which includes Plymouth In House Fostering.

Responsibilities:

Ensure improving outcomes and delivering a high quality of service to meet the needs of children and young people
Ensure adherence to safeguarding requirements, including legislation, regulations and Working Together Guidance, within Childcare Legislation including Children Act 1989, Children and Families Act 2014 including Fostering, Adoption and Care leavers regulations
Operate as the business lead for contracts for specific services
Responsible for managing and monitoring a prime budget ranging from £2 - £7 million
Responsible for casework risk-management across the service area, including quality assurance systems
Ensure work is allocated safely
Ensure appropriate assessments and plans are in place, are of good quality and are progressing appropriately
Ensure services are delivered within delegated budgets and that limited resources are effectively targeted on those most in taking a whole system approach to managing change
Implement cultural change and modify service delivery to address shortcomings and secure improvements in performance
Work corporately to provide a pro-active response to inspection planning and management, resource issues and major practice issues/incidents
Ensure compliance with corporate processes within the service area, including safer recruitment and information security

Requirements:

Experience of working as a statutory Social Work practitioner and as a first line manager
Experience of effectively managing budgets
Experience of setting and achieving organisational performance and standards
Experience of interpreting and analysing complex financial and performance management information
Experience in raising practice standards and of developing and using performance data in securing service improvement
Experience of multi-agency working

If you meet the above-mentioned criteria, we would love to hear from you. Please apply to receive more information.

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