Department of Children’s Services
Children’s Specialist Services
SERVICE MANAGER
Grade C: £49,284 to £52,623 pa
1 x 37 hours per week
Based at Sir Henry Mitchell House
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Bradford – Children at the Heart of Everything We Do
Bradford is a dynamic and forward thinking council but we recognise that following our last Ofsted report we need to review how we deliver our children’s services so that we can ensure that we meet our Children’s Trust stated ambition 'For every one of our children to have the best possible start in life
To ensure we achieve even better outcomes for children and young people, we are on a journey to excellence; ensuring children are at the heart of everything we do. We are and continue to embed solution focused practice by adopting the signs of safety model with key partners across the district within our work with families and ensuring we have a clear model of care for the children and young people we look after.
We are proud of our thriving teaching partnership with Bradford University and Bradford College which strengthens our learning approach and we are developing a professional development programme for all social workers with a clear progression pathway to increase our staff retention.
As Service Manager you will:
- provide visible leadership to a service that champions and celebrates high quality practice and seeks to continuously improve outcomes
- provide effective management of statutory social work including court work and child protection to achieve good, timely outcomes for vulnerable children and their families
- ensure robust safeguarding practices and policies are in place and are fully implemented.
- be a part of a supportive leadership team where you have the opportunity to innovate and develop your ideas and skills and where your learning will be encouraged.
You need to have a proven track record of successful management in a local government social care service, be educated to degree level and you must hold a recognised social work qualification – Dip.SW, C.Q.S.W., BA in Social Work. Management Qualification such as Diploma 5 IN Leadership and Management, MCI Level 4 in Management, DMS, CMS is desirable.
You will be an adept and influential communicator who has experience of successfully engaging with staff, stakeholders and politicians. You will have an appreciation of the complexity of leading staff through a large scale organisational change programme and/or previous senior management experience within a comparable context.
The post holder will be part of the Social Work Service Management team and will provide cover for colleagues when required and may be required to undertake out of hours duty management cover for EDT too.
For further information regarding this post please contact Di Drury (Head of Service, Social Work) on 01274 435266 or email: di.drury@bradford.gov.uk or in Di’s absence: Jim Hopkinson (Assistant Director, Social Care) on 01274 432904 or email jim.hopkinson@bradford.gov.uk
An enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken for this post.
Closing Date: 4th February 2019
Please find attached the Job Profile: Service Manager - JP.doc