Head of Service for Corporate Parenting

Teqniq is searching for a Head of Service for Corporate Parenting to work in the public sector.

36 hours per week.

6 months contract.

09:00-17:30

Key focus:

•To lead and direct work/practice that positively improves outcomes for children, young people and their families in Havering.

•To provide strategic oversight and support to services within the role and wider children services as required.

•Ensure that early help services are responsive, dynamic and effective in delivering community based universal and targeted services based on evidence of identified need to meet the needs of Havering’s children and families.

Context:

- Responsible for delivering effective, inclusive leadership and management of the teams, ensuring high quality services against local and national indicators and targets

- Responsible for ensuring practice is in line with current legislation and relevant guidance so that high quality, effective, assessments, plans and interventions are delivered to timescales, to meet children and family’s assessed needs and improve outcomes

- Has responsibility for budgets within the relevant services

- Has responsibility for ensuring high quality, value for money services including in-house and commissioned providers, and contributes to budget setting, budget monitoring and delivery of services within budget targets

Working Model:

- Hybrid model

- Flexible approach involving working from our town hall campus/hubs

- You will be required to attend council buildings as required and to be able to attend meetings outside their normal hours of working

- You will need to be able to drive and have access to their own vehicle or alternative transport arrangements

Requirements:

- The post holder will have a social work qualification

- SW England registration

- Demonstrate extensive recognised post qualification training and development of their own practice and management

- This post is subject to a current enhanced DBS disclosure

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