Lambeth

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Children Social Care - Service Manager – 16+ Service - (20000005) Description Children’s Social Care, Service Manager – 16+ Service PO9: £61,515 pa rising in annual increments to £65,712 pa incl LW Lambeth is looking for a highly motivated and influential Service Manager for our 16 + Service to help us achieve our vision of making Lambeth one of the best places in the world for children and young people to grow up. In this role, you will play a key leadership role in the delivery of high-quality social care practice to ensure that these outcomes are realised. In Lambeth, we have adopted a systemic approach – our “Children at the Heart of Practice” framework. This means that when we work with families, we are committed to starting from a position of strength empowering them to build on what is working well to make the necessary change to improve their quality of life. As the Service Manager for the 16+ service you will manage 4 mixed teams consisting of social workers and personal advisors supporting children looked after and care leavers. You will be responsible for developing and managing a new service which will support children in care between the ages of 16 to 17 years of age who are subject to Statutory Looked After arrangements as well as care leavers up until the age of 25 to make independent decisions as young adults by providing advice, information and guidance. As the service lead, you will ensure delivery of high quality, inclusive services, responsive to the needs of young people and the wider community, address the safeguarding needs of children and young people, and promote corporate parenting principles across the council. You will be an expert in supporting social workers to be the agents of change and to empower and enable them to spend their time doing good quality, meaningful social work, coproduced and tailored around the needs and issues of each family they work with. You will need exceptional interpersonal skills, strong data analysis skills to be able to identify issues and address them within your service and be able to successfully develop working relationships with partners to achieve effective and excellent multi-agency working. Apply today and be a part of our exciting improvement journey. In order to apply, please submit your CV and an expression of interest using the link below: The expression of interest should cover: 1. How you meet the essential criteria (ticked in the JD person specification) 2. What you think are the key aspects of the role? 3. What are and the skills and experience you would bring to the role? 4. What does excellent social work look like? Job description & person specification The closing date for applications is Sunday 8 March 2020 at midnight Lambeth aims for quality services and equal opportunities for all and is committed to safer recruitment. Primary Location: London Work Locations: Lambeth Civic Centre - Second Floor 6 Brixton Hill Brixton London SW2 1EG Job: Social Care Unqualified Organisation: London Borough of Lambeth BU Shift: Standard: Head of service Job Type: Full-time Job Level: Day job Job Posting: 21.Feb.2020, 4:45:27 PM

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Company Size: 51 - 250

Revenue: 1 - 5 million (USD)

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