Job Introduction
An exiting new job opportunity has arisen within Staffordshire Children's Services. This is a unique opportunity to develop as part of the senior management team in order to support the our District Model.
Our Deputy District Lead's are based across neighbouring double districts in order to support the District Leads in the delivery of services to children and young people in those areas. The 4 double districts are: Stafford & South Staffs, Cannock & Lichfield, East Staffs & Tamworth and Newcastle & Moorlands
You'll provide leadership and coordination to support the 2 District Leads within East Staffs and Tamworth.
The role will include a range of functions and services to support families using a strength-based model. These services all focus upon building relationships through high support and high challenge with the overall aim of keeping families safely together.
Main Responsibility
You'll be:
- supporting the leadership, management, supervision, and performance across the whole system covering all spectrums of need.
- ensuring that robust arrangements are in place to make best use of the available resources and ensuring high quality support for children and families.
You'll be one of four Deputy District Leads and so you'll work alongside those colleagues, promoting an ethos of a ‘whole system’ approach, sharing best practice and supporting each other as peers.
You'll have unique opportunities to develop your leadership skills which will include operational responsibility for the Family Safeguarding Model and supporting children at the earliest opportunity. This is an area that Staffordshire Children's Service have a key focus upon in order to ensure that children and their families are getting the right help at the right time.
You'll report to the District Lead, and within this role you'll form part of a wider leadership team, working in partnership with key central functions to ensure appropriate solutions are identified for our children and families.
Your direct reports will cover the following cohorts:
Early Help, Child in Need and and the coordination of EHC Plans for SEND across a defined geographical area. You will also have the lead on Child Exploitation for the geographical area within which you are based.
The Ideal Candidate
We're looking for someone who:
- Has a social work qualification and is registered with Social Work England (SWE)
- Has a commitment to ensuring children remain at the centre of everything we do
- Ensures we have the child in the right part of the system at the right time
- Has substantial post qualifying experience of working in statutory social work services for children and families
- Has substantial experience of managing social work services for children
- A proven track record in effective and professional management of Children's services
- A clear and demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the Early Help, SEND, children with disabilities and Care Leavers agenda
- Proven leadership qualities and the ability to inspire and motivate
- Strong inter-personal skills with proven ability to develop and sustain effective relationships
For more information or a chat about this role please contact Donna Thompson at donna.thompson@staffordshire.gov.uk
Interviews are expected to take place on Thursday 10th October 2024
We're happy to talk flexible working
About Staffordshire County Council
We are no ordinary county council:
Our Values:
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.
We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.
Our benefits:
We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire
Our recruitment process:
As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
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