Are you an experienced Social Worker looking for a unique leadership opportunity?
Can you develop children’s independent reviewing and safeguarding practice?
Can you lead and champion our reviewing and safeguarding functions?
Our Offer
Salary: £54,844
Your Role
For this unique and vital role, we are seeking a Children’s Safeguarding Reviewing Service Manager who is a registered qualified and experienced Social Worker.
This is a great opportunity for those passionate about child and family centred service delivery and ensuring effective practice that works for our children and families.
You will lead on the delivery of effective safeguarding and reviewing practice and manage our Children’s Safeguarding Reviewing service alongside another Service Manager.
You will take a lead role in managing the child protection conferencing, Local Authority Designated Officer and family group conferencing functions alongside children in care reviewing.
Independent review practice is highly valued and through your leadership you will
ensure high quality practice standards in line with statutory and regulatory requirements.
As part of our team, you will be supported by relational leaders to help you thrive in your Service Manager role.
What else can you expect?
- Real progression opportunities within social work practice – North East Lincolnshire Council operate through grades for Social Workers to Advanced Social Worker level
- Regular individual and reflective case supervision
- A relational approach in all aspects of practice
- Accessible and proactive management that creates the conditions for social workers to flourish and make a real difference to people’s lives
- A workplace culture that supports flexible working and the opportunity to work from home as well as a highly supportive team and working environment
For details on the post, please refer to the Children’s Safeguarding Reviewing Service Manager role profile.
Your Benefits
As part of your RewardNEL package, not only will you enjoy a competitive salary, up to 40 days leave entitlement* (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension, you will also have access to our exclusive RewardNEL platform.
This includes a variety of salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle2Work, Holiday Extra and Tusker (Car Lease), discounts at local coffee shops and bars, direct access to our inhouse wellbeing support, discounted car parking as well as instant access to new savings at major retailers, entertainment and hotels.
NELC staff can also benefit from flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities and a Fostering friendly scheme.
*Leave subject to length of service
For more information, please refer to the role profile or email:
- Nikki Alcock, Deputy Service Director – Practice Standards and Principal Social Worker
- alcock@nelincs.gov.uk
Closing date – 09 August 2024
Interviews will begin – Week commencing 02 September 2024
At North East Lincolnshire Council,
we know that together, we can be stronger.
About North East Lincolnshire Council
North East Lincolnshire Council is situated within the award-winning coastal area of Cleethorpes and the beautiful Lincolnshire Wolds. Your earnings go further in North East Lincolnshire, house prices are four times less than in London. Learn more about what our place has to offer at Life in North East Lincolnshire | NELC (nelincs.gov.uk) #FindYourSpace
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North East Lincolnshire Council is committed to being an inclusive employer, where equality and diversity is recognised, celebrated, and embodied throughout the organisation, becoming a workforce that represents all.
North East Lincolnshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk. For any posts that will involve access to children, young people and adults at risk, the successful applicant will need to undertake an enhanced criminal record check where appropriate.