Are you an ambitious and courageous leader, wanting to join an equally ambitious Leadership Team within an organisation that is shaping for the future? If so, North Lincolnshire Council has a fantastic opportunity for you.

North Lincolnshire Council is relentless in the commitment to enabling resilience and helping families stay together. Ofsted graded North Lincolnshire services to children as Outstanding in all areas in 2022 and stated that "Children benefit from a consistently high standard of social work practice. The commitment to children as a priority for the council and across the partnership is exemplary.

Senior leaders have created a culture in which social work has flourished. It is based on the importance of relationships, and of promoting children’s sense of being loved and cared for." Our innovative One Family Approach ensures the best outcomes for children and families. The values and principles underpinning this approach means that we believe children and young people should thrive within their families, flourish within their schools and in feel a sense of belonging to their communities.

North Lincolnshire is leading practice nationally, and we are driven to shape the future of social care practice. In line with the Government’s social care implementation strategy ‘Stable Homes, built on love’ we are transforming our services to ensure we continue to be at the forefront of practice.

As part of our transformation journey, the post of Lead Officer for Family help has been newly created. In this roles, you will have significant social care leadership experience, including proven experience of directly leading a social care team and developing system wide practice that empowers children and families. You will lead a team that focuses on co-production with families, through an integrated, multi-agency model of family help within their communities. Building on a new relationship with neighbourhoods and communities founded on enablement, you will help drive forward an integrated offer for children and families across both the Council and partnership. You will work together as one council leadership team to continue to drive our ambitions for children to be in their homes, in their schools, and in their communities.

Our workforce is built on pride, enthusiasm, professionalism, passion, and a pursuit of excellence. We have a commitment to our workforce learning and development which allows for improved and innovative practice.

You would have the opportunity to join a team who are well supported, connected, fun, lively and hold high aspirations for the children and families that we work with. North Lincolnshire Council offers, agile, flexible working and in-house training with a focus on the wellbeing of our workforce with access to an array of training and resources and support in your continuous professional development.

We strive to support our staff to be confident professionals with the skills, values, knowledge and expertise to do their job well.

Please see the attached  Job Description for further information or contact Charlene.Sykes@northlincs.gov.uk (Head of Family help and intervention) if you would like to discuss the position further.