There will be a Young Person’s Panel alongside the actual interview – date to be set.

It is an exciting time to join us in Bradford Children’s Services.  We have a strong Senior Leadership Team who are focussed and have a clear vision to embed quality of practice across the Bradford District. Children are at the heart of everything we do.  We are and continue to embed Trauma informed, relationship based practice with focus on the Strengths based model, working with key partners across the district within our work with families and we have a clear model of care for the children and young people we look after.

We are looking to recruit a friendly, dynamic and enthusiastic individual to join our Children in Care and Leaving Care Service, who can motivate teams and develop a positive working culture. We want to hear from you if you –

• Have excellent innovation skills to join us on our journey to excellence

• Have the ability to work and contribute to a service delivery

• Have a flexible approach when the need arises

The role you would be coming to do
To be responsible for the provision of statutory social work and delivery of a range of services for children and young people who are in care and leaving care, improving outcomes through the strategic leadership and operational delivery.

 Ensuring that the service achieves good outcomes for children in care and leaving care supporting permanence at the earliest opportunity; ensuring stability of placements and developing independence skills for adulthood.

Create and build effective relationships internally and externally with key stakeholders to support collaboration with others.

The person we are looking for
We are looking for someone who has operational leadership, direction and service expertise developing and leading a child in care and leaving care service that meets statutory requirements. Lead and motivate staff effectively in order to deliver excellence and achieving positive outcomes for children and young people, including promoting high quality supervision of both staff and case work.

Recognised Social Work Qualification
Registration with Social Work England 

If you would like to contact us with any questions about the role or working for Bradford Council, please do not hesitate to contact 

Amandip Johal – 07773248040 – amandip.johal@bradford.gov.uk 

An enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertake for this post

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The closing date for applying for this post is: 13 February 2023.

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