Job Title: Head of Service (Locality Social Work) – Keighley & Shipley

Pay: Special E Grade £72,855 - £82,978 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 37 Hours per Week Full/Time

Benefits:

·       Generous Employer Contributions in a Local Government Pension Scheme

·       Competitive salary and pay progression structure.

·       Real living wage as the minimum rate of pay

·       Supportive carer and parental policies

·       Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

·       Access to Occupational Health and confidential counselling services

·       Supportive staff networks

·       Access to Blue Light Card Discounts

·       Professional development/support

·       Career Progression

·       Enhanced annual leave entitlement

·       Social Worker Registration Fees paid

·       Flexible Working/Hybrid options subject to service need

Location: Sir Henry Mitchell House, Bradford / Keighley & Shipley

Hybrid Working Option: Yes

About Us

Bradford Children and Families Trust was established in April 2023 to enhance the quality and delivery of Children’s Services across our district. Our purpose is clear, to ensure that our promise to improve the lives of children and young people in Bradford becomes a reality. It’s a tough ask. It requires dedication, determination, and resilience – but under a new Chief Executive, Senior Leadership team and an unswerving drive to deliver the best outcomes, we are confident that we’ll achieve our ambition – and you, yours.

So, if you’re up for the Challenge we’d love to hear from you!

About The Role

To be responsible for the provision of statutory Children’s Social Work, leading the development of locality working in one locality of the Bradford District. These services will include registered professional social work for Children in Need, those requiring help and protection and Children in Care.

Key Responsibilities

• As a member of the Children’s Social Care Services Management Team, provide operational leadership, direction and service expertise in the development and implementation of policies relevant to differing groups of vulnerable children, individual Service Groups and the development of wider children and young people’s services.
• To deliver effective services against changing demands and external challenge through efficiencies and service improvement.
• To secure high quality, robust, effective and efficiently delivered services in Locality based social work teams.
• Application of an agreed best practice model and approach consistently across all services and ensure continuous improvement and quality of social work practice.
• Actively drive and deliver continuous improvement initiatives relating to the area of responsibility.
• Responsible for the strategic development of those services allocated to the post holder by the Assistant Executive Director.
• To contribute to the drive for continuous improvement by embedding and supporting a learning and responsive management culture based on championing high standards of performance through clear service delivery objectives for managers and teams, against outcomes and quality data standards.
• To ensure that key decisions by staff in the management structure  or self that effect life, liberty and long term wellbeing of service users are made to the highest possible standards
• Provide strong leadership and clear direction to individual Service Management Teams and facilitate and encourage the ongoing development of staff and managers within the service.

About You

·       Three years’ experience in senior management capacity in a large organisation.

·       Experience of leading and responding to Ofsted Inspections.

·       Recent relevant statutory experience of managing social work services for children and young people.

·       Experience of leading, managing, supporting, and developing individuals and teams and promoting a ‘can do’ attitude within an environment of continuous improvement and outcomes for children and young people.   

·       Degree and post graduate qualification in social work

·       HCPC registered Social Worker

·       Management qualification

Next Steps

·       For an Informal Discussion regarding this vacancy please Contact Ruth Terry via her PA Valerie Allan on val.allan@bradfordcft.org.uk

Closing Date: 9^th July 2024

Interview Date: 22^nd July 2024

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Bradford Children and Families Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment.

If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history prior to interview.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check including a check against the Children’s barred list, will be carried out on preferred candidates.