Child Protection Service Manager

Job description

Directorate: Children and Young People's Services

Now is the time to come and work for Rotherham Council Children and Young People’s Service. For more information about Rotherham Social Care jobs, please visit: https://www.rotherham.gov.uk/childrens-social-work-jobs

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
 

Our Children and Young People’s Service are currently recruiting to a Child Protection Service Manager within the Safeguarding Standards Service

The purpose of the role is to provide strategic and operational management support, supervision and oversight to staff so that child protection conferences, child looked after reviews and allegations into concerns about trusted adults are timely, of a high standard and contribute to keeping children safe. This role is also responsible for the therapeutic services and Family Group Conference, to ensure that our families and children receive the best support.

This is a key, strategic and operational quality assurance post that is critical to on-going learning and development in the Safeguarding Standards Service. The role supports the Head of Service in their statutory and leadership responsibilities.

The post is responsible for ensuring that CP Chairs and IRO’s fulfil their legal, statutory responsibilities specifically under Children Acts 1989 and 2004, Working Together to Safeguard Children, Child Protection Procedures, Keeping Children Safe in Education, The IRO Handbook and Care Planning Regulations 2010 and provide quality assurance leadership across children’s services department. To engage stakeholder and partners in making good quality plans to promote children’s welfare and to hold partners and stakeholders to account for their actions.

ABOUT YOU

We are seeking talented and inspirational professionals who can:

Innovate to help re-define children’s services

Promote a learning and coaching culture

Develop the skills and practices of our Social Care team to provide an outstanding service to children and young people

Add value and make the most of available resources

Our vision is for the children and families of Rotherham to routinely experience and describe the services they receive from us, as outstanding and we intend to do that by putting the child first in everything we do.

By working within Rotherham you will play a crucial role in developing their skills and practice and our collective commitment to an ethos of excellence, integrity, trust and transparency. Joining us at a time of change with regard to developing practice model provides you an opportunity to be involved and influence the service design and development of practice in line with methodological approaches.

With new leadership in place and a heartfelt commitment to providing a best practice center of excellence, you will play a vital role in building on our performance culture - providing direction and support that is rewarding in every sense, for every individual.

If you have any questions regarding these opportunities please email them to joanne.mccartan@rotherham.gov.uk or Laura.gough@rotherham.gov.uk