At Sandwell Children’s Trust we strive for excellence to improve the lives of children. Our ‘Sandwell Deal’, brings together our new improved offering that make Sandwell Children’s Trust a great place to work; it also sets out our expectations of you as a member of staff.

What we can offer you:-

• Generous annual leave of up to 31 days, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
• Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 Bank Holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
• You will receive a generous local government career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
• We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
• Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
• We provide competitive expenses for both mileage (55p per mile) and subsistence, plus access to a comprehensive employee benefits scheme.

Please visit The Sandwell Deal via this hyperlink

https://sandwelldeal.co.uk

Hybrid Working

Hours - 37 per week

Band J (£58,327 - £61,853 per annum), dependent on experience

We are proud to create an environment where our employees are nurtured, caseloads are manageable and continuous professional development is encouraged. With a culture of collaborative working and the child at the heart of everything we do, there’s never been a more exciting time to join the Trust.

Sandwell Children’s Trust has a vacancy for an Assessment and Intervention Service Manager to join Smethwick & Oldbury Locality on a 9-month fixed term/secondment basis.  Based in a locality model with a focus on good quality assessments and dynamic planning which deliver timely evidence-based interventions and the progress pre-proceedings/care proceedings through to permanency planning, this service strengthens partnership working with families in local communities.

This is a great opportunity to further develop your management and leadership skills and to help shape and make a contribution to the delivery of services supporting our six strategic priorities, that will ensure that we continue to improve practice and outcomes for children and young people, create a stable, permanent and high preforming workforce working effectively alongside our partners.

As a Service Manager you will: -

• Provide supervision, leadership and management to Team Managers in the locality
• Monitor performance and implementation of the practice framework to promote the highest levels of practice in the locality and across the wider Trust
• Be part of the leadership and management structure 
• Be responsible for facilitating multi-agency working and developing collaborative relationships with partners to ensure that children and young people are supported and safeguarded
• Ensure that assessments, statements and the formulation of plans placed before the court are robust, holistic and child centred
• Be able to demonstrate excellent organisational skills, a head for complexity, and know how to improve services.
• Drive forward the key priorities, ethos and values of the Trust.

About you: -

• A qualified Social Worker with significant experience in Children’s social care
• An inspirational leader with excellent management skills and the ability to encourage team working
• Excellent communication skills with an ability to engage with children, their families and relevant stakeholders
• Ability to write reports for a range of audiences and be able to verbally present these with confidence
• Good understanding of performance management and a commitment to providing a high-quality service to children, their families and carers
• A strong understanding of financial and resource management.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Abu Khair – Head of Service - abu_khair@sandwellchildrenstrust.org

Shortlisting – Tuesday 14th January 2025

Interviews to be held – Thursday 23rd January 2025

When people join the team at Sandwell they say it feels like they become part of the family…they have #ComeHomeToSandwell. With the work that we have done so far and with the ambitions we have for the future, it’s a really exciting time to join Sandwell Children’s Trust and to become part of our Family.

So, if you think your future could lie with Sandwell Children’s Trust, then we’d love to hear from you.

Sandwell Children's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups including children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS is required for this position and registration with Social Work England.

Please click on the link below to complete an application form and view The Sandwell Deal

https://sandwelldeal.co.uk/apply/