Service Delivery Manager - Fostering, Adoption & Permanence
- Employer
- Telford & Wrekin Council
- Location
- Darby House
- Salary
- £53,322 to £56,208
- Closing date
- 1 Oct 2019
- Reference
- TWC000003668
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- Sector
- Local Councils
- Job Type
- Management
- Contract Type
- Full time permanent
- Working Pattern
- Standard
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
Service Delivery Manager - Fostering, Adoption & Permanence
NJC P025 £53,322 - £56,208
Full Time 37 Hours per week
We are looking for a creative and pro-active leader who can confidently challenge and initiate policy change, in addition to creating and developing an overarching strategic plan, for the service.
This is a key position reporting to the Assistant Director for Children’s Safeguarding & Family Support, responsible for driving forward the Council’s Fostering, Adoption and Permanence service.
This is both a tactical and strategic role, bearing the responsibility of managing the delivery of high quality, inclusive services for vulnerable children and young people on a day to day basis, as well as planning and implementing a programme of improvement work to meet the demands of the three year Ofsted Inspection cycle.
Priority areas include service quality, performance and working with partners and stakeholders across Telford to successfully deliver services and projects with the aim of achieving the best possible outcomes for children and young people, leading on supporting the implementation of the North Midland Adoption and Permanency Partnership
You must be an authentic leader demonstrating the values of the organisation in everything that you do, motivating your team to focus on providing services that maximise outcomes.
The team has excellent relationships with external agencies but your ability to communicate with and establish your credibility with these agencies is crucial as you will work closely with them across the breadth of the role.
For further information on the role, please click on the job description and person specification which is available below.
If you think you can meet the challenge and would like to find out more about this role, please contact Jo Britton, Assistant Director for Children’s Safeguarding and Family Support on 01952 385008.
Applicants should review the supporting documentation and complete the application form available via the WM Jobs Portal.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 15th September 2019.
Interview and selection activities will take place on Friday 11th October 2019.
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Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.
At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us.
Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve.
In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.
At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result.
We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups.
We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our ‘guaranteed interview scheme’ here
You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy commitments and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here
If you are unable to complete an online application form please contact the HR helpdesk on 01952 383601 or email hrhelpdesk@telford.gov.uk
- Website
- http://www.telford.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 01952 380000
- Location
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Telford & Wrekin Council
Darby House
Lawn Central
Telford
Shropshire
TF3 4JA
United Kingdom
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