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Operational Service Manager - Safeguarding

Employer
Sandwell Children's Trust
Location
Oldbury
Salary
Band J £50,555 to £53,722 per annum
Closing date
16 Apr 2020
Reference
SAND000003984

Job Details

Sandwell Children’s Trust is investing in children’s services and is striving for excellent performance and outcomes for the children and families we work with. We are seeking a passionate and tenacious experienced social work manager who thrives when working alongside social work professionals and managers relentless in improving practice by utilising robust quality assurance mechanisms which support positive and timely outcomes for children.

Closing date - Friday 21st June 2019

This post will be ideal for you if you are an experienced manager with a proven record and passion for driving quality assurance, improving services alongside supporting the development of staff. This post will be suitable to someone who succeeds when having the autonomy to influence, support and challenge practice, managing independent reviewing officers and working alongside social care teams.

You will be joining a team of experienced managers and senior leaders who have a shared goal of improving social work practice in order to deliver excellent services to the children and families we support.    

 What you need to be successful in this role:-

  • A qualified Social Worker with significant social work management experience.
  • Must be able to demonstrate significant experience of working with vulnerable children in need of statutory safeguarding intervention in a range of settings and from a variety of backgrounds.
  • An understanding of the main issues relating  to, and factors impacting on, safeguarding children and young people from abuse or exploitation.
  • Have a proven track record of supporting continuous improvement in service delivery.

For an informal discussion please contact Steven Gauntley, Director of Quality & Performance on 0121 569 3561.

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 the HCPC.

This vacancy and advert will be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible.

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Company

At Sandwell Children’s Trust we strive for excellence to improve the lives of children.  To achieve this, we know how important it is to retain and attract high performing, forward thinking and innovative people and provide them with all the support they need.

With a culture of collaboration, partnership working and the child at the heart of everything we do, it really is an exciting time to join Sandwell Children’s Trust.

Working for us

There are lots of great reasons to work with us in Sandwell Children’s Trust.  From a generous rewards package to a culture of learning and development.  Our 12 reasons to work for Sandwell Children’s Trust sets us apart as the place to grow your career and feel part of a great team.  Please visit the Sandwell Deal and our 12 reasons via this hyperlink:  https://sandwelldeal.co.uk/

There are many benefits for working for us too:

  • Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
  • Access to our Learning & Development portal offering virtual training programmes, learning & development info bursts, learning events and much more.
  • The latest technology enabling more effective and streamlined working.
  • Detailed and effective appraisals to strengthen your practice.
  • Access to a range of family friendly policies.

Benefits & Rewards

  • Up to £6,500 re-location package
  • Generous annual leave entitlement, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition. 
  • The opportunity to purchase up to 10 days additional holiday through our salary sacrifice scheme.
  • Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 bank holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
  • Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, this is a nationwide career average scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
  • We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
  • Reimbursement of Social Work England registration
  • 24/7 access to free and confidential employee counselling service
  • Access to a range of discounts on products and services
  • Salary sacrifice schemes for cars, bikes and technology.
  • Refer a friend scheme
  • Wellbeing initiatives and forums
  • Discounted gym membership
  • Eye care vouchers
     

About Sandwell    

Sandwell sits in the heart of the West Midlands and has a diverse population of 341,729 people.  While Sandwell is the 12th most deprived local authority in England, it is a community where our families have high aspirations and where we pride ourselves on equality of opportunity and our adaptability and resilience.

We have excellent and affordable transport links, quality housing at affordable prices and an abundance of entertainment, arts, culture and history right on the doorstep.

For all recruitment enquiries please email recruitment_childrenstrust@sandwell.gov.uk and one of our friendly team will call you to discuss opportunities with the Trust.


 

 

Company info
Website
Telephone
0121 569 2200
Location
Sandwell Children's Trust
The Wellman Building
Dudley Road
Oldbury
West Midlands
B69 3DL
United Kingdom

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