Service Manager - Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub

Do you have a clear vision of how you can improve the lives of children and young people?

Are you an inspirational leader that truly knows it’s workforce, one who listens, acts, connects and cares? Yes?

Then you may be just the fit we are looking for; Sandwell Children’s Trust are recruiting for a qualified experienced Service Managers for the MASH Service. We are looking for exceptional candidates who are passionate, committed and dedicated to improving the lives of children & young people.

Salary range: £50,555 - £53,722 dependent on experience plus the possibility of up to £6,500 relocation package.

Sandwell overview

Since the Trust’s inception in April 2018 our fabulous teams have won awards for Community Cohesion (The Teamwork Programme) and Youth Justice of the Year Award at the UK wide 2019 Shine a Light Awards (Sandwell Youth Offending Service). Our Staff Award events highlight the amazing work delivered by our dedicated individuals and teams and gives us a chance to show our appreciation to all who are on this improvement journey with us.

The Trust has recently secured funding from the Department of Education which will enable us to bring our ’12 reasons to work in Sandwell Children’s Trust’ to life, particularly around learning & development in offering development opportunities for all staff.  Please visit our 12 reasons via this hyperlink: https://www.sandwellchildrenstrust.org/work-with-us/

As a new Trust we are agile, we understand where we are in our journey, our recent Ofsted monitoring visits reported;

• Sandwell Children’s Trust knows itself well.
• Management oversight has improved
• The workforce is increasingly stable; continued to attract and retain staff.
• Recruited additional agency staff above its established workforce, recognising the need to reduce caseloads
• The social workers talked to all spoke positively about working for Sandwell

Children’s Trust.

• Progress has been made in ensuring that the first response to families and children in need is timely

What can Sandwell offer?

At the heart of England with excellent transport links, Sandwell offers a wealth of amenities to enhance your work life balance. With house prices lower than the national average and an ever-developing infrastructure, living in Sandwell is an attractive prospect for many.

Not only this but with an abundance of history, culture, arts, shopping and sporting venues to enjoy PLUS the development of venues for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022, Sandwell really is an exciting place to be right now.

As a Service Manager working in the Trust you will:-

• Lead the service in the management of the workloads
• Ensure all referrals are signposted and managed with the agreed guidelines for casework; provide scrutiny, professional guidance and direction to your service.
• Hold practitioners to account when there is evidence of poor or under performance through effective supervision and support or use of appropriate sanctions, as well as oversee and scrutinise practice, evidenced through case audits and supervision.

About you:

• Of course, you’ll be expected to be a qualified Social Worker, HCPC registered and willing to undertake an enhanced DBS.
• You will need to be a confident and inspirational leader with experience in management gained within Children’s Services.
• You should be able to draw on your experience to demonstrate excellent organisational skills, a head for complexity, and know how to improve services.
• We would expect you to be able to utilise your significant knowledge of working with vulnerable children in need of statutory safeguarding intervention in a range of settings and from a variety of backgrounds.
• Have a proven track record of supporting continuous improvement in service delivery

How to apply

Interested, or have any questions?  For an informal discussion contact our Recruitment team on 0121 569 6367 or by emailing recruitment_childrenstrust@sandwell.gov.uk

Applications are;

By way of a CV and a 500 worded supporting statement. Supporting statements to cover;

• Experience
• Key achievements
• Specialist Knowledge
• Development
• Overview of what you can bring to the role