Job Title: Service Manager - Front Door, MASH and EDT
Location: Dudley (Hybrid)
Duration: 6 Months
Pay: -450 per day
Role Purpose:
- To ensure timely and effective decisions for children are made when they are referred to Children's Services
- To ensure that children's needs are met effectively out of normal office hours
- To effectively engage the local partnership to ensure they fully engage in effective decision making for children
Job Description:
- - Provide sound leadership, direction, priority and pace for all children's staff for the delivery of high quality social work practice.
- - Support a performance culture that delivers results through rigorous challenge, professional support and a determination to ensure continuous improvement in meeting the needs of children and families in Dudley.
- - Maintaining effective systems for monitoring, reviewing, auditing and evaluating staff against service objectives through regular performance activities for example high quality supervision, and taking appropriate corrective action as necessary.
- - Promote cross - organisational service working with other agencies and partners to enable an integrated approach to service delivery.
- - Support Heads of Service to produce reports and presentations for a wide audience including elected members, project boards, cabinet and council committees etc.
- - Contribute to the development of the strategies, policies, procedures and processes relating to one's own profession area and accountability, taking into account the views of all stakeholders.
- - Lead and support a process of continual improvement of children's social care to contribute to improved life chances for children, young people and their families.
- - Support workforce planning through recruitment and selection, retention, NQSWs/ASYEs, talent management and succession planning.
- - Ensure all staff receive a comprehensive induction programme, high quality supervision, annual performance reviews and continuous professional development.
- - Effectively manage a service budget, ensuring spending is within agreed limits and timescales.
Key Requirements
- Social work qualification
- Professional registration with Social Work England (SWE)
- Significant experience leading and managing front door services including MASH and EDT
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Brierley Hill DY5 1LW
Connect2Dudley is a trading style of Dudley andamp; Kent Commercial Services LTD - A joint venture between Dudley Metropolitan Council andamp; Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Dudley is an equal opportunities Employment Agency andamp; Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.