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Tempting Recruitment are working alongside our client, a Local Authority, who are looking to recruit an experienced Head of Service to join their team based in London.
   
JOB DETAILS
PAY RATE: £550 day rate 
WORK TYPE: Temporary
WORK PATTERN: Full Time
LOCATION: London
   
JOB SUMMARY
Strategic Head of Service for Early Help, Targeted Support, MASH, and Youth
Justice. To lead and direct work/practice that positively improves outcomes for children, young people and their families
  
JOB DESCRIPTION
The duties and responsibilities of the role will include:

• Ensure that early help services are responsive, dynamic and effective in delivering community based universal and targeted services based on evidence of identified need to meet the needs of the children and families
• To strategically lead, direct and oversee the day-to-day service delivery of the Children’s services integrated front door multi-agency safeguarding hub (MASH), early help preventative and support services, targeted youth support services, specialist safeguarding, youth justice service and Virtual School ensuring that all relevant agencies are working together effectively to identify and safeguard children at risk of harm
• Ensure children in need of help and protection are identified in a timely way and their needs responded to effectively and proportionately.
• Ensure high standards of social work practice in line with the Children’s Services systemic model of practice so that all children and families both in universal and targeted and those in
  need of help and protection are in receipt of good quality, proportionate assessments

  
THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE
The successful candidate will have the following skills and competencies:

• The post holder will have a social work qualification, and SW England registration and demonstrate extensive recognised post qualification training and development of their own practice and management.
• This post is subject to a current enhanced DBS disclosure.
• Evidence of successful strategic and operational working at senior management level within a relevant social care setting including experience of managing statutory children’s services
• Experience of working and managing within multi-agency and multi disciplinary services and embedding strong partnership working

  
Please be advised that only candidates that have the specific skills and experiences required for this role will be shortlisted and submitted to our client for review.
HOW TO APPLY
Hit the APPLY button or contact Ellie Hibbard at Tempting Recruitment NOW on 01322 950507.

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