Details:
- Salary: £500 - Day
- Job Type: Contract
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Day
- Location: Cambridgeshire
- Date: 1 day ago
Description:
Service Manager – IFD
Cambridgeshire
£500 per day
Full Time – Hybrid Working
Job Purpose:
The purpose of the role is to manage, develop and continuously improve the delivery of a high quality and effective social work service that responds to the needs of children and their families in a timely manner and within statutory guidelines.
The post holder has the responsibility to assess need and safeguard children in order to promote positive outcomes as outlined by national standards.
Principal Accountabilities and Responsibilities:
Advise and lead the service at a local, district and County level using technical expertise and informed judgement to provide a statutory service and deliver successful outcomes.
Provide leadership at a district level, leading and fully managing the social work offer through an effective multi-agency and multi-disciplinary social work provision on behalf of the council.
Plan, manage and monitor the use of available resources to balance the demand for the service with the resources available.
Model the values and principles that underpin high quality practice by leading by example having a clear understanding of a practitioner’s perspective.
Develop and establish practice standards, expectations and timescales establishing clear lines of accountability, building trust, good morale for the team.
Facilitate information exchange by establishing good communication mechanisms both internally and with external partners.
Lead on practice development initiatives to ensure a confident and professional workforce.
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