About the Role:
We are seeking a Senior Manager to join our dedicated Youth Justice Team at Suffolk County Council.
Contracted Hours – 37 hours per week (Full-Time) – Happy to consider Hybrid options
Key Responsibilities:
Communicating and engaging with children, young people and their families, with colleagues and with communities
- Appropriately manage and communicate information to a range of stakeholders; CYP staff, senior managers, partners, communities, the media and politicians.
- Ensure the active participation of children, young people and parents/carers in service planning and delivery as appropriate and use feedback to inform service delivery and staff development.
- Ensure that complaints and representations are managed appropriately within Suffolk County Council’s complaints policy and that early, informal resolutions are achieved wherever possible.
Service Quality and Performance
- Provide strategic leadership and direct management in a senior position to shape and develop services across a range of functions to achieve the best possible outcomes for children, young people and their families.
- Lead continuous service improvement and ensure high quality and consistent services are delivered in compliance with plans for future service development.
- Take responsibility for improving County-wide performance of children’s services and determine and review strategic priorities through membership of the senior management team.
- Ensure that service planning and delivery takes account of national and locally agreed performance standards and are provided within statutory requirements and within policies and procedures of Suffolk County Council and the Local Safeguarding Children’s Board.
Reporting and Accurate Recording
- Take the lead for performance and quality assurance within the area of responsibility.
- Manage quality assurance processes to support high quality service standards and coordinate the completion and review of case audits where appropriate to role.
- Model and ensure high standards of data quality and case recording to improve service delivery, planning for future service developments and better targeting of resources.
- Write high level reports as appropriate for a range of strategic decision makers; SCC Directors, County Councillors, Scrutiny Committees and external partners.
Requirements:
- Qualified Social Worker
- Registered with Social Work England
- Eligible to work in the UK
Interested?
For more information on this role or to apply, get in touch with our vendor department who will arrange for a specialist consultant to get in contact with you:
0203 906 8670