About the role:
As a Head of Service, you will have excellent leadership skills, bringing an ability to balance strategic priorities and operational workload. You will maintain high-quality services and recording, whilst managing the overall performance of service delivery. Building strong internal alliances with other senior managers across Children's Services will complement and enhance our culture of continuous improvement. This role also has an important external element drawing on your proven skills working with partners across the system. This will draw on your communication skills, stakeholder management and commitment to relationship-based practice.
You will be committed to delivering high performing, high quality services understanding how to motivate your services and providing containment at busy times. You will be passionate about children, young people, their families, and networks, using this to lead and motivate your teams.
You will lead and manage Southend's Fostering and Kinship Care Services, developing and implementing strategic plans, policies and procedures. Working on improving the services and best practices, including foster care, child development, policies and procedures.
What you'll need to succeed
To be shortlisted for this position, you must currently be a Head of Service with significant experience in children's social work and be registered with Social Work England.
Have extensive knowledge of fostering services, a detailed knowledge of children's services and an understanding of the legislative and statutory obligations relevant to such services.
Be experienced in commissioning and regulated accommodation for children in care and care leavers, and have a good oversight, governance, and administration of large budgets
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