Service Manager - Cheshire Children's Rights

Posted 8 hours 17 minutes ago by The Children's Society

Permanent
Not Specified
Other
Not Specified, United Kingdom
Job Description
Service Manager Cheshire Children's Rights

Permanent with Funding until 31/03/2025

30 hours per week

£34,837.08 per annum / £28,246.28 pro rata (plus allowances)

Benefits - 28 days holiday per year (plus Bank holidays), Family-friendly policies, Cycle to work scheme, Pension- employee contributions of up to 8%, Death in service benefit, Discounted health scheme, Free confidential counselling service.

Location: Wythenshawe

The Children's Society has been helping children and young people in this country for over 140 years. We run local services that support children when they are at their most vulnerable and in desperate need of help. We're there for children, every step of the way.

This role sits within our Youth Impact Domain, which works to provide immediate one-to-one and group support for children who urgently need support. Your role will be to help us maintain and develop innovative practice to support our work in our services around the country.

We are currently looking for an individual with significant experience of working within Advocacy and Independent Visitor service to lead our dynamic, ambitious team.

A key part of this role will be your ability to:

-To provide service leadership and management for the Cheshire Children's Right service as set out in contracts and service specifications, ensuring the delivery of high quality and a safe service.

-To supervise, empower and manage the performance of staff to deliver the best they can for young people referred to the Cheshire Children's Rights service

-To oversee budgets for the Cheshire Children's Rights service and complete financial and operational monitoring reports

-To maintain and develop effective working relationships with partner agencies in Cheshire to support the protection of young people from harm

-To work with partners, both operational and strategic, adopting a multi-disciplinary approach in response to children who require advocacy and an IV

In order to be successful in this role, you must have:

-Working knowledge and understanding of legislation as it relates to Children's Rights, Children in Care, Care Leavers, Child in Need, and Complaint processes.

-Substantial experience of undertaking assessments of need and risk and planning interventions.

-Significant experience of multi-agency working.

-Experience of managing and supervising staff, students and volunteers. Including supervision and management processes.

INFO ABOUT THE CHILDREN'S SOCIETY

The Children's Society runs over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need our support, and we campaign to get laws and policies changed to make children's lives happier and safer.

Every day we're changing the lives of children in this country for the better - and with your help, tomorrow we can be there for even more.

The Children's Society is committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people that we work with. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practices across our services.

Therefore, candidates applying for work in our Youth Impact Domain will be required to complete an "Employment history_template" document prior to interview. The fully completed document should be loaded by the candidate at the point of uploading your CV.

The closing date for applications is end of day on the 21st October 2024. If after 14 days we have received enough applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy from 7th October.

Interviews TBC.