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Can you rise to the challenge? Cambridgeshire County Council is embarking on a new phase of Service delivery and this brings some exciting opportunities to work with us. We focus solely on the children and families of Cambridgeshire, and we have bold ambitions to achieve excellent standards. If you have the passion for putting children at the heart of everything you do and the ambition to help shape our future, we would love to hear from you.
The Head of Service role is the operational lead for Cambridgeshire County Council’s Integrated Front Door Service and the Assessment Team and will focus on delivering improved outcomes as well as value for money.
The Head of Service role will be expected to have a presence in the following assessment buildings; Awdry House - Wisbech, Noble House in Ely, Fawcett House in Trumpington, and Buttsgrove in Huntingdon.
For more information, please see the attached Job Description or for an informal discussion please contact Service Director for Children’s Social Care & Targeted Support Raul Butron on raul.butron@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
This role will be required to work from a Police building and therefore this post will be subject to the outcome of a Police vetting check.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
What will you be doing?
Joining us, you will become part of a fresh and energetic team with an ambitious commitment to the children and families we support. We know we need to improve and are confident we can deliver the changes but we can’t do it without you.
Adopting a highly collaborative approach you will ensure that internal and external resources work together to identify and deliver a range of Services that meet the needs of the community and the children and young people in care, who are at the centre of everything we do.
By joining us you will be supported personally and professionally to deliver in this key role. Enabling you to provide leadership to children’s social care delivery teams ensuring a high standard of practice, taking key operational decisions to improve the outcomes for the children and families of Cambridgeshire.
You will hold statutory duties and work across the system with partners to deliver the best outcome possible for Cambridgeshire’s children and young people.
About you
You will be a qualified social worker with current Social Work England registration and demonstrate strong leadership and management skills.
You will have comprehensive knowledge and experience of operational safeguarding children services and corporate. You must be confident to lead with compassion but be able to deliver creative and innovative solutions.
You must have a solid understanding of the issues and challenges faced by local government and the skills to establish and sustain positive relationships across the system building trust and confidence.
You will be a strategic thinker and can identify and implement strategic solutions with a proven track record of effective change management.
We want you to share our values and inspire confidence with colleagues at all levels of the organisation, forming collaborative relationships across the partnership.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme.
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
