Practice Lead - Signs Of Safety Implementation

Practice Lead - Signs of Safety Implementation

PO7: £58,197 rising in annual increments to £61,347 pa

Secondment / Fixed Term Contract (12 months)

Hybrid Working / Full Time

Are you ready to take your leadership in a new direction in 2024?

As part of our improvement journey Lambeth Children’s Social Care are adopting Signs of Safety as the practice framework across Early Help and Statutory social care. This approach forms part of the wider Roadmap to Excellence to ensure every child receives a good or better service and improved outcomes. 

About the role:

We are recruiting an Implementation Lead for Signs of Safety on a fixed term basis.  This role will be pivotal in leading the successful implementation and change so that quality of practice and decision making is consistently good or better.

The role is based within Lambeth’ Social Care Academy and is fixed term for 12 months in the first instance. You will be joining a dynamic, well regarded Quality Assurance service with an all-permanent leadership team with over 40 years of Lambeth service. 

About you:

An experienced practice supervisor you will also have experience in leading projects and innovation within Children’s Social Care.

Why Lambeth:-

• Fantastic, modern working environment in the award-winning Lambeth Town Hall and Civic Centre buildings
• Competitive Salaries
• Up to 35 days annual leave, dependent upon continuous service
• 5 Minutes from London Underground and excellent transport links into the centre of London
• Hybrid/Flexible working
• Cycle to Work Scheme (including City Bike Hire scheme)
• Attractive Local Government Pension Scheme

We are a Stonewall diversity champion; a Living Wage Employer and we guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria of the role. Please click here for a full list of our accreditations.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Rina Wood, Principal Social Worker via email: RWood@lambeth.gov.uk

Successful candidates will be asked to apply for a Standard Certificate from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Further information about the DBS can be found at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/agencies-public-bodies/dbs
 

You will also be required to undertake a Cifas check. Further information about Cifas can be found here Cifas

Please note we operate an anonymised application process. If you are uploading your CV or a personal statement, please remove your personal details and replace these with your unique candidate application number.

Interested, click on the apply button and complete an on-line application, explicitly evidencing in the supporting statement field how you meet the shortlist criteria marked with an ‘A’, along with uploading your CV.

Job Description and Specification

Closing Date:  Sunday 11th February 2024 at midnight

Lambeth aims for quality services and equal opportunities for all and is committed to safer recruitment.