Professional Advisor - Lambeth Safeguarding Children's Partnership (LSCP)

Professional Advisor - Lambeth Safeguarding Children's Partnership (LSCP)

PO8: £63,582 rising in annual increments to £68,136 pa LW

Hybrid Working / Permanent / Full time

Lambeth – a borough with social and climate justice at its heart. By harnessing the power and pride of our people and partnerships, we will proactively tackle inequalities so that children and young people can have the best start in life and so everyone can feel safe and thrive in a place of opportunity” Lambeth Borough Plan 2023.

In Lambeth we put children and their families at the heart of practice, and practice at the heart of all that we do. Our new Borough Plan has social justice at the centre and a clear vision for improving outcomes for our children and families.

Would you like the opportunity to play a central role in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children in Lambeth?

Do you want to use your leadership and organisational skills to deliver the business management of the Lambeth Safeguarding Children Partnership?

If yes, we have the perfect role for you!

We are looking for a Professional Advisor to manage our Lambeth’s Safeguarding Partnership Business Unit and play a key role in the delivery of its statutory function in scrutinising the role of the partnership in promoting the safety of children in Lambeth. You’ll oversee and manage the operational delivery of the LSCP, its Executive and its subgroups. In doing so you will sup-port the Safeguarding Partners and Relevant Agencies in their safeguarding duties in acting as a strategic leadership group and implementing local and national learning as defined in Working Together 2023.

You will lead on new developments for the LSCP and work effectively with newly appointed Lambeth Independent Safeguarding Children and Young People’s Commissioner of the LSCP to monitor and review the progress of the Partnership and its impact upon outcomes for children. This role sits within Children’s Social Care Quality Assurance Service, and you will directly manage a Training Manager, Senior Project Officer and report to the Direc-tor/Acting Director of Quality Assurance. You will be responsible for overseeing a budget. 
You will have the experience and skills to work alongside our multi-agency partnership to drive our strategic vision forward whilst being relational, innovative and creative in your approach.

You must also have;

• Budget management experience
• Excellent organisation skills
• Project management skills
• The ability to engage and communicate with children, families, practitioners, strategic leaders, elected        members and members of the public.
• Ability to gather and analyse data that drives improvement.
• Proven report writing ability.

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.

If you have any queries in relation to this vacancy, please contact bmcinerney@lambeth.gov.uk

Successful candidates will be asked to apply for an Enhanced 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

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Job Description and Specification

Closing Date: Sunday 10th March at midnight

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