Strategic Manager (Early Help And Prevention)

The job itself

We are dedicated to providing the best possible service to all our children, young people and families in East Riding. We aim to be an inclusive, self-aware, learning organisation where good practice flourishes to support excellent outcomes.

We are on a rapid and ambitious transformation programme that is shaping and improving Early Help and Prevention across East Riding. Our method for transformation is to combine experts in project management and improvement with people who work directly in our services. To make this happen, we need two people who care about making a difference to children, young people, families and communities to take on the responsibilities of the Strategic Managers for Early Help and Prevention for six months. This is a great opportunity for people with experience of managing and supervising staff who would like to expand their leadership and management skills further.

Early Help and Prevention services are a vital part of our practice system, we are looking for experienced managers who have the vision, motivation, ideas, and practice to help us achieve the best possible outcomes for our children, young people and families. This is a fixed term role while the work is carried out to transform Early Help and Prevention in East Riding.

The roles will maintain strategic direction for our Early Help and Prevention offer which, includes 18 children’s centres, mental health and wellbeing services, family support, the supporting families programme and community outreach. If you are a passionate leader who will thrive on the opportunity to support staff to deliver high quality, consistent practice, and improved service delivery, then this could be the job for you.

We have many strengths, we are proud of our loyal and talented workforce, the great outcomes we achieve for many children, young people, and families and our excellent partnership relationships.

Our vision for the service is clear and ambitious.

We are looking for talented leaders who are passionate about practice and are focused on making sure that our services improve outcomes for vulnerable children and young people.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Direct management of a group of managers.

• Strategic planning and practice development.

• Maintaining systems for improving quality and performance.

• Complex decision making and problem solving.

• Budget responsibility and service improvement.

• Partnership working.

• Capacity building.

If you have experience as a manager and want to get experience at the next level while keeping your job security, come and be part of our team to help create the future of Early Help and Prevention in East Riding.