Tyss Service Manager

Peterborough City Council are looking for a Service Manager to join us to take responsibility for our Young Peoples Safeguarding and Exploitation Teams.
The Service are closed aligned with Youth Justice Service and you will be responsible for ensuring a multi-agency response and alignment with youth justice officers, exploitation workers, social workers, police officers, health workers, psychologists, education workers, substance misuse workers, and many other professionals.
The service work in a trauma informed way, having regular reflective practice sessions to support you and your service, to allow time to step back and consider approaches and interventions. You will be responsible for the support system that ensure practitioners are able to deliver effective interventions that make a difference for young people and their families, in all aspects of their lives.
You will lead on implementing our Contextual Safeguarding response with our multi-agency partners and wider children’s services. Now is a great time to join us to be part of this service.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Anna Jack, Head of Targeted Youth Support Service on anna.jack@peterborough.gov.uk
About you
We're looking for a confident and dynamic individual who enjoys making a difference in their local community, are curious and spot things that others might not see, enjoys building relationships and improving outcomes for vulnerable young people.
You must:

• Have a degree level Social Work qualification and hold a Social Work England registration
• Have the ability to work from a variety of locations and travel independently

For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description & Person Specification.
Our benefits
We value our workforce in Peterborough City Council and have developed a number of benefits

• Flexible working
• Flexible Bank Holidays
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• A comprehensive Employee Assistance programme
• Car Lease Scheme
• An Equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Vivup Employee Benefit Scheme

Now is a great time to come and join us to deliver the best possible service to children, young people and families.
Provisional Interview Date - 22nd April 2024
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Peterborough and want our workforce to reflect this diversity, which we believe is beneficial for our employees, the organisation and the communities we serve.
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.