Service Leader – SEND/Education
| Posting date: | 13 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £27.73 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | per hour PAYE |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 2AL |
| Company: | Triumph Consultants Ltd |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | Portsmouth 5247538 |
Summary
What's involved with this role:
Interim Service Leader – SEND/Education
Job Ref: Portsmouth 5247538
Pay Rate: £27.73 per hour PAYE
Hours per week: 37 Monday to Friday, normal working hours
Role Length: This opening assignment is for 6 months
City: Portsmouth, Hampshire
Enhanced DBS disclosure required for this role
The Service Leader will ensure all statutory requirements are met in the delivery of social work services to children and that these are delivered to a high standard.
This is an additional service manager role for the SEND team to support with a short term piece of work to ensure EHCP completion within statutory timescales.
Key Responsibilities:
Will supervise Team Leaders and assist with complex decision making processes about social work intervention.
Work with a range of partner agencies including Health, Education, Police, Housing and Community/ Voluntary Services to co-ordinate, plan, commission and deliver services to vulnerable children and young people in Portsmouth. This is necessary to meet the statutory requirements as defined in the Children Act 1989 and Children.
Work with PCC departments in relation to Staffing, Training, Service Development, Budget Management and IT issues.
Promote timely and accurate assessments that lead to cost effective plans of intervention that are implemented to effect (increased safety and well-being for vulnerable children and young people in Portsmouth).
Oversee all areas of performance, staff development, supervision, appraisal, implementation of departmental policies and promoting staff well-being.
Work creatively and flexibly within the resources available. Statutory guidance and local policies and procedures assist decision making, but the role requires a high level of experience and judgement to ensure standards and best practice are applied. The Service Leader is required to have a good research knowledge and ability to ensure the safe delivery of services by a capable and competent workforce.
Overall responsibility for casework, performance/budget management and staff development in their service.
Support Team Leaders with decision making in crisis situations. The Service Leader is required to work with a high level of autonomy.
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Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Qualifications:
Social Work Diploma/Degree/MSc (or equivalent) and be Social Work England registered.
Skills & Experience:
Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
Be a confident and competent leader, manager and supervisor and be able to model the values and behaviours that are consistent with delivering our vision.
Be a collaborative leader to help develop multi-agency practice so that all stakeholders understanding the need to modify practice approaches and transform the service.
Ability to use statutory procedures and local standards/processes to inform good practice and service delivery.
Demonstrable experience of performance management and a proven ability to deliver results in respect of improving services and assuring the quality of practice.
Ability to enable and promote learning and development, through providing advice, guidance and support, by facilitating action learning sets, restorative meetings, reflective practice sessions, supervision and/or training etc.
Able to demonstrate an appropriate use of authority and to be able to support, challenge and scrutinise professional practice to improve outcome for families.
Able to take responsibility for self-directed learning and evidence effective professional growth and development by being evidence and research informed and knowing what works and what good looks like.
Able to contribute to staff development through coaching and mentoring.
Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
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Job Ref: Portsmouth 5247538
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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