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Workforce Development Manager x2
| Posting date: | 20 August 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £54,135 to £57,177 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 September 2024 |
| Location: | London, London, N5 1EB |
| Company: | Islington Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 54029397 |
Summary
About The Role
Are you a proactive, dynamic individual with a burning passion for nurturing professional practice?
If so, Islington Council is seeking two Workforce Development Managers to join our Family Help and Safeguarding Service. This is your opportunity to make a real difference, working alongside our dedicated Workforce Development team to create and deliver innovative learning and development strategies that enhance skills at all levels in relationship-based practice. We have two opportunities available:
- 1x 35 hours per week full time, permanent
- 1x 14 hours per week part time, fixed term for 12 months
Please specify on your application form which you are applying for.
In this pivotal role, you will participate in developing a comprehensive workforce strategy and plan. This will involve identifying key areas of focus, setting objectives, and outlining the steps needed to achieve our goals. Your strategic input will help shape the future of our workforce, ensuring we continue to meet the needs of our community effectively.
A key part of your role will be to champion Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. You will ensure that these principles are embedded in our workforce strategy and practices, fostering an environment where all staff feel valued and respected, and where diversity is celebrated
Join us and become part of our outstanding, forward-thinking social care department. We are deeply committed to improving outcomes for, and safeguarding, Islington’s most vulnerable children and families. Our Family Support and Safeguarding Service is firmly rooted in our relationship-based practice model – Motivational Practice. Our workforce already demonstrates a high level of skill and enthusiasm for relational and trauma-informed practice approaches. In this role, you will have the opportunity to further develop knowledge and skills across the social care workforce.
As a Workforce Development Manager, you will embody a coaching and relational approach to developing practice. You will work collaboratively with staff to ensure their learning needs are met, drawing on your significant experience of working in an organisation committed to building and maintaining a learning culture.
If you are ready to take on this rewarding challenge and make a lasting impact, we would love to hear from you. Join us at Islington Council and help shape the future of our community.
Wynand McDonald, Principal Child and Family Social Worker
Wynand.McDonald@Islington.gov.uk
020 7527 4209
Working for our organisation
Islington is a place rich with diversity and culture. As a council our sense of purpose couldn’t be clearer: we serve. It’s in the logo. We are committed to challenging inequality in the borough and as one of the largest employers we know that to look after the place and the planet, we have to look after our people. Together we can change the future.
We are determined to create a more equal Islington, where everyone who lives here has an equal chance to thrive.
To do this, everyone who works at Islington Council lives by a set of values which guide us in everything that we do: collaborative, ambitious, resourceful, and empowering. They spell out ‘CARE’, which is what we think public service is all about.
Watch our video to hear more about our mission and how you can help us achieve it from the Leader of the Council, Cllr Kaya Comer-Schwartz.
Recruitment information
It is the policy of Islington Council that no user of service, present or future employee or job applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their sex, perceived or actual sexual orientation, marital status, race, religion or belief, age, creed, colour, nationality, national origin, ethnic origin, or disability, or on the grounds of their association with someone in one of these groups; nor is disadvantaged by any conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justified. We welcome applications from Black and Minority Ethnic candidates and acknowledge our responsibility to mitigate against racial discrimination.
Islington Council operates a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria and we are committed to providing support to applicants who request reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process and throughout their career with us.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff, and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The post is subject to a enhanced DBS check with children/adult barred list, qualifications check and 5 years referencing.
Please note: Priority will be given to those at risk of redundancy within Islington Council. Current employees who are part of the redeployment pool must meet the essential criteria for shortlisting to be prioritised.
Are you a proactive, dynamic individual with a burning passion for nurturing professional practice?
If so, Islington Council is seeking two Workforce Development Managers to join our Family Help and Safeguarding Service. This is your opportunity to make a real difference, working alongside our dedicated Workforce Development team to create and deliver innovative learning and development strategies that enhance skills at all levels in relationship-based practice. We have two opportunities available:
- 1x 35 hours per week full time, permanent
- 1x 14 hours per week part time, fixed term for 12 months
Please specify on your application form which you are applying for.
In this pivotal role, you will participate in developing a comprehensive workforce strategy and plan. This will involve identifying key areas of focus, setting objectives, and outlining the steps needed to achieve our goals. Your strategic input will help shape the future of our workforce, ensuring we continue to meet the needs of our community effectively.
A key part of your role will be to champion Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion. You will ensure that these principles are embedded in our workforce strategy and practices, fostering an environment where all staff feel valued and respected, and where diversity is celebrated
Join us and become part of our outstanding, forward-thinking social care department. We are deeply committed to improving outcomes for, and safeguarding, Islington’s most vulnerable children and families. Our Family Support and Safeguarding Service is firmly rooted in our relationship-based practice model – Motivational Practice. Our workforce already demonstrates a high level of skill and enthusiasm for relational and trauma-informed practice approaches. In this role, you will have the opportunity to further develop knowledge and skills across the social care workforce.
As a Workforce Development Manager, you will embody a coaching and relational approach to developing practice. You will work collaboratively with staff to ensure their learning needs are met, drawing on your significant experience of working in an organisation committed to building and maintaining a learning culture.
If you are ready to take on this rewarding challenge and make a lasting impact, we would love to hear from you. Join us at Islington Council and help shape the future of our community.
Wynand McDonald, Principal Child and Family Social Worker
Wynand.McDonald@Islington.gov.uk
020 7527 4209
Working for our organisation
Islington is a place rich with diversity and culture. As a council our sense of purpose couldn’t be clearer: we serve. It’s in the logo. We are committed to challenging inequality in the borough and as one of the largest employers we know that to look after the place and the planet, we have to look after our people. Together we can change the future.
We are determined to create a more equal Islington, where everyone who lives here has an equal chance to thrive.
To do this, everyone who works at Islington Council lives by a set of values which guide us in everything that we do: collaborative, ambitious, resourceful, and empowering. They spell out ‘CARE’, which is what we think public service is all about.
Watch our video to hear more about our mission and how you can help us achieve it from the Leader of the Council, Cllr Kaya Comer-Schwartz.
Recruitment information
It is the policy of Islington Council that no user of service, present or future employee or job applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their sex, perceived or actual sexual orientation, marital status, race, religion or belief, age, creed, colour, nationality, national origin, ethnic origin, or disability, or on the grounds of their association with someone in one of these groups; nor is disadvantaged by any conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justified. We welcome applications from Black and Minority Ethnic candidates and acknowledge our responsibility to mitigate against racial discrimination.
Islington Council operates a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria and we are committed to providing support to applicants who request reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process and throughout their career with us.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff, and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The post is subject to a enhanced DBS check with children/adult barred list, qualifications check and 5 years referencing.
Please note: Priority will be given to those at risk of redundancy within Islington Council. Current employees who are part of the redeployment pool must meet the essential criteria for shortlisting to be prioritised.
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