Head of Service Practice Development and Improvement MB1 (£64,690 - £73,364) 37 Hours, Full time Temporary (until 31/12/2027 in first instance) Stopford House and within other local authority offices as required.
Some hybrid working as appropriate to the needs of the service.
Application Deadline: 13th January 2025 11:59pm Shortlisting Date: 14th January 2025 Interview Date: 16th January 2025 Interview Type: Face to face Your Role We at Stockport Family Children's Services are looking for an experienced, innovative, and dynamic social work leader to strategically drive the local continuous improvement journey and to work with the Department of Education and other local authorities to support their improvement journeys.
You will also be the strategic lead for the upcoming children's social care reforms, providing expert advice and supporting the Director of Children's Services and the senior leadership team in this work.
You will be enthusiastic and highly effective in improving practice with a focus on achieving excellent outcomes for children and families.
About You You will be a strong and compassionate leader, who leads by example and with a deep understanding of what makes a difference for children and families.
You will be child-centred, collaborative, and restorative in your approach.
You will have considerable experience of strategically and operationally delivering improvement work within your own organisation and supporting other local authorities.
You will have a deep understanding of the conditions required for great practice to flourish.
You will be a confident and credible leader with skills in working across boundaries and with national and regulatory bodies and departments and senior officers and members.
About Us Stockport Family is a nationally regarded, successful integrated children's services, achieving good outcomes for the residents we serve.
We are ambitious to deliver excellent outcomes and work across boundaries and with our residents to achieve this.
At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works, and spends time in the borough.
Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North.
We are keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues.
As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
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If you would like to find out more about the role, please contact Deborah Woodcock at ****** for an informal discussion about the role.
This post is also open as secondment opportunity for Stockport Council Employees, however, you must seek the permission of your current manager prior to making an application.
The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
This post is politically restricted under the terms of the 1989 Local Government and Housing Act.
This dictates that you must seek the council's permission before taking up any additional appointments or positions.
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As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme, you will therefore be guaranteed an interview if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.
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