Job Title: Head of Integrated Adolescent Services and the Virtual School
Location: Romford, London
Salary: £67,167 – £75,696 per annum + £10k Market Supplement
Job type: Full time, Permanent
Closing Date: 23:59 on the 3rd January 2021
About them:
At The Council they are committed to achieving excellent outcomes for children, young people and families, ensuring our residents benefit from the best possible start in life. They take our responsibility as a corporate parent to children and young people in the borough incredibly seriously, investing heavily in our teams to deliver the highest level of care.
They don’t work to achieve ‘quick fixes’, they look to provide systemic care with lasting effects – achieving sustainable positive outcomes. This is done in partnership with children, young people and families, through ongoing conversations, working collaboratively to ensure outcomes work for all.
As they build on our ‘good’ inspection, and continue on an exciting improvement journey, they are looking for an experienced leader to join our Senior Leadership Team within the Integrated Adolescent Safeguarding Service.
About the role:
The Head of Integrated Adolescent Safeguarding Service and the Virtual school provides strategic leadership across the Youth Justice Service, Youth Services, and education for Looked After Children, whilst addressing serious youth violence and exploitation in Havering.
The role takes an active lead within multi-disciplinary teams in a social care environment, aimed at improving opportunities for children and young people between 10 and 18 years old, in addition to young people up to 25 with Special Education Needs & Disabilities (SEND).
The Head of Service is influential in establishing preventative measures focused on adolescent safeguarding, identifying triggers to detect young people who are vulnerable to criminal exploitation.
Committed to seeing life through the eyes of young people in Havering, Coproduction is at the heart of our work, with young people’s voices at the centre of the design and delivery of our service. Promoting positive language and attitudes toward young people, their networks and communities, our fundamental aim is to safeguard children and young people who may be at risk of harm outside of their family and home environments.
About you:
To succeed here, you need to be ready to give your absolute best to help them ensure that children, young people and families in Havering lead happy, healthy lives. You’ll bring a base of experience, knowledge and understanding to your work, allowing you to form solid working relationships with children, young people and families, to deliver tailored solutions that match the complex needs of the service.
They are looking for an experienced individual with energy and enthusiasm who can support them to deliver an outstanding service. This is a career defining role where you will be excited by the opportunity to own and shape the direction for children and young people.
However these are not the only skills they are looking for. To be shortlisted for the position you must be able to clearly evidence the following within your application
- Experience in children’s services, managing multi-disciplinary teams
- Chairing of complex multi-agency meetings
- Experience of working with children, families and professionals within a children’s services and / or youth / young adult environment
- High level knowledge of legislation and guidance relevant to contextual safeguarding and / or education of LAC
- Working knowledge and understanding of the benefits of early intervention and support
- Experience of managing budgets and resources
The ideal candidate is educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience, and demonstrates evidence of additional training or professional development, particularly in the field of children’s services or the adolescent safeguarding/youth justice environment is desirable, although not essential.
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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Mental Health Practitioner, Social Worker, Support Worker, SWE Qualified, Enabler, Social Carer, Care Management, Support Coordinator, Care Manager, Support Manager, Social Care Coordinator, Youth Social Worker, Guidance Councillor, Young Persons Advisor, Youth Worker, Youth Support, Support Assistant, Fostering Support may also be considered for this role.
