Service Lead (Systemic and Workforce) - Children’s Services£66,318 - £80,874 per annum PermanentFull Time (36 Hours)Wandsworth Ofsted Rating: ‘Good’
Can you inspire, encourage, and develop excellent systemic social work practices to make a real difference in the lives of children and young people?
Are you someone who is practice focused and passionate about delivering the best outcomes for children and families?
Would you like to spend every day at work knowing that you have made a positive difference in helping keep families together in Wandsworth?
If yes, we have the perfect role for you!
We are looking to recruit an inspirational, courageous, and passionate Service Lead (Systemic and Workforce) to join our amazing Children’s Services and help play a central role in achieving positive outcomes for children in Wandsworth!
Hear from Nana Bonsu, our Head of Adolescent and Clinical Services on why this role is for you.
Our goals and visions
Keeping families together where it is safe to do so. We work with family’s strengths to help them meet the challenges they face alongside supporting our practitioners to do transformational work needed to reduce or prevent the need for children to be taken into care and ensure where children do enter care, their permanency planning is timely and effective and that where safe to do so children are supported to return home.
About the team
You will be joining a friendly and engaging leadership team that is committed to keeping families together by working closely with colleagues and partners in respectful and appreciative ways to help find families strengths to deliver the best possible outcomes for children in the borough.
About the role
Bringing expertise in the field of systemic practices, you will be responsible for developing, promoting, and communicating the practice approach into all aspects of service delivery within children’s social care. You will be responsible for:
To be shortlisted to interview for this position, please refer to the job profile and provide your CV and personal statement (no longer than two sides of A4).
Contact details
If you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please contact Rasheed Pendry by email Rasheed.Pendry@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk
Closing Date: 11:59pm on Friday 24th May 2024Shortlisting Date: Tuesday 28th May 2024Interview Date: Wednesday 12th June 2024A presentation will be part of the interview process.
Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.
We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.
Please refer to the job profile on the original careers site.
Our social workers are at the heart of our success, and we’re looking for Social Workers who share and are excited by our vision. Come and be part of our success.
All children and families deserve an outstanding level of practice, let’s work together to provide them with the very best.
Our shared vision and values to improve outcomes for children and families will drive practice. Our outstanding practice framework will support us collectively to do that. We want to apply solutions to complex problems in the simplest way. Having a robust practice framework will enable a shared language, understanding and value base from which we can all work creatively with children and families to achieve the best outcomes for them.
We know that to recruit passionate, dedicated social workers - where there’s simply more demand than the available resource - we must show our appreciation in more tangible ways. That's why we have put together an attractive package for all our social workers.
In return for your skills, knowledge and experience, you will receive an appropriate starting salary and a friendly, kind, positive and supportive working culture.
We also offer:
Performance related salary progression scheme
32 days annual leave to all employees plus bank holidays
Relocation package for experienced social workers moving to London
Manageable caseloads
Agile and flexible working arrangements
Professional development and CPD opportunities
Regular reflective supervision and peer group supervision
Refer a friend scheme
Welcome payments and retention bonuses for harder to recruit to areas of our services
Social Work Career Pathway Framework
If you have any questions about applying for this role, please get in touch with Simi Sabo on simi.sabo@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk