The total compensation package for this position is up to £79,975 per annum
Service Manager – Family Assessment – Children – Croydon
Salary: CSRA £71,643 - £78,475Retention payment: £1,500
36 per week / Monday – Friday
Hybrid (3 days in the office)
Permanent
Job Purpose
The focus of this role is to lead and implement the development of Family Assessment Service. We are seeking a qualified and experienced Service Manager to join us and support our extremely talented team of Team Managers to driving the service forward. You will lead and manage performance of the service and foster a culture of continuous learning and reflection of practice that inspires staff to give their best in their roles. As a suitably qualified and registered Social Worker, Service Manager is accountable for ensuring their service complies with legislation, practice standards and associated regulations in service delivery. Service Manager has a key role with their Heads of Service to ensure their service is inspection ready and drive change following inspections. The post holder will be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of their services, while living and promoting the corporate values through their day-to-day work.
Essential Requirements
Registered with Social Work England.
Evidence of continuous professional development relevant to the role profile.
A clear commitment to services working in partnership with families and creating positive change in children’s lives.
Demonstrable experience of leading and managing children’s social care services that are relevant to this particular service area and role and that deliver high quality performance and good outcomes for children.
Able to lead, think, plan and manage strategically and systemically, as well as operationally.
Able to manage, plan and control delegated budgets.
Experience of successfully transforming poorly performing social care services into high performing services.
Experience of developing a highly motivated, high achieving and stable work force with a positive, “can-do”, customer-centred culture.
Able to work outside of normal office hours when required and to be part of the senior manager out-of-hours rota.
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) to lead and motivate others.
Home to 94,000 children, Croydon is a truly unique place to practice social work. We are a borough with big ambition, grit, and determination. Children's social care was judged ‘good’ in our last Ofsted inspection.
Our systemic practice framework places emphasis on relationships as key to supporting change for families. We make sense of the world through relationships, focusing on the whole family system and thinking about our own part in that too – what we bring, our own family stories and beliefs, how we use ourselves in the work that we do. Our practice model is all about collaboration - with our families, networks and partners; being open to challenge and ensuring our practitioners are highly trained in a variety of intervention approaches. Our established clinical service will support you to grow your own systemic practice within the service, providing accredited training, co-working and direct work with families.
Benefits of working with Croydon:
You will be valued for your skills and expertise, supported by the team of experienced professionals, as well as the management at Croydon Council, one of the largest employers in the borough. We also offer:
Highly competitive compensation package
Accredited Systemic Practice training
A range of CPD opportunities
29-31 days (grade equivalent) annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays and option to purchase more
A pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 20%
Continuing Professional Development – genuine opportunities to grow, develop and specialise in your career
Management development programmes
Investment into your wellbeing
Access to Employee Discount scheme with a range of programmes (Cycle Benefit Scheme, GymFlex, Retail Discounts and more)
We promote flexible & hybrid working arrangements where possible to support a healthy work-life balance
What makes Croydon special is our people – both within the council and throughout the borough.
Choosing to practice social work in Croydon will give you opportunity to develop, grow, thrive, and strive; it is not just a job but a career. Here are some of the reasons our colleagues like working at Croydon:
Our team consists of experienced, dedicated practitionersWe meet regularly to make sure everyone we work with has the support and knowledge needed to make a difference and be the difference to our families, communities and colleaguesAt Croydon relationships matter and we are about strong partnerships and working together to make lasting positive changeWe are an established team who can help you settle in and offer their expertiseYou will have the support of an extremely knowledgeable understanding managerYou will have access to a busy, buzzy, committed workforce and work environment Opportunities to work from home and work flexibly provides you with more work-life balanceOpportunities to think together with your manager about career developmentSupport to help you grow, develop, learn and lead
For an informal chat about working in Croydon, contact Agata Stolowska at agata.stolowska@croydon.gov.uk