Head of Service - Safeguarding & Quality Assurance (12 months Fixed Term)
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Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024.
We are an Accredited employer under the Liverpool City Region Fair Employment Charter, demonstrating that we are committed to the principle of fair employment and we are dedicated to providing a healthy, fair, inclusive and just workplace.
Our local authority is in a strong financial position, with a balanced budget that ensures stability and growth. This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a Senior Leadership Team committed to making a positive impact in our community.
The Role
Knowsley Council are seeking an experienced Head of Service (Safeguarding and Quality Assurance) to join our Children’s Services team for a fixed term 12-month period.
As Head of Service (Safeguarding and Quality Assurance) you will have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of children and young people who access support from our service and their families. With overall responsibility for the strategic leadership and direction of Safeguarding, Quality and Practice across all service areas within children’s social care, you will play a critical role in driving forward service improvement and innovation, helping to ensure high-quality outcomes are achieved for our children and young people from birth to 25 years.
Working as part of a supportive and collaborative senior management team within Children’s Services, you will also support the Chief Executive and Executive Management Team in the achievement of the Council’s priorities, helping to ensure that the Council meets its legal, statutory, and political obligations whilst effectively managing risk.
Our Vision
Following our recent Ofsted inspection, our Children’s Social Care Services (CSC) department are on an improvement journey - one we would love you to join us on.
We have high aspirations for our children and young people and are determined to work together to make the necessary improvements and get to ‘good’ whilst always aiming higher. This is an exciting time to join our service - improving CSC is one of the Council’s main priorities; there’s significant investment in the service, expertise on-hand and as a senior leader within the service opportunities for you to make a real difference; helping to shape the future delivery of CSC for the benefit of our children and young people.
If you choose to join us, you will be coming to an inclusive, supportive, and friendly team. Reporting directly to the Interim Executive Director – Children’s Services you will be joining an engaging and ambitious management team, who will ensure that you work in an environment where you feel recognised, valued, and listened to. As a service we offer flexible working, and a vast array of employee benefits details of which can be found on our website. We welcome you to come and join us on this exciting journey– in return we promise to support, develop, and help you achieve your goals.
The Person
As our Head of Service (Safeguarding and Quality Assurance) you will be an enthusiastic leader, with strong evidence of experience as a senior manager in Children’s Social Care, advanced theoretical and practical knowledge across the relevant legislative and statutory frameworks that underpin social work practice as well as substantial experience of successfully implementing strategies to improve services.
If you enjoy working with passionate staff who truly care about what they do, a senior leadership team who work together to achieve a shared vision and a corporate team who wrap their support around Children’s Services to achieve positive outcomes - you may be the perfect candidate for this role
Further Information
At Knowsley Council we will consider requests for flexible working. For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, hybrid working, compressed hours, part-time.
We welcome applications from residents and beyond, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce.
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We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants.
At Knowsley we value our applicants and want them to feel well-informed and welcomed. If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work at Knowsley, please contact: Hilary Brooks – Interim Executive Director – Children’s Services hilary.brooks@knowsley.gov.uk
If you are interested in this vacancy, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification.
Please note if a CV and supporting statement does not reflect the person specification it is unlikely to be shortlisted
Salary range
- £87,117 - £93,978 per year