Closing date: 1st May 2024
Interview date: 23rd May 2024
£77,866 - £82,225 per annum. Incremental progression is dependent on performance.
About the Role
Are you passionate about delivering excellent services to Children and Young People and want to be part of an organisation that is committed to making improvements to the way it supports children and families?
This is an incredibly exciting time to be joining Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council as we embark on a journey of improvement, innovation and positive change. We are committed to being ambitious in the way that we will work with children, young people, their families and carers in a restorative way. We are focusing on protecting children and young people and keeping them safe, whilst developing our early help services to ensure that we provide children and families with the support they need at the right time.
We are transforming our service delivery, and we have committed a considerable investment in expanding our permanent and skilled workforce.
You will have a proven track record within front door children’s services including Early Help, and Youth Justice, Exploitation/ Missing and Family Hubs. We are looking for an individual who can provide inspirational, inclusive and engaging leadership in the strategic and operational delivery of our Early Help offer and partnership working as well as ensuring implementation of practice standards across all service areas.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including up to 30 days annual leave, flexible working, high street discount offers, up to £6k relocation allowance, and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme.
For effective and collaborative partnership working and developing a robust Early Help offer in the community, being office based is vital to embed positive relationships from the outset. This is complimented by our hybrid working model for all of our workforce, to ensure that everyone works in line with service needs, whilst still delivering the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
About you
You will be a dynamic, forward thinking strategic senior manager, with a key understanding and extensive experience in leading the fast pace working environment of Early Help, Initial Response and Youth Justice/ Exploitation/ Missing statutory services. You will have experience in the development and delivery of Early Help services. You will be confident and able to demonstrate your leadership and management skills, whilst driving forward good social work practice delivery, as well as implement continued improvements and positive changes.
You will need to be a strong inclusive leader, who is able to influence, build and maintain strong internal and external relationships to ensure consistency, effective communication and working together.
You’ll be incredibly passionate about the challenges and ambitious in consistently safeguarding children, young people in Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Join us on our journey for change as we strive to improve the lives of our local children, young people and families.