Permanent full-time, Monday to Friday with flexible working
Operations Manager - Salary Up To £64,619 Per Year
Fostering Team
Corporate Parenting Team
Team Manager - Salary Up To £58,026 Per Year
Assessment Team
Safeguarding Team
Families Together Team
Children With Disabilities Team
Children Looked After Team
Care Experienced Team
About the Roles
We have recently reviewed our leadership structures and have created a new role of Operations Manager to support the delivery of our services to Children. We have also implemented a number of new additional team manager positions across our social work teams.
As Operations Manager you will play an active role as part of the service team working in partnership with our Commissioning services to innovate our service delivery capabilities. You will support the Head of Service and other senior leaders in achieving our organisational vision and outcomes. You will directly line manage the Team Managers and teams to meet the outcomes of the service delivery plan. Developing and maintaining good working relationships with our key stakeholders including statutory partners, service providers, voluntary sector, and customers.
As Team Manager you will provide a high quality and effective social work service to meet the needs of children, young people and their families, safeguarding children in a timely manner within statutory guidelines. You will represent the service within multi-agency forums and contribute to the development of policy and practice in Childrens services across the borough. You will ensure the social work service is fully integrated within the wider Children’s services in order to promote positive outcomes for children and their families, providing effective leadership within the service.
These roles will be based in our modern offices at Chelmunds Place and the Bluebell Centre, Chelmsley Wood.
For more information about all our teams, please click here.
Our Offer to You
Competitive salary
Manageable workloads
Local government pension with 6.8% (subject to annual review/change) section contribution.
25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after five years of service. We also offer the opportunity to buy up to 10 days of additional leave per year.
Flexible working in our modern refurbished offices.
Leadership development and support
Our Children's Social Care Academy provides training and coaching for practitioners, with year-round training to progress in your career. Working in partnership with Bournemouth University, we deliver academic programs in-house to help you attain the Practice Education Award at either Honours or Masters level.
We are ambitious in Solihull and are building a stronger Solihull for our children, families, and workforce. Connecting Families is the name of Solihull Children’s Services practice framework. At its core Connecting Families demonstrates the beliefs, values and principles of restorative practice and gives us a consistent relationship-based way of practicing to improve outcomes for children, young people, and their families.
We believe that families and their connected networks are of primary importance and are the most important influence on improving outcomes for children. We believe that children and their family networks are experts in their own lives and that children and their family networks have strengths, on which they should be empowered to build and draw on through effective family decision making.
About You
You will be a Professional Social Worker, holding a Qualification, Social Work England registration and significant post qualifying experience, and you will be looking for a new challenge in a caring forward-thinking organisation.
For our Operations Manager vacancies, you will also need a management qualification or equivalent level of management experience.
You will have also experience of operational management, delivery of performance objectives and a good understanding of performance and standards, the service performance framework and professional practice and quality.
You will have experience of people management, including workforce planning and workforce development, and partnership working. Along with experience of budget management demonstrating you meet budget, savings, and income targets.
You will hold a driving licence and own your own vehicle, as this is an essential car user post due to the demands of the job. For disabled applicants, reasonable adjustments will be made where required.
You will also be committed to delivering a high quality transparent service and ensuring the wellbeing of children, young people, and their families.
About Us
We place children and young people at the heart of all we do to enable them to achieve their potential and lead fulfilling lives. This means our workforce needs to be effectively led, supported, and well trained. It’s our aim to offer high-quality supervision and guidance to all team members. This includes supporting you, as you support others in the team.
We pride ourselves on a strong culture of child-focused practice. This means transparency, cooperation, and a real commitment to the young people we will care for.
Contact Us
If you have a specific question regarding these opportunities, please contact:
Rachael Ward, Assistant Director, Rachael.ward@solihull.gov.uk
Craig Liversage Assistant Director, craig.liversage@solihull.gov.uk .
To apply, please click the link.
Your application should be in your own words and reflect your own personal experiences.
Closing Date: Wednesday 16 October 2024
Interview Date: Week commencing 28 October 2024
This post will require a DBS check.
This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.
Solihull Council is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed on merit.
Solihull Council has a responsibility for, and is committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults at risk, and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Join us on our journey for change as we strive to improve the lives of our local children, young people and families.
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