Operational Lead - Quality Outcomes (Child Protection)

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Our Conference and Reviewing service play an important role in Wiltshire’s journey to excellence. We are an innovative and agile workforce who focus on our children and residents, quality assuring services and driving up performance, and we want you to join us!

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We pride ourselves on our innovation and are always looking at ways to better our service to our communities.

We are looking at introducing a more restorative approach to child protection conferences to make these more family friendly, so families are encouraged to take ownership of their plans to achieve positive change as well as developing this into practice by providing high support, high challenge so that families receive the best possible service.

About The Role

You will provide leadership and management to our dedicated team of Child Protection Chairs and ensure the timeliness and effectiveness of multiagency child protection conferences across the county

Manage the day-to-day delivery of the CP Chair team’s core functions, working closely with operational managers at all levels in the organisation to ensure that the Local Authority fulfils its responsibilities for safeguarding children in need of protection.

Support the CP Chairs in their quality assurance work to ensure robust multi-agency working and child protection planning for children at risk is in place.

Provide expert advice and guidance to front line staff on the complex issues of safeguarding and support effective challenge.

Lead initiatives to design and deliver on both new ways of working and on identified project work within the service and across the multi-agency safeguarding network.

Our Offer to you

Working patterns to fit for your life and commitments, including flexible hybrid working options from across Wiltshire including working from home

25 days holiday plus bank holidays, rising to 30 after 5 years’ service, as well as the option to purchase an additional 20 days.

The opportunity to work for a forward-thinking council with a strong focus on staff engagement.

A laptop is provided so you can work flexibly from any location enabling you to be more effective and flexible in your practice.

Established and supportive teams who will provide monthly 1:1’s and management feedback in a culture of learning and development.

We offer an attractive rewards package with an excellent range of discounted products and services with national and local retailers via our Wiltshire Rewards scheme

Excellent training and development opportunities – with a variety of progression opportunities including CMI accredited leadership programs and career paths into management

Employee wellbeing services and family friendly policies to support work life balance

Discounted leisure membership

About You

You will bring with you excellent organisational skills, the ability to multitask and meet demanding targets.

A social work qualification, proven experience of looked after children and the statutory reviewing process is essential. Whilst having an excellent understanding of the issues affecting children and young people, their families, and carers.

We are incredibly proud that are staff work to ensure we deliver an effective and high-quality service that improves outcomes for children in Wiltshire. If you are passionate about children and families and would like to work for an organisation that recognises success, develops their staff and encourages a healthy work life balance with flexible working options, then please get in touch!

Interviews will be held on: Wednesday 16 November 2022