Children’s Social Care Head of Service – Safeguarding (Grade 5)

Job Description

Job title: Children’s Social Care Head of Service – Safeguarding (Grade 5)
Job Category: Interims
Location: The Crescent, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 4DY, Somerset Council
Hours per week: 37
Salary: £358.91 per day
Social Work England Registration, Driving Licence and DBS Required
3 days in Somerset minimum
Job description
As we move to implementing the Families First Partnership reforms in the county, we require extra capacity in the Head of Service (HoS) resource to ensure a smooth transition and continued focus on delivering services to children and families. We are committed to ensuring we deliver the very best services that we can so are looking for a social work qualified experienced senior manager to take on this important role in Somerset.

You will oversee the Family Safeguarding Teams across the county over 4 different sites with a specialism in legal tracking and chairing of the weekly legal gateway meetings. As part of the HoS group you will attend and chair other meetings where appropriate.

Direct line management of 4 Operations Managers.