About the role
Do you have a passion for working with children and young people by supporting them to overcome difficulties and trauma? We’re looking for a Head of Service to lead our Clinical Team – a unique chance for you to lead and innovate the service.
You’ll provide the lead advisor role for assessment and clinical interventions for children in care with psychological, emotional and behavioural difficulties, providing strategic direction for the further development of services for children in care or on the edge of care, with a particular emphasis on evidence-based practice.
If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and families and possess the necessary qualifications and experience, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.
For more information or to chat about this role please don't hesitate to contact Ranjit Chambers directly on either 01223 706775, 07393142464 or Ranjit.Chambers@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
We expect that interviews will be held week commencing the 8th of July at New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
What will you be doing?
You’ll lead and inspire a multidisciplinary clinical team, fostering a culture of excellence, teamwork, and continuous improvement. Overseeing day-to-day clinical operations, ensuring adherence to best practices, regulatory requirements, and quality standards.
Developing and implementing strategic plans to optimise clinical service delivery, enhance outcomes, and meet our corporate goals. Setting clear performance expectations, providing mentorship and support to staff, and driving accountability for outcomes.
Collaborating with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and external partners to drive innovation, quality improvement, and service expansion. While promoting evidence-based practice, clinical innovation, and professional development opportunities for staff to enhance clinical excellence.
About you
If you're ready to lead with purpose and drive meaningful impact, apply now for the opportunity to become the Head of Service for our Clinical Team.
You’ll have a demonstrable passion for and experience of leading in a clinical setting, with a track record of driving positive change and achieving results. With a strong understanding of healthcare operations, regulatory requirements, and quality improvement principles.
The ability to inspire and motivate teams is essential, with excellent communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills, while building strong relationships and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.
You must also have the ability to work from a variety of locations and travel countywide independently.
For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description & Person Specification.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme.
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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