About the role
Cambridgeshire County Council Targeted Support Service provides support to children, young people, and their families. Each district team consists of Family Workers, Child and Family Centre workers, Young People’s Worker’s, Senior Transitions Advisors, Transitions Advisors, Client Researchers, and managers. The team provides targeted early intervention support to reduce the risk of harm and the escalation of problems, which support keeping families together and achieve positive outcomes.
The post of Targeted Support Service Manager is an exciting role, providing local leadership and coordination of targeted support provision in a specific geographical area. We are looking to recruit a full time (37 hours) Service Manager for the East Cambridgeshire district.
If you would like to discuss what the role involves, find out more information about the team, the area we cover or what we do please get in contact with Tanya Diaper on 07789988735.
Interviews will be held on 16 October 2023.
Cambridgeshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an enhanced DBS.
What will you be doing?
Within the role you will manage and lead a multidisciplinary targeted support district team through the application of Supporting Family principles, working with other managers, Social Care, schools, health and other partner agencies. This is an ideal opportunity for a professional who wants to develop their management and leadership skills within children’s services.
The Targeted Support District team consists of a number of roles; Young People Workers, Transition Advisers, Family Workers, Targeted Support Assistant Managers and the Child and Family Centre Team. You will work closely with the other Targeted Support Service managers, the District Safeguarding Managers and their teams. Additionally, you will build an effective relationship with the Early Help Hub.
About you
This is an ideal opportunity for a professional who wants to further develop their management and leadership skills within children’s services. You will receive effective induction, supervision and strong peer support.
Qualities:
- You will bring enthusiasm to the role.
- You must be committed to further developing excellent practice.
- You will be flexible.
- You will be dedicated to partnership working.
- You will be organised, able to work autonomously and as a team.
- You will be willing to continue your professional development through informal and formal training.
Skills and experience:
- You will have strong people and data management skills and be committed to improving quality and performance.
- You will be able to demonstrate impact as a result of the work of your team and the way in which outcomes for children and families have been improved.
- You will have a combination of experience in delivery and operational management of services for children and families and a relevant professional background.
- You will ensure safeguarding and delivery of high quality provision through highly effective case audit management and staff supervision.
- Ability to work creatively to achieve and
implement strategies and new initiatives and inspire others to think and behave differently.
- Do you have a relevant level 4 qualification?
- Are you able to travel across the East Cambridgeshire District?
Please include in your supporting statement how you meet the criteria for the 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 believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
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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