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Operations Manager – Children’s Social Care Services
Band H1 - £64,599 up to £71,807 per annum. This post carries 1 atypical payment for the requirement to work an out of hours duty rota.
Permanent Full-Time, Monday to Friday with Flexible Working
About the Roles
We have recently reviewed our leadership structures to reflect the Families First Partnership Reform Programme and have two Operations Manager roles available to support the delivery of our services to Children.
Operations Manager - Fostering
Operations Manager – Children & Young People We Care For
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.
You will ensure the Team Managers 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 5 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.
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About Us
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.
As 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.
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You will also be committed to delivering a high quality transparent service and ensuring the wellbeing of children, young people, and their families.
Contact Us
If you have a specific question regarding these opportunities, please contact:
- Selina Rawicz, Head of Service Corporate Parenting, selina.rawicz@solihull.gov.uk
- Rachael Ward, Assistant Director, Rachael.ward@solihull.gov.uk
To apply, please click the link.
Your application should be in your own words and reflect your own personal experiences.
Important Information
- Closing Date: 27 September 2026
- Interview Date: 8/9 October 2026
- Flexible working Monday to Friday – you will be required to participate in an out of hours on call rota.
- This post will require a DBS check.
Please note: As part of our compliance and safer recruitment requirements, references will be sought for all successful candidates following interview. A reference must be provided by the candidate’s current or most recent employer or training provider. Where this does not cover the last three years, an additional reference will be required from the candidate’s next most recent employer or training provider. Posts subject to statutory regulation may require additional scrutiny. Personal/character references will only be accepted in exceptional circumstances.
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.
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