Plymouth City Council
Service Manager - Quality Assurance & Safeguarding
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Service Manager for Quality Assurance IRO Service – Children, Young People & Families
Plymouth City Council
We are looking for an experienced and ambitious Service Manager to help drive high quality practice and improved outcomes for children looked after. This is a key leadership role ensuring permanence for children and bringing in the Families First Partnership (FFP) reforms to ensure Kinship arrangements fully explored and support with the development of Kinship zones as set out in the FFP guidance.
You’ll provide strong, visible leadership to a team of Independent Reviewing officers and QA Fostering officers, oversee complex decision making to support Multi Agency Child Protection Team (MACPT) when required, and ensure services are safe, effective and delivered within budget. A significant part of this role is holding accountability for the quality assurance of all work within the service area and supporting the broader QA of practice across children’s services, including leading audits, observing practice, and championing a culture of reflection and high standards. As the role profile states, you will be “actively undertaking a range of quality assurance activities”
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Working collaboratively with partners, you’ll help shape service development, respond to emerging issues, and ensure the voices of children and families inform continuous improvement.
If you’re a qualified social work manager with proven leadership experience and a passion for improving the outcomes of children in our care, we’d love to hear from you.
The Disclosure & Barring Service Check requirement for this post is: Children’s Barred List & Adult’s Barred List
We are a flexible employer and provide a variety of working arrangements tailored to the needs of each role.
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Plymouth City Council is an equal opportunities employer. All applicants will be considered for employment regardless of age, care experience, disability, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion/belief, sex or sexual orientation.
As part of our commitment to promoting equality we offer guaranteed interviews to those who meet the essential criteria and are considered disabled, care experienced or are an Armed Forces Service Leaver within the last two years.
Please note, this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship and we can only consider applicants with existing right to work in the UK
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact Shaun Hanks, Head of Service - shaun.hanks@plymouth.gov.uk
Closing date: Sunday 16 August
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