Head of Corporate Parenting - York, United Kingdom - City of York Council

City of York Council

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York, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Do you have a strong background in working with children in care and care experienced young people?

We are looking for a Head of Service to lead our Corporate Parenting Service in the City of York.

As Head of Service you will be responsible for providing strategic leadership, direction and oversight of our Corporate Parenting services, ensuring that we are delivering high-quality care and support to children, young people and their families.

There is not a better time to join us as we embark upon embedding our 'Brighter Futures' Practice Model, which includes service wide implementation of Signs of Safety and Family Seeing, changing the way in which we think and work with families throughout our involvement.

If you are passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people and looking for an exciting new challenge, we would love to hear from you

The role:

You will provide dynamic and innovative leadership across Children in Care, Care Experienced Young People and Adoption services in the City of York.

This will include visionary working with strategic leaders to keep our children in the City.

You will be responsible for strategic leadership across the service ensuring robust assessment and support services to all our children, progressing plans at pace and keep children and young people at the centre of everything we do.

You will lead and drive the Corporate Parenting Strategy along with the development and implementation of policies and procedures to support services in line with national and local requirements.

About you:

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is committed to driving forward the service and being part of a committed and supportive senior leadership team who are working to develop the absolute best services for children and their families.

You should be enthusiastic about improving services for children in care and care leavers with a demonstrable track record of leading and managing teams, be able to provide support and motivation to staff and teams to drive forward change and improvement.

You will have in-depth knowledge of legislation and policy relating to children in care and care leavers along with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with a range of stakeholders.

Our offer to you:
You can look forward to a generous pay and reward package including:

Relocation expenses
Local government pension scheme with generous employer contribution
Up to 30 days annual leave entitlement
Family friendly policies
Assistance with travel to work expenses including discounted Park & Ride annual travel pass and 0% loans for train travel.
Comprehensive staff benefits package
Health & Wellbeing initiatives

We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development.

In addition, we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards, and savings.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for this role.

Each role at CYC is different and your working arrangements will be determined based on the requirements of the role and in collaboration with you and your needs as part of the recruitment process.

Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team.

Closing date:
Sunday 2 July 2023 at midnight

Interviews date:

TBC