Head of Service - Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom - Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

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Job:
Head of Service - Children's Services/Pennaeth Gwasanaeth - Gwasanaethau Plant**:


Job Ref:

RE-1372**:

Salary:
£69, To: £75,913.00**:


Job Scale:

Leadership Band C**:

Job Hours:37**:


Location:

Civic Centre / Unit 5 Pentrebach**:

Speciality:

Job summary


Managing issues within Children's Services across Intake, Children with Disabilities, Early Help Hub, Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub, Child and Family, Children Looked After, Residential Placements, Looked After Children Educational Support, Care Leavers, Young Carers, Youth Offending Service, Safeguarding and Preventative work via the Supporting Change service, Merthyr Tydfil Family Centre and Community Wellbeing Services.


Liaison with partner agencies - Regional Partnership Board (member of the Children partnership Board,) Youth offender Management Board, CTM Safeguarding Board, 4cs.

Close links with health, housing partners, Police, VAMT.

Working with Internal Partners - Housing, Education, Employability, Adult Services, Human Resources, Legal, Neighbourhood Services.

Attending Scrutiny, Cabinet and Council when required to update members on children's services issues.

Ability to speak Welsh is desirable

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council is committed to protecting and safeguarding the most vulnerable people in our community. Rigorous pre-employment checks are undertaken for all appointments as part of our recruitment and selection process.


All employees are required to comply with their individual and organisational responsibilities under the Data Protection Act, the Information Security Policy and relevant supporting operational policies.

Any matters of a confidential nature must not be disclosed or passed to any unauthorised persons or third party under any circumstance either during or after employment except in the proper course of your employment or as required by law, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council or both.

Any breach of confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.

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