Independent Chair - London, United Kingdom - Hackney Borough Council

Hackney Borough Council

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Hackney's Children and Families Service is looking for an Independent Chair to undertake a busy role within the Safeguarding and Reviewing Service.

This role provides an opportunity to further shape the quality assurance and practice across child protection and looked after children's services.

We are looking for a dynamic, innovative, committed and passionate worker, who will bring a comprehensive knowledge and skill-base to the challenge of working with vulnerable children and families, and who will have sound knowledge of services from the front door, through to long term work, and looked after children and care leavers.

Our Service seeks to actively contribute to organisational learning through recognising, promoting and supporting best practice and service development, retaining a clear focus upon positive good outcomes and stability for children and families across the borough.

Hackney is proud of its organisational learning culture and strives to find innovative ways of engaging and facilitating change with children and their families.

We have excellent local services and a thriving cultural sector, making this one of London's most popular areas to live, work and visit.

Our challenge is to ensure Hackney's economic growth leaves no-one behind and that we harness opportunities to transform the lives of local people

An enhanced DBS check is required for this role.

The recruitment process is anonymous. Therefore, we do not accept supporting statements or CVs.

Interview Date: 23 and 26 June 2023

We are passionate about equal opportunities and welcome applicants with a broad diversity of talent and those who are interested in flexible working arrangements.

We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included and involved.

In order to achieve this, we look for people who are:
Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Inclusive.

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