Head of Children in Care Services and Resources - Gateshead, United Kingdom - Gateshead Council

Gateshead Council

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Gateshead, United Kingdom

6 hours ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Here at Gateshead Council, we believe that 'The strength of Gateshead is the people of Gateshead'.

When times are tough, we come together and deliver for one another, working tirelessly for the benefit of our communities, putting people and families and young people in our care at the heart of everything that we do.

We are proud of our reputation for innovation and the delivery of high-quality services.

We embrace our diversity, culture and heritage and have a relentless focus on reducing inequalities, to make Gateshead a place for everyone to enjoy because we embrace diversity and want everyone to feel included.

If you share our vision and can demonstrate your commitment to our values, we have a number of new roles that will help us to deliver our mission to the borough's residents.

In this exciting new role, you'll provide strategic leadership, vision and direction for the Children in Care and Resources services, working closely with the Deputy Strategic Director for Children's Social Care and Early Help services to enable the delivery of the Council's Thrive Agenda, to give all children the best start in life.

As a key member of the Children and Families Social Work management team you'll build on our innovative approaches to service delivery, engaging with other service areas and partners to develop new ways of working to achieve better outcomes for the children and young people in our care and those who are care experienced.

You will help us to deliver our vision for children in our care and those who are care experienced.

We are proud of our strong relational approach to social work practice and are ambitious for our children and young people.

We want them to help us to shape the services that support and care for them and for them to be centrally involved in the decisions that affect their care and their lives.

We have ambitious plans to ensure we continue to develop sufficient loving homes close to Gateshead which you will support us to develop and deliver.

You'll be a qualified social worker, confident in social work practice and familiar with best practice initiatives in service delivery, with significant experience of working with children and young people.