“Barking and Dagenham CARES”
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly skilled project manager to join our Children’s Care and Support Service in our drive for excellence. In Barking and Dagenham, we are passionate about achieving the very best for the children and their families that we work with across our diverse community.
This is an exciting time to join us as we are on a journey of improvement and this role will be key to delivering that. We believe our staff are our best asset and therefore we are determined to support our social workers from the very beginning of their time with us.
To achieve this, we are setting up a Social care Academy (the LBBD CARES Academy) that aims to embed best practice across our Children’s Services, through setting out a clear practice model, with a comprehensive training package for staff and a clear and transparent career pathway for social work progression. We want to ensure that Barking and Dagenham is the place of preference for social workers to join and to stay with us as they develop their career.
As a Project Manager your role will be key in enabling us to achieve that vision, leading the establishment and governance of the CARES Academy, which we are aiming to launch by April 2024. This critical role involves setting up the governance structure, managing the Academy board, and collaborating with key stakeholders to ensure the academy's successful design and delivery. The role also requires supporting a graduate in the development of the project plan and implementation of the Academy post launch alongside supporting with their project management skills and knowledge.
This is a fixed-term, 9 month role, during which time you will establish the academy, embed the academy and put us on the path to excellence.
We are putting the heart back into social work, supported by our relational practice model where we ensure the child’s lived experience takes centre stage.
Ours is a culture of high support, high expectations and fair challenge. We need committed individuals to support us in the delivery of these aims and to become part of our team to make a difference to our children and families.
In return we offer a competitive pay package, £2.5k Recruitment and £2.5k Retention Allowance, generous pension and relocation package, annual leave up to 31 days, excellent opportunities for career progression, whether you want to broaden your experience as a social worker or step into management, investment in your learning and development as well as a commitment to your wellbeing. We are currently reviewing our pay and benefits offer. The details in this advert reflect the offer that is in place at the time of this recruitment campaign.