Service Manager
Wandsworth Safeguarding Children Partnership
£55,399 – £69,947 per annum
Permanent
Full Time (36 hours)
Wandsworth, London
Ofsted Rating: ‘Good’
Are you a strategic leader with relational and organisation skills and would like to have the opportunity to help support and deliver the business management of our Safeguarding Children’s Partnership?
Wandsworth Safeguarding Children Partnership (WSCP) is jointly led by the Police, Integrated Care Board and Wandsworth Council. WSCP is responsible for protecting children and young people in Wandsworth from harm, abuse, neglect and exploitation, and promoting their welfare.
As a Service Manager, your role will be to support Safeguarding Partners and Relevant Agencies in co-ordinating their safeguarding services; acting as a leader in supporting and engaging others; co-ordinating the partnership response to serious child safeguarding incidents and implementing local and national learning from Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews as defined in Working Together to Safeguarding Children 2023.
About the role
You will be responsible for ensuring that the Safeguarding Partnership meets its statutory duties and will manage the business unit directing their work for the smooth running of all partnership activities. This will include attending relevant regional and national groups to promote and develop the work of the partnership.
Day to day you will oversee and manage the strategic and operational delivery of the Children’s Safeguarding Partnership, its Executive and its subgroups. This involves working alongside the partnership executive group and chair, scrutineers and key strategic safeguarding leads and chairs of the subgroups.
Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience
If you meet the above criteria and would like the opportunity to play a central role in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children in Wandsworth, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Louise Jones, Assistant Director Practice Standards by email at Louise.Jones@RichmondandWandsworth.gov.uk
Closing Date: Sunday 9th March 2025
Shortlisting Date: Week commencing 10th March 2025
Interview Date: Week commencing 17th March 2025
We may close this vacancy early once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.
We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.
Please refer to the Job Profile on the original careers page for the full list of person specification.
Our social workers are at the heart of our success, and we’re looking for Social Workers who share and are excited by our vision. Come and be part of our success.
All children and families deserve an outstanding level of practice, let’s work together to provide them with the very best.
Our shared vision and values to improve outcomes for children and families will drive practice. Our outstanding practice framework will support us collectively to do that. We want to apply solutions to complex problems in the simplest way. Having a robust practice framework will enable a shared language, understanding and value base from which we can all work creatively with children and families to achieve the best outcomes for them.
We know that to recruit passionate, dedicated social workers - where there’s simply more demand than the available resource - we must show our appreciation in more tangible ways. That's why we have put together an attractive package for all our social workers.
In return for your skills, knowledge and experience, you will receive an appropriate starting salary and a friendly, kind, positive and supportive working culture.
We also offer:
Performance related salary progression scheme
32 days annual leave to all employees plus bank holidays
Relocation package for experienced social workers moving to London
Manageable caseloads
Agile and flexible working arrangements
Professional development and CPD opportunities
Regular reflective supervision and peer group supervision
Refer a friend scheme
Welcome payments and retention bonuses for harder to recruit to areas of our services
Social Work Career Pathway Framework
Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.
We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
If you have any questions about applying for this role, please get in touch with Simi Sabo on simi.sabo@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk