About Us
We are a passionate and dedicated team supporting care leavers and unaccompanied young people. We strive to achieve the best outcomes for our care leavers and support them into independence and young adulthood. We are proud to have achieved a 'Good' rating this year with our Ofsted inspection and have had positive feedback from the LGA review. This is a great opportunity to join a creative and proactive team.
About the Role
Responsibility for managing a team, ensuring that young people receive first class pathway plans and timely support to meet their needs and identify/manage risks.
Lead on areas of the service development plan and represent the team with partners and at various levels.
The successful candidate will be responsible for recruitment, retention, staff development and H&S.
About you
This is an opportunity for a proactive and passionate leader to join our team and develop our service.
You will be a competent and dedicated manager who has insight and experience of the needs of care leavers.
Rewards and benefits
It really is true that every single job role here contributes to bettering the lives of the people in our county - we want to do this for our employees too. We are proud of our strong flexible working culture, including the opportunity for flexibility on working hours and the use of technology tosupportagile working.We offer some of the best learning and development opportunities tosupportyour ongoing development.
- We have a generous holiday allowance which rises as you remain in employment with us up to 33 days.
- Option to buy additional holiday.
- Access to a Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions of up to 19.9% of your salary.
- A range of local and national retail discounts
- A host of enhanced family friendly policies including carers leave and paid time off for volunteering.
Ourcommitmentto Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
At Oxfordshire County Council we are proud of our diverse workforce.Everyone is accepted for who they are, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, or on maternity or family leave. We have a number of staff network groups which provide peersupport, education, and safe spaces for all.
Ourcommitmentto Guaranteed Interview Schemes
As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job. We also guarantee interviews to care leavers who have completed further education and who meet the essential criteria for the job. For those leaving care without any further education, we guarantee an interview for our apprenticeships.
We are alsocommittedto helping andsupportingthose transitioning from HM ArmedForcesto civilian life and guarantee an interview for those demonstrating the essential criteria for the role, within three years of leaving the service.
Ourcommitmentto Safeguarding.
Oxfordshire County Council arecommittedto safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults. We expect all employees, workers, and volunteers tosharethiscommitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect these commitments.
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Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to
Disability Confident.
