Group Manager - Case Management and Transition
Job description
37 hours per week
A fantastic and exciting opportunity is available within Bridgend Children and Family Services to provide both senior operational management and strategic leadership for a range of Children and Family Services as a senior manager.
We are committed to the delivery of positive outcomes for children and their families by delivering supportive and effective ways of working in partnership.
We are looking to appoint a driven and inspiring individual who, as a team player will be committed to quality, innovation, transformation and partnership working to improve outcomes for care-experienced children, care leavers and children with disabilities.
You will role model adaptive leadership approaches to ensure a clear, inclusive and engaged approach across all of Children and Family Services to strengthen the involvement of service users, carers, local communities and key stakeholders. You will enable and participate in conversations to ensure planning to design and deliver services with and for children and families focus on outcomes.
You will evidence the ability to strengthen partnership working arrangements with multi-agency colleagues and provide collaborative leadership and direction to the development of high-quality support for children and families.
You will ensure the highest standards of strategic operational leadership and management. You will display a highly developed collaborative and compassionate leadership style, being values based in your approach to lead safe and effective care for the children and families in Bridgend with the ability to influence and drive positive outcomes.
If you believe you have the skills, values, knowledge and experience to provide compassionate, collaborative and dynamic leadership to Children and Family Services, then we would welcome your application. Bridgend has recently launched the Signs of safety practice model and as such you will receive full training in how to use this model of working.
The ability to greet customers through the medium of Welsh is a requirement for this post.
Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.
Criminal records check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) is a requirement for this post.
The council’s Hybrid Working Policy applies to this post. This provides a framework for establishing how you will undertake working hours between your home and the office.
Under the provisions of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 this post is designated as politically restricted.
Closing Date: 6 November 2024
Benefits to working at Bridgend County Borough Council
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