Head of service

Head of Service – Care Leavers and USAC Team £500 per day Birmingham Children’s Trust are looking for a Specialised Head of Service to join their Care Leavers and USAC Team. General Duties and Responsibilities: To contribute to the delivery of performance management to ensure timely, effective and good quality outcomes for children and young people To directly manage a group of Team Managers and, through them, social work services. To supervise Team Managers. To build capacity and manage risk To ensure compliance with legal, regulatory and ethical requirements To promote equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion in the service area. To build and support a culture of good practice To build and manage a culture of effective professional challenge To develop processes and practice which ensures consultation and engagement with children, young people and their carer's in service planning and delivery To develop and manage business processes and related relationships such as procurement To contribute to and manage HR processes and procedures alongside HR colleagues To effectively manage resources; meeting  demand; developing individuals, monitoring and challenging performance as necessary To use all recording systems as procedures requires To be responsible for leading specific service areas that are changeable depending upon business need. To offer coaching and mentoring across the service as required Why work with We do Social Work? New ‘ Faster Pay’ service getting you paid more quickly. Twice weekly payroll Free DBS and compliance service Your own dedicated friendly consultant with extensive social work knowledge Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK Refer a friend! “ Refer a Friend” bonus – get £250 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place* “ Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us* We Do Social Work is an equal opportunities employer and is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes* Please contact Katie at (url removed) or call (phone number removed) for more information