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About the Role
We are seeking an ambitious and collaborative Head of Service to lead the development and delivery of our new way of working in Family Help. You will provide strategic and operational leadership to multidisciplinary teams, embedding an earlier, relationship-based and whole-family approach that delivers the right support at the right time, reduces the need for statutory intervention and improves outcomes for children and families. Working closely with partners, practitioners and communities, you will drive integrated practice, using relational and systemic practices strengthen decision-making and accountability, and ensure that children’s and families’ voices shape service design and delivery. This is an opportunity to lead significant change, build a confident and skilled workforce, and establish a high-quality, inclusive and evidence-informed Family Help offer.
Responsibilities
- Developing Family Help practice in the borough
- Building multi agency relationships
- Responsible for several multi disciplinary family help teams in a specific locality
- Supervisory responsibility for up to 6 direct reports
Requirements
- Social work Qualification
- Social Work England registered
- Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks
- Satisfactory declaration of interest
- Satisfactory DBS check
- Continued professional body registration
- Fluent English speaking ability for public-facing roles
- Must already hold a form of UK work authorization that does not require sponsorship
Skills
- Strategic leadership
- Operational leadership
- Integrated practice
- Relational practices
- Systemic practices
- Workforce development
- Evidence-informed practice
Location
- London
Work Type
- Full Time
- Permanent
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Head of Service
Education Level
- Social work Qualification
Salary/Compensations
- PO12 £81,732 - £88,506
- £3000 Retention Bonus paid in two instalments
Benefits
- Good Work Standard employer accreditation
- Flexible working arrangements considered
About the Company
- Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.
- We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities.
- Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.
- London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers.
- This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.
Equal Opportunity
- Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff.
- The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population.
- We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace.
- The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all.
- Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
- The council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting.
- The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first.
- This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme.
- We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments.
- Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council.