View Vacancy -- Head of Service - Early Help and Prevention

Social Care & Welfare Qualified
Permanent
Full Time
£63,900 to £73,900

About Haringey

We are investing in creating a better borough for all our residents, and bettering the lives of children, young people and families in Haringey is our first corporate priority. 

We are located in the north of the capital with a population of approximately 250,000 people and a growing population of 0-19 year olds. 

Haringey is transforming its services for children and young people, and we have already made exciting, innovative changes as we strive for excellence in all we do. 

In short, we’re a council with high ambitions; a place to work that is full of energy and focus. Our teams have passion, integrity and commitment, and the people who join us, do so as they see Haringey is a learning organisation, and that the people that work here strive for continuous improvement in their practice, aiming high to ensure we provide outstanding outcomes for our children. 

We offer a great place to develop a career that is yours to own. 

About the Service

This role will lead our Early Help services and the overall drive is to provide the highest quality services to children and families across Haringey.  We expect high levels of creativity, stamina, and a requirement for political sensitivity combined with an ability to thrive within a complex environment, foster effective partnerships, and promote standards for continuous improvement.  This post is an established leadership role in a well-established and aspirational team.  Budgetary responsibility of c£2.5m.

 

Job Purpose

To ensure the effective planning and delivery of the highest quality Early Help and Preventative Services.  The role will require the maintenance of effective multi agency partnerships, and the targeting of resources and services to achieve successful prevention and early intervention, enabling communities and partners to develop the skills and competencies to work in effective and cohesive partnership with the Council Responsibilities include the following services:

-                 Early Help

-                 Children’s Centres

-                 Youth Services

-                 Troubled Families  

  

About You

  • Significant experience developing and sustaining effective multi-agency and partnerships
  • Ability to work innovatively and use new thinking to evidence the impact of alternate approaches to recurring and emerging challenges
  • Extensive partnership experience of multi-agency work and multi-disciplinary practice, including demonstrable LSCB and Early Help experience
  • Effective leadership of teams
  • Effective management of budgets, assets, and people
  • Comprehensive experience of Ofsted inspection and regulatory requirements for statutory children’s social care services, including demonstrable experience of leading, managing and/or supporting the same, with evidence of direct responsibility for service improvement
  • A recognised qualification; (e.g. Social work, health, youth & community) or demonstrable experience of impactful leadership of Early Help/Early Intervention;
  • A leadership qualification and/or a relevant development programme(s).
  • Skills to provide reflective supervision with coaching and / or mentoring qualifications, experience and /or expertise.

 

For a full list of benefits on offer, please visit our website:

https://www.haringey.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/working-children-and-young-people-s-service

 

Closing Date: Sunday 31st January 2021

Interview Dates: 15th & 17th February 2021

For further information please contact the Haringey Hub: Resourcinghub@haringey.gov.uk

This opportunity is closed to applications.