Job description
LOCATION: Croydon (Hybrid working)
PAY RATE: £16.64 paye / £22.26 per hour Umbrella
START DATE: ASAP
DURATION/Hours: 3-month initial contract/ 36 hours a week
Role overview:
- We are seeking highly motivated individuals with the skills, knowledge, and aptitude to lead, champion and deliver outstanding service support within Children's Social Care.
- Experienced in Children's Social Care business administration you will bring your energy, drive, and leadership to create a flexible, agile, and improving support service that will free up practitioners and managers from administrative functions where direct time with Children, Young People and Families comes first.
- We are looking for Service Leaders to head up service support in the practice areas of Access, Support and Intervention, Social Work with Families, Children Looked After and Young People and Children's Specialist Services
- Your creativity, innovation and collaboration will enable effective implementation of best practice and service standards with an ability to build and sustain effective working relationships within the practice system and across the partnership
- If you care about making a difference and have the emotional resilience and ability to motivate others to see everyday demands and challenges as opportunities for continuous improvement that positively impacts the lives of Croydon's Children, Young People and Families, we would love to hear from you.
- Knowledge of national legislation, policies, standards, and initiatives relevant to this role within a local government environment. Delivering customer service expertise
- Ability to work in a large complex, political organisation and to understand and operate within national and local frameworks of accountability.
- A clear appreciation of the demands of working within a multiple stakeholder, fast-paced, highly political environment.
- Knowledge of common service support systems used throughout the council.
- Good knowledge and understanding of the customers' service support requirements.
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