Service Manager - Care Experienced Service
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Interim Service Manager - Care Experienced Service
Reference no: Devon 5260837Pay Rate: £392.03 per day PAYE
37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 6 months
City: EXETER
Enhanced DBS disclosure required
This role has an expectation for workers to be present in the offices for the majority of the assignment. There may be occasions where working from home can be considered, however this will be discussed at interview. Due to the office base requirements it will suit candidates who are local.
We are seeking an experienced Interim Service Manager to work alongside our current Service Managers to support the improvement journey within the Corporate Parenting Care Experienced Service. This is a challenging post which requires the balancing of practice development, service improvement and operational oversight as well as supporting Team Managers to manage their skilled teams of social workers and practitioners.
You will be a team player and the ability to engage and communicate with other professionals is essential alongside sound knowledge of the legislation and regulations surrounding children in care and care of experienced young people. The role requires attendance at regular MDT meetings chaired at Service Manager level to prevent the breakdown of housing arrangements of young people.
Key accountabilities:
Supporting and leading task and finish groupsImproving practice oversight and planning
Implementing stronger transitional planning
Key requirements:
Professional qualification such as DIPSW, CQSW or equivalent.HCPC Registered
Must have recent relevant statutory experience of managing regulated resources for young people
Experience of managing multi agency teams
Ability to plan, prioritise and manage a heavy workload from a variety of sources while maintaining a high standard of quality and working under time constraints
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms.We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: Devon 5260837
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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