Salary: Senior Head of Service Grade £59,698 - £63,642
Hours: 37
Contract: Permanent
We are seeking to appoint an exceptional individual to lead the strategic development and implementation of Targeted Early Help Services for children, young people and families across the Council and Partner Agencies. This is a new role and the successful applicant will be integral in shaping the Helping Earlier offer in Bolton, further developing a whole system to a Helping Earlier approach across all agencies in Bolton to ensure appropriate links across organisations and programmes of work.
Do you have a creative and innovative approach to leadership, management and practice, using analytical and critical thinking skills and inspiring confidence and trust, in order to achieve excellent outcomes for children, young people and families?
You will have an extensive knowledge and experience as a senior manager within the Children and Families field, leading a large multi-dimensional service. The ability to successfully manage performance, change, budgets and efficiencies is critical to the role.
The right person will have a detailed understanding of legislation, regulations and statutory guidance relating to Children's Services, devolution and a thorough understanding of partner agencies’ functions and responsibilities.
Applicants must have a relevant professional or managerial qualification to degree level and evidence of continuing professional/managerial training and development.
Bolton is the biggest town in the UK, and one of the friendliest. Bolton is perfectly placed to make the most of what the North West region has to offer. Development and regeneration plans mean it’s only going to get better. Bolton Council is rated one of the best local government employers in the UK. Staff satisfaction here is around 18% higher than the national average. Bolton can offer career opportunities with clear progression routes.
Bolton is a place that is passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want our people and our community to prosper and this will be happen through driving forward transformation and reform of our services, in partnership, to promote wellbeing for all.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS check is therefore required for this post.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.
This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits.
To see if you are suited to this role, please review the job description.
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