Location - Trafford Borough Council | 1st Floor | Trafford Town Hall | Talbot Road, Stretford | M32 0TH
Salary Grade Band 5 (£31,067- £32,654 pa)
Working Pattern Full Time
Working hours 36.25 per week
Contract type Permanent
Closing date 4 th August 2025
Here in Trafford Children’s Services our vision is that our teams are offering the right help at the right time, and that at all levels our interventions make life better for children and families. We are ambitious for our children and for our practitioners - and our core value is ‘would this be good enough for my child’?
We want to have a workforce who are confident and brave in their practice and are supported by strong leaders at all levels. As a relatively small local authority, we pride ourselves on our friendly teams, manageable workloads, creative approach and colleagues who support each other. In Trafford our approach is strengths-based, using relational and restorative practice.
We believe that a culture and environment in which our managers and workers can thrive is an essential element of improving outcomes for children and families.
Children's Practice Improvement Service plays an integral part in driving our ambitions for children across Children’s Services and the Children's Improvement Support Officer is a crucial role in supporting change
About the Role
We are looking for someone with an understanding of Children’s Services and a passion for working with wider service to improve outcomes for the children and young people of Trafford.
This is a varied and rewarding role, spanning across all areas of children’s services, and you will be integral to the support provided on our various improvement journeys, supporting the coordination, and with the delivery of key projects that help drive forward better services for children and families.
You will need to be able to work independently, using your own initiative, as well as being a key member of a busy Practice Improvement Service, and working with both council colleagues and partners.
If you would like more information about the role and/or an informal chat, please contact Jenny Hess at [emailprotected]
About the benefits
You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centered and values-based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at Trafford.
For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor and we won't be able to support with your work visa.
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