Head of Children's Practice and Assurance (Principal Social Worker)
Salary: JNC Band 4 £70,570 to £75,707 per year, inclusive of 6% in lieu of lease car allowance.
Location: Church Square House, Scunthorpe
Hours: 37 hours per week
DBS: Yes, Enhanced with Barred List Check
This is a Permanent, Full-Time vacancy that will close in 15 days at 23:59 BST.
The Vacancy
Do you believe in the power of social work to improve lives and inspire lasting change? Are you obsessed with enabling families to overcome adversity? Do your values drive you to continue learning, listening, and improving? Are you a leader committed to helping children thrive in families, achieve in schools, and flourish in their communities?
If so, you may want to join us in North Lincolnshire! Following the retirement of our current PSW, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head of Children’s Practice and Assurance (Principal Social Worker) to join our team, workforce, and community. The successful candidate will continue to promote our culture of excellence and high standards as we implement national reforms. Working with the Assistant Director Standards and Regulations, you will enable the best outcomes to achieve our One Family Approach, ensuring children thrive in their families, succeed in schools, and flourish in their communities.
North Lincolnshire Council is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of our community regardless of age, disability, sex, race, religion, belief, or sexual orientation. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff to share this commitment.
We offer agile, flexible working with a focus on workforce wellbeing, along with access to comprehensive training, resources, and support for your continuous professional development.
Please refer to the attached job description and employee specification when completing your application to demonstrate that you meet the essential criteria for the role.
Interviews will be held on Thursday, 12th June.
For further information, please contact Tom Hewis, Assistant Director Children’s Standards and Regulations, at tom.hewis@northlincs.gov.uk.
As an employer, we promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect the same commitment from all employees and volunteers. Recruitment will follow our safer recruitment procedures, including reference checks prior to interview and a DBS check.
The Council
We are organized around the people and places of North Lincolnshire. Our goal is to ensure our communities are safe, healthy, prosperous, and connected. We are ambitious for North Lincolnshire and aim for our area to be the #BestPlace for residents by being the #BestCouncil. We achieve this by living our values of equality of opportunity, excellence, integrity, and self-responsibility in all we do.
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