Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment. The post-holder will report to the Principal Social Worker and will line manage a number of professionals within the Hub, including a Workforce Development Lead, a Quality Assurance Officer, a Training Lead and a Recruitment Officer. The role has responsibility for shaping and delivering the strategic workforce agenda for Children & Families Service alongside the Principal Social Worker, including workforce development support for new roles such as Family Help Lead Practitioner and Lead Child Protection Practitioner. Responsibilities include designing and leading workforce developing planning, learning and development, operational lead for recruitment and retention, delivering professional progression programmes, and embedding effective quality assurance activities to ensure a skilled, resilient, and future-ready workforce who are able to improve outcomes for children and families. We are looking for somebody who meets the following requirements: Degree-level qualification or equivalent in social work and maintained regulatory registration. Significant experience in a workforce or organisational development role, preferably within children’s services. Proven success in leading strategic workforce initiatives including professional development programmes. Experience managing budgets and commissioning training. Deep understanding of the children’s workforce, sector challenges and understanding of the new Families First reform. In return, we will offer you: -An excellent work-life balance, flexible and remote working arrangements. -You’ll get free parking at all our office locations, and we’ll pay your Social Work England Registration. -You’ll benefit from competitive working rewards and up to 16 days ‘flexi time’ per year as well as your annual leave of 26 days per year if you have less than 5 years continuous service and 31 days if you have over 5 years. -Competitive salary -Grow your own culture – we have a career progression structure to support your professional development. -Working rewards – we have a variety of schemes available to employees which include; additional annual leave, care and cycle purchase scheme, home and electronics purchase scheme in addition to discounts at a wide range of high street and online retailers. -Pension scheme – our Local Government Pension Scheme is a career average pension scheme with employee contributions of between 5.5% and 8.5% and the employer contribution currently of 23.8%. the scheme includes ill health and death in service benefits after two years membership. -Employee assistance programme – 24 hours, seven day a week lifestyle support for when you or your family need a listening ear from a qualified advisor on a wide range of personal or work issues. For an informal discussion about the post please contact Assistant Director Philippa Rees - philippa.rees@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk Please note that this job is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. To find out more information about what it is like to work for Cheshire West and Chester Council including our rewards and benefits please see www.cwcrecruitment.co.uk No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you! Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information. Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £12.60 per hour for all contracted hours. For any technical enquiries please email Sourcingteam@ecwip.co.uk and quote job reference number in all correspondence.