At Sandwell Children’s Trust we strive for excellence to improve the lives of children. Our ‘Sandwell Deal’, brings together our new improved offering that make Sandwell Children’s Trust a great place to work; it also sets out our expectations of you as a member of staff. What we can offer you:- Generous annual leave of up to 31 days, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition. Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 Bank Holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas. You will receive a generous local government career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%. We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards. Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression. We provide competitive expenses for both mileage (55p per mile) and subsistence, plus access to a comprehensive employee benefits scheme. Please visit The Sandwell Deal via this hyperlink: https://sandwelldeal.co.uk/ Band J SCP 48 – 51 (£60,194- £63,832 per annum) dependent on experience Full- time 37 hours per week 12 months fixed term contract Sandwell Children’s Trust has a vacancy for a Service Manager to join Children we Care for on a 12-month fixed term/secondment basis. The post is to focus on the revised National Kinship Statutory Guidance linking to the National Reforms and the Trusts drive for reunification and permanence. The post holder will develop the Kinship strategy and ensure that there is a focus on driving this right through the family help pilot approach, initial interventions, and through to Children we Care for. Ensuring dynamic care planning and driving reunifications and exits from care, including promoting Special Guardianship and Adoption as well as other legal frameworks to support children out of statutory care. This is a great opportunity to further develop your management and leadership skills and to help shape and make a contribution to the delivery of services supporting our five strategic priorities, that will ensure that we continue to improve practice and outcomes for children and young people, create a stable, permanent and high preforming workforce working effectively alongside our partners. As a Service Manager you will: - Provide supervision, leadership and management to Team Managers in the service. Monitor performance and implementation of the practice framework to promote the highest levels of practice in the service and across the wider Trust. Drive the National Reforms and focus around kinship care, reunification and permanence. Be part of the leadership and management structure. Be responsible for facilitating multi-agency working and developing collaborative relationships with partners to ensure that children and young people are supported and safeguarded. Ensure that assessments, statements and the formulation of plans are robust, holistic and child centred. Be able to demonstrate excellent organisational skills, a head for complexity, and know how to improve services. Drive forward the key priorities, ethos and values of the Trust. About you: - A qualified Social Worker with significant experience in Children’s social care. An inspirational leader with excellent management skills and the ability to encourage team working. Excellent communication skills with an ability to engage with children, their families and relevant stakeholders. Ability to write reports and develop strategies for a range of audiences and be able to verbally present these with confidence. Good understanding of performance management and a commitment to providing a high-quality service to children, their families and carers. A strong understanding of financial and resource management. A good knowledge of the National reforms and key statutory guidance that will underpin this role. If you would like to discuss this opportunity further, please contact Kate Mullinder – Head of Service – kate_mullinder@sandwellchildrenstrust.org or Teodora Bot, Director – Teodora_bot@sandwellchildrenstrust.org When people join the team at Sandwell they say it feels like they become part of the family…they have ComeHomeToSandwell. With the work that we have done so far and with the ambitions we have for the future, it’s a really exciting time to join Sandwell Children’s Trust and to become part of our Family. So, if you think your future could lie with Sandwell Children’s Trust, then we’d love to hear from you. Sandwell Children's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups including children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people. If you require further information on the role or working for us please email recruitment_childrenstrust@sandwell.gov.uk and a member of our Recruitment Team will be happy to give you a call. Please click on the link below to complete an application form and view The Sandwell Deal https://sandwelldeal.co.uk/apply/