What is the job role?
1. To ensure a whole family approach is adopted, from assessment planning and intervention through to aftercare methodologies.
2. Expected to model One Coventry Core Social Care Values, best practice and a strong commitment to the continuous development of Trauma Informed Services.
3. To maintain elements of Signs of safety, with a Family Valued model of Social Care practice
4. To be responsible for the management of a team in accordance with Coventry City Councils HR policies and procedures, including the recruitment of staff, provide line management to a range of workers within the service.
5. Expected to achieve high practice standards and meet performance targets set by senior management within their workload and from the staff and projects they supervise.
6. To work closely with the Tirs Team leader to introduce, embed, lead and sustain the work within paediatric, Ward14 and SEND schools settings (As directed by senior management).
All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for someone to:
7. To be accountable for the efficient and effective day-to-day management and delivery of services to children, young people, and their families.
8. To manage the Positive Directions team performance to ensure the service achieves its objectives in line with statutory requirements.
9. Preparing and overseeing court and other specialist reports as requested by legal services, in the required format and to the appropriate standard.
10. To be able to support the staff team through challenging times such as increase in referrals or changes to service expectations.
11. To oversee the delivery of trauma informed interventions and evidence-based programs, to children, young people, and their families, within their home and in a range of agreed settings.
12. To ensure that all joint work delivered by and with partner agencies, are of high quality, outcome focused and provide evidence of the impact of the interventions for children, young people and families.
13. To work closely with the Tirs Team leader to introduce, embed, lead and sustain the work within paediatric, Ward14 and SEND schools settings (As directed by senior management).
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Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:
14. Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
15. Are currently in care or have previously been in care
16. If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.
Interview date(s):26th August
About Coventry
Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.
We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.
At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.
To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.