Job Title: Service Manager – Safeguarding – Somerset
Location: Somerset (Hybrid)
Pay Rate: £476 per day
About the Role:
Somerset Council is seeking a dedicated and experienced Service Manager to lead their newly created Safeguarding Service.
What will your responsibilities be?
In this role, you will provide leadership and operational management for the Somerset-wide Safeguarding Service. You will ensure efficient and effective service delivery in line with organisational requirements, uphold defensible decision-making and statutory guidance principles, and apply relevant legislation in practice while maintaining professional priorities and ethical practice. You will build and maintain effective working relationships with partner agencies, contribute to the work of the Somerset Safeguarding Adults Board, and constructively challenge others by providing direction and guidance. Additionally, you will foster a safe, open learning culture where learning is embedded into practice and think and act creatively, challenging circumstances and environments that marginalise, exclude, or oppress.
Benefits:
1. Competitive rate of pay
2. Hybrid working opportunities
3. Support from senior members of staff
Qualification and Experience:
4. Social Work England registration
5. Eligibility to work in the UK
6. Full UK driving license
7. Post-qualified experience
8. Degree level or equivalent in Social Work
Essential Requirements:
9. Experienced registered professional and manager
10. Ability to apply relevant legislation in practice
11. Strong relationship-building skills with partner agencies
12. Ability to constructively challenge and provide guidance
13. Commitment to creating safe, open learning cultures
14. Creative thinking and action in challenging environments
Why Liquid Personnel?
15. New ‘Faster Pay’ service getting you paid more quickly
16. Twice weekly payroll
17. Free DBS and compliance service
18. Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
19. Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
20. Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
21. Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
22. “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
23. “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *