The purpose of the role:

The purpose of the Service Manager is to ensure the provision of a comprehensive, high quality and effective social work service to children and families, arising out of the council’s duties and powers under legislation, regulations, and government guidance. Leading on the development and implementation of a framework of procedural resources and tools, recording and performance management systems and staff development programmes, to support and ensure a safe and high standard of frontline service delivery and practice.

About you:

As Service Manager you will lead and manage the team of Social Workers ensuring a quality of work is sustained across the team by providing high quality supervision, management direction, advice, and professional consultation.

You will ensure the professional delivery of established processes to support the organisation.

Working closely with colleagues, you will work together to identify areas for improvement, ensuring that support remains appropriate for all service users. As a forward-thinking Council, we expect staff to embrace new technology to support service users, ensuring that the level of support offered is flexible and in line with Camden’s ways of working.

You will have previous experience of managing within a Child in Need role and possess highly developed interpersonal skills appropriate to challenge many different circumstances. You will have experience of...