Overview
Position Title: Service Director Safeguarding
Company: City Of Hereford
Location: Hereford, England, UK
Job Description:
We are building a strong leadership team in Children’s Services and are looking for two exceptional leaders to join us and to help support and drive our vision that ‘all children and young people in Herefordshire feel safe, loved, and valued, and grow up with the confidence and skills to be the best they can be’.
Responsibilities:
- A qualified social worker, you’ll be responsible for the operational management of safeguarding (specifically the IRO, CP Chairs and LADO services), quality assurance, and improvement services.
- Children and young people are at the centre of everything that we do, and you’ll be key to inspiring and driving continuous improvement, to provide the very best outcomes for them.
- A particular emphasis will be around driving up the quality and consistency of practice and utilising data effectively to develop a strong partnership approach.
Requirements:
- There will be the opportunity to help shape and build your own team and really make the role your own, taking staff with you on the exciting journey ahead.
- A collaborative leader, you’ll also work closely with the rest of our SLT, wider Council, Members, and key partners across education, health and police to influence across the system.
- Officers, Members and our partners have an unrelenting focus on improving outcomes for our children and young people, and we are truly approaching this as a whole system.
