Service Manager - Early Help East Kent

Role Responsibility

We have an opportunity for an experienced manager, who has worked in Children’s Care Sector, to join our dynamic team in the beautiful East coast area of Kent. The opening is based in Whitstable which encompasses the City of Canterbury, the coastal and rural areas of Herne Bay and Whitstable. The role also covers responsibility for the Thanet District which includes Birchington, Westgate, Margate, Broadstairs.

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We are looking for passionate Manager to join our dynamic team who are committed to providing high quality services to children, young people, and their families, working closely with our multi agency partners.  This is a key leadership role so naturally we are looking for someone with extensive experience of leading and managing diverse teams as well as knowledge of what interventions families need to make a sustained improved change.

The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing six Early Help Units, each with a dedicated Unit lead and team of passionate workers.  You will be expected to be creative and innovate in your practice, striving for excellence through continuous review of standards and practice within a culture of high support and high challenge.  The team work as an Area and seek to standardise best practice and approaches ensuring that learning is a collegiate experience and skills and expertise are shared.

As well as working for an Outstanding rated authority Kent offers an attractive benefits package and a commitment to ensuring that you are achieving flexible working arrangements and an emphasis on health and wellbeing.  Kent also offers a range of professional development opportunities including the Social Care Academy other routes for progression.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification. 

Contact Details

Stephen Fitzgerald, Assistant Director

stephen.fitzgerald@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.