Head of Service – Cared for Children – Cheshire East

Liquid Personnel is currently seeking a Head of Service to lead Cheshire East’s Cared for Children teams.

Within this role you will lead and manage all aspects of cared for services, including the following Ofsted regulated services; fostering, adoption, residential care, care leavers and care planning. You will also be responsible for ensuring all aspects of these services comply with legislation, government guidance and deliver the best possible outcomes for children.

• →Ensure there is effective care planning pathways so children can achieve a permanent family either through adoption, fostering or kinship arrangements
• →Lead and manage a sufficient supply of local value for money care placements and supported accommodation
• →Develop and deliver the role of ‘Responsible Individual’ all Ofsted registered services.
• →Manage services to ensure cared for children have the life skills and education and are prepared for the work of work and independence
• →Develop and oversee the implementation of appropriate policies and procedures in relation to assessment care planning to ensure the service complies with its duties and responsibilities to safeguard children and young people in Cheshire East
• →Lead, develop, monitor and review a range of sub regional collaborates or enterprises to delivery effective and efficient adoption services
• →Ensure the delivery of high quality social work service and support to cared for children and care leavers
• →Provide the support and professional development of staff including supervision, appraisals, to ensure staff are supported to deliver high quality services in line with the priorities of the service
• →Work with “Communities Services” to ensure that local communities are supporting cared for children to-do well
• →Discharge the role of Agency Decision Maker for fostering and adoption in consultation with the Director of Children Social Care.
• →Additional Responsibilities can be provided when discussed with myself Emma Cousins over the phone

• Hold a Social Work England registration.
• Be eligible to work in the UK.
• Hold a full UK driving licence.
• Social Work Qualification, degree or equivalent.

• Working with a dedicated Consultant and Team Leader in myself with over 8.5 years of experience in the Social  Work sector, as well as your own Candidate Care Consultant to help you with admin support.
• Free DBS and compliance service
• Twice weekly payroll and ‘New Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.