Service Manager

Warwickshire County Council has a strong commitment to listening to children, young people, parents, and parent carers. Currently, we have an exciting opportunity available for a Service Manager (Voice, Influence & Change) to work within Children and Family Services, on a full time, permanent basis. As a Service Manager, you will play a key role in leading a dynamic team. The Voice Influence and Change Team sits within the Quality & Impact Team and works with Social Care teams across Children's Services, the Commissioning Service, Education and SEND Service, as well as key partners and stakeholders, such as the Police and Health. As the Service Manager you will maximise the impact of children, young people and family voice on service design and delivery and effectively hold decision-makers to account. The Voice Influence & Change Team will be responsible for organising and developing a range of children, young people, and family participation activities to ensure their voices are heard. Overall, you will be a champion for the voice of children, young people parents and carers, particularly identifying and implementing opportunities to bring their voices, lived and living experiences into future decisions about Warwickshire and the services that support them., We are recruiting for the role of Service Manager in our Voice, Influence and Change Team covering countywide (on a permanent basis).

• You are passionate about building relationships and using a strengths-based approach to working with children, young people, parents and carers, and in ensuring their lived experience informs the design and delivery of change.
• You can magnify the voices of children, young people, parents and carers, so they are heard by decision makers
• You are adept at building relationships with diverse range of professional and stakeholders including schools, Councillors and voluntary sector partners, and have substantial experience of persuading senior leaders and funders to work differently.
• You take a playful, fun, yet serious, and solution-focused approach that unlocks the inner potential of young people, families and the professionals that work with them, leading to innovation and progressive change and the creation of effective family and youth-led services.
• You can maintain clear and accurate monitoring, evaluation and performance data for all activities, to demonstrate the impact of our work.
• Contribute to regional, national and UK-wide voice and influence work.
  
  Applicants for the role will need to be qualified in a relevant field, such as youth work, education or extensive experience in a Child & Family setting. Also, a proven history of managing a team is required.
If you want to build strong relationships and connections with families, join Warwickshire's Children and Families service.

Now is an exciting time to be a part of our team as Warwickshire has been chosen as one of the seven areas to deliver the Families First for Children Programme. Join us to help shape and influence the future of children's social care together. Find out why we are good Ofsted., Working for Warwickshire - This is the difference you make: Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them! At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire's economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best., Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre-engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.


• Supportive managers who provide recognition and a robust supervision policy focussed on wellbeing and workload.
• Full reimbursement of Social Work England annual fee.
• A Volunteering & Wellbeing Day in addition to generous annual leave and an additional day at Christmas
• We also offer a Refer a Friend package if you're talking about a return to us with an ex colleague/friend., Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage - Warwickshire Pension Fund.
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.