Job Description

4Recruitment Services are seeking a Children's Short Break Service Team Leader to work for our client based in Barnsley.

Our client is seeking a driven and child focussed individual to lead their brand-new short breaks team. This role sits within the children with disabilities service and involves management oversight of 4 short break support workers who’s primary role is to undertake short break assessments, present at Barnsley’s short break panel, complete decision support tool checklists and support with the assessments, complete transition paperwork and referrals to adult social care and other services and to review short break packages.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

You will be required to oversee the short break offer and lead the delivery and review of tailored and targeted short break packages/services to families and children through a team of short break family support workers.

Lead the short break team and advise on the development, coordination, implementation, evaluation and quality assurance of related projects, training, programs and systems.

To provide professional supervision, coaching and mentoring to internal practitioners through a variety of mechanisms to effectively address any quality or safeguarding concerns.

Provide written reports and presentations as appropriate.

To report any safeguarding incident or concerns immediately in line with Barnsley Safeguarding Children Board and Council policies and procedures.

To develop and implement whole system change in partnership through agreed programs in order to support service design.

To take an active role in statutory inspection events in associated functions and services, supporting developments in response to changes to inspection frameworks and associated guidance

Support and advocate development of the service, taking an active role in developing this through effective collaboration and engagement with key stakeholders, including children and their families.

Ensure that services are cost effective and budgets are accounted for. This will include provision of monthly budget analysis reports outlining spend, variances and projected out turns.

Build internal capacity to deliver appropriate and evidence based practice, providing support in interpretation of relevant statutory frameworks and guidance.

Demonstrating impact and outcomes in relation to children and families you will use this alongside your specialist theoretical knowledge to ensure packages continue to reflect children and families needs and legislative requirements ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Professional qualification at Level 3 in a related discipline.

Substantial relevant post qualifying experience of working with children and families and multi agency partners to deliver services.

Experience of managing and directing staff and financial resources to meet targets and outcomes in a high pressured environment.

Experience of managing change in practice and leading staff

Knowledge of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adult

An enhanced DBS   

What we offer:

24 hour one on one specialist consultant based within your geographical area

4Recruitment Services Employee Benefits Programme

Our own dedicated payroll support ensuring you get the full benefits of your payment Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services is an equal opportunities employer.

To discuss this vacancy in further detail or any other vacancies, please contact our Team on (phone number removed) or email  (url removed)