Job Description

Practice Lead Manor Hub Job description

We have an exciting role within our Family Wellbeing Service where you\'ll be assisting the Practice Manager with managing and directing a Family Partnership Hub.

Our ambitious Luton 2040 Vision \xe2\x80\x93 that no-one in Luton will have to live in poverty \xe2\x80\x93 is at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that our people are remarkable, talented, committed and passionate about serving our residents.

The people of Luton depend heavily on this council \xe2\x80\x93 and that means our workforce! Are you ready to realise the remarkable and help us deliver our vision?

Salary: \xc2\xa342,503 - \xc2\xa345,495 a year plus \xc2\xa33203 car benefit and \xc2\xa35,000 market supplement a year
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Permanent

About the role:

You\'ll be responsible for managing and directing a staff team, resources and budgets in order to identify, assess and provide services/intervention to support children, young people, families and carers where a child is vulnerable, in need, disabled, or at risk of harm.

You\'ll also be responsible for enabling children and young people to remain safely within their home and/or community environment and ensure they achieve good outcomes through effective intervention.

About you:

We are looking for someone with in depth experience of working with children, young people and their families in children\xe2\x80\x99s services.

You\'ll be a strong communicator, both verbally and in written communication, with the ability to negotiate and influence service users and staff at all levels.

You\'ll have the ability to make sound professional judgements including high risk issues about children, parents, families and carers.

This is an important role where you\'ll have the opportunity to develop your existing knowledge of legislation and statutory responsibilities relating to Children Services.

We do ask that you have a relevant professional qualification or a relevant graduate level qualification, or equivalent, in social care, education, health or children\xe2\x80\x99s services, and substantial relevant experience, training and competence is required for the role.

You need to be a qualified social worker and be registered with Social Work England in order to qualify for this role.

Additional Information:

We offer a wide range of benefits including the local government pension scheme with a generous contribution from us, annual leave and flexible working arrangements to name a few.

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Application process:

Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare all unspent cautions and convictions; and also any adult cautions (simple or conditional), and spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). A person\xe2\x80\x99s criminal record will not in itself prevent a person from being appointed to this post. Applicants will not be refused posts because of offences which are not relevant to, and do not place them at or make them a risk in, the role for which they are applying. However in the event of the employment being taken up, any failure to disclose such offence, as detailed above, will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.

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