Head of Corporate Parenting

About Us At Hounslow We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be. We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before. About Our Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer. We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias. As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form. Our Benefits About The Role This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Children’s Safeguarding and Support Services DLT as Head of Corporate Parenting Service. We require an experienced social work qualified professional to take forward the strategic and operational agenda for our long term looked after children and care experienced young people. About The Team You’ll Be Working In The post is graded at HMG1 and will have operational and strategic responsibility for the following teams: Through Care Team (including UASC) Leaving Care Team Fostering Team The Ride (Children’s Home) LAC Health Team The postholder will be required to maintain the service but will also have an opportunity for innovation where it can be shown to support children in care and care leavers. In addition, the postholder will be required to manage external contracts and take the lead on service-related projects such as Placement Sufficiency initiatives. About You Successful candidates will have a professional social work qualification and will have extensive experience of working with a range of agencies and providing leadership and management as a Corporate Parent within social care. Good communication skills, both written and verbal, are an essential requirement for the role. They should be able to demonstrate excellent technical knowledge and experience of sound financial control. If the points above resonate with you, we’d love you to put in an application via the London Borough of Hounslow website. Essential: Enhanced DBS When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact The Key Information You Need About The Role Should Be In The Role Profile, But If You Have Any Further Questions About The Role, Please Contact: Email: Martin.Forshaw@hounslow.gov.uk Closing date for the submission of your application is Sunday 19th January 2025. Interviews dates for this job will be confirmed in due course.

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