Location
Bexleyheath, London Borough of Bexley

Hours
Full Time (hours not specified)

Salary
£78,945 per annum

About the Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join us as Service Manager for our Integrated Adolescents Service. The post holder is accountable for the leadership, performance, quality assurance and continuous development of contextual safeguarding and adolescent services across the Borough. Working within the Families First framework, the Service Manager will ensure effective practice principles for contextual safeguarding are embedded across Family Help, Child Protection, Youth Justice, Education, Health, Community Safety and wider partnership services. The Service Manager will support the Head of Service in ensuring effective delivery of the Youth Justice Strategic Plan and the Bexley Youth Offer. You will bring extensive experience in adolescent safeguarding alongside senior management experience in leading adolescent services.

Benefits
Bexley is a vibrant and diverse outer London Borough nestled in the Thames Gateway between London and Kent, combining the perfect blend of city vibe and the tranquillity of Kent. The borough features award-winning parks, open spaces, heritage sites, excellent transport connections including the Elizabeth Line and proximity to the M25. Bexley offers fantastic amenities such as libraries, leisure centres, shopping areas, and numerous primary, secondary, and further education institutions. We offer a competitive salary package, coaching and mentoring programmes, an excellent pension scheme, generous annual leave plus bank holidays. For full details on benefits, please refer to the Candidate Information document.

Recruitment Information
We are a disability confident employer and welcome applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. Reasonable adjustments can be made to the recruitment process upon request. This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This role may be available as a development opportunity through secondment for existing Council employees.

Experience
Experienced social-work qualified manager with significant experience in adolescent safeguarding and senior management of adolescent services.

About you
You will demonstrate strong leadership skills, a commitment to safeguarding, and the ability to embed effective practice principles across multi-agency partnerships. You should be motivated to support continuous service improvement and delivery of strategic plans.

Qualifications
Social work qualification is essential. For the full list of essential and desirable criteria, please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description. Appointment to this post will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).