Operations Manager - Children Looked After and Leaving Care (East)

• 33 days annual leave plus opportunity to purchase additional leave.
• This is a key opportunity at the heart of the Children's Social Care, playing a vital role in leading and shaping Children's Services.
• Permanent position.

We take our role as a Corporate Parent seriously and you will be working to continue to improve the lives and opportunities for children in Somerset. The role involves:

• Operational responsibility for teams in the East of the County, care planning for children in our care and care experienced and providing statutory services.
• Working closing with partners to improve access to services for children and young people.
• Having a clear and unwavering focus on the quality of social work practice and achieving the best outcomes for vulnerable children.
• Utilise quality assurance activity to understand service strengths and areas for development.
• Promote a learning environment and positive culture for our workforce.

We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. You will be required to be:

• We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.
• We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact the hiring manager for a chat if there’s anything you want to talk about before you apply.

We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

• We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
• Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Staff discounts in gyms.
• Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
• Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
• A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
• My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more

The post will manage teams based in Mendip and South Somerset and you can be based in either Yeovil or Shepton Mallet.

Interviews provisionally will take place week commencing 14^th July

Feel free to contact Jo Manning, Head of Service, to arrange an informal chat about the role at: jo.manning@somerset.gov.uk

When completing your application/CV please provide your full employment history and ensure that any gaps in employment are explained. Please start with your current or most recent employment and indicate why you are applying for this role.

If you have all the information you need, just hit the apply button - we can’t wait to hear from you.

The salary for this role is £63,071 per annum

This post requires a criminal background check via the Disclosure procedure.