Head of Safeguarding
Slough Borough Council
- Slough, Berkshire
- £64,799-73,441 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Pay Level: sml 11
- Advert closes 20th June 2024.
- Interviews w/c TBC.
- Leadership: Lead the delivery of exceptional safeguarding services.
- Strategy Development: Drive forward the council's public service reform agenda by providing strategic vision and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
- Corporate Leadership: Collaborate with cross-council initiatives to embed changes sustainably and inspire staff towards achieving strategic objectives.
- Service Leadership: Direct and manage service delivery, ensuring efficiency, responsiveness, and adherence to statutory requirements.
- Financial Management: Prioritise resources effectively to support corporate vision, driving outcome-based commissioning models and exploring commercial opportunities.
- Partnership Engagement: Actively engage with stakeholders to champion unified public services and foster collaboration across agencies.
- Business Change: Lead change management programs to deliver continual improvement and support the development of a council-wide corporate culture.
- Compliance: Ensure all activities comply with regulations and internal policies, managing performance and risk effectively.
- Equality and Diversity: Uphold and promote equality and diversity policies, embedding diversity into all aspects of work and service delivery.
- Social Work qualification and registration with Social Work England.
- Significant experience of Adult Safeguarding at an operational and strategic level.
- Experience of working across agencies at a Strategic level.
- Experience: Extensive leadership experience within health or social care settings, with a track record of managing finance, risk, and performance.
- Skills: Strong strategic thinking, communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills, with a commitment to delivering on the council's vision and values.
- Knowledge: Expert understanding of legislative factors influencing safeguarding, best practices, and the priorities of Slough Borough Council.
- 26 days annual leave (not including Bank holidays), rising to 30 days between 2 - 5 years’ service and 33 days after 5 years’ service.
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Flexible and hybrid working options to promote work-life balance
- Our commitment to equality and diversity through a range of employee networks
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Tax - free childcare and childcare services
- Season loan ticket - to help with the cost of your rail / bus journey to & from work.