Service Manager - Child Protection Advisors

Job Advert: Service Manager - Child Protection Advisors

Location: London, United KingdomSalary: PO8 Grade - £61,980 - £65,478 per annum (additional Market Supplement of £5,850 for Service Managers)Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent (36 Hours per week)Closing Date: Sunday, 2nd February 2025Interview Date: Week commencing 10th February 2025Target Start Date: 7th April 2025

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work - the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We'll be celebrating all this and more as the "rebel borough" when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey's people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

As Service Manager, you will:

• Drive safeguarding excellence within the council and across partnerships.

• Be accountable for protecting children and providing safe, stable childhoods.

• Oversee timely and proportionate responses to children at risk, in line with London Child Protection Procedures and Working Together to Safeguard Children.

• Foster a culture of self-reflection, debate, and professional integrity.

• Uphold the highest standards in decision-making, theory application, and evidence-based practice.

• Promote a safe environment for whistleblowing and constructive challenges.

• Champion the Signs of Safety Social Work framework.

• Ensure service responses align with analytical insights into family functioning.

• Invest in staff development based on feedback from children, families, and colleagues.

• Motivate staff to be ambitious for children and families.

• Build influential partnerships with practitioners and partner agencies.

• Promote reflective thinking and responsive service adjustments.

• Apply statutory powers ethically, ensuring proportionality and collaboration.

• Address patterns of professional relationships that could compromise child welfare.

• Set ambitious practice standards with rigorous performance management.

• Establish systems to monitor, evaluate, and improve practice quality.

• Devise and implement timely improvement plans based on data insights.

You will have a robust foundation in social work, demonstrated through professional qualifications and significant post-qualifying experience in statutory settings. Your experience includes managing high-risk cases, complex care planning, and deep knowledge of the legal framework protecting vulnerable children within the public care system. You excel at fostering a positive and forward-thinking environment, guiding teams with evidence-based methods and reflective practices. Expertise in the Signs of Safety framework and commitment to continuous improvement are essential.

You are also adept at:

• Strategic inter-agency collaboration.

• Navigating sensitive situations with authoritative and collaborative approaches.

• Ensuring child-centred decisions while upholding equality and dignity for all.

At Haringey Council, we are committed to creating a workplace culture where everyone feels valued, included, and able to be their best at work. We welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities to continue making a difference to our residents and community.

Our benefits package includes:

• Leave entitlement of up to 31 days + bank holidays.

• Potential hybrid working opportunities.

• Health and wellbeing support.

• A generous local government pension scheme.

• Discount schemes across leisure and culture.

Join us to shape a brighter future for children and families in our community.

Contact Phil at Ackerman Pierce on or email for more information or to apply.