Opus people solutions on behalf of Cambridge County Council have an exciting opportunity for a Service Manager to join their Team

Job Title: Service Manager - Child Protection and Lado
Length of assignment: 3 Months
Hours per week: 37
Hourly rate: 45
Location: Scott House, Huntingdon
Remote/Office based: Hybrid - 1 day a week in the office

To line manage CP Chairs and LADOs offering monthly formal supervision.
You will have oversight of all ICPC requests and will work closely with the Senior Business Officer for the CP Service ensuring ICPCs and RCPCs are held within timescale.
You will support CP Chairs in their skills of chairing large multi-agency CP conferences and working with families and professionals to produce SMART CP plans.
You will support CP Chairs to raise concerns where practice is of concern using the CP Mid-point Monitoring Procedure.
You may need to escalate concerns to the Service Director where areas of concern are highlighted.
You will have an overview of all LADO referrals and ensure the LADO threshold is applied to ensure multi-agency involvement in response to all allegations made.
The Service Manager is responsible for keeping the Service running and as such on occasions you may be required to step in and Chair a CP Conference or a LADO Allegations Management Meeting. To analyse and share data and provide reports at various panels and boards as required.
Respond to any complaints and FOI requests. You will be the Cambridgeshire representative at MAPPA Level 3 and at other meetings such as CDOP.

If you thrive to make a difference and have 3 years Service Manager experience in Social Work and this is the role for you, then we would love to hear from you.