Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of vulnerable children? Ackerman Pierce, a leading social care agency, is seeking a dynamic Service Manager to lead a Adolescent Social Care Team in the South West London area. This is a temporary role with an initial duration of 3-6 months, and the potential for extension based on your performance and internal circumstances.
Responsibilities:
1. Experience of providing strategic management of highly effective statutory adolescent services
2. Experience in leading and managing a successful team, including recruitment, performance, development and resolving conflict.
3. Strong ability to carry out quality assurance practices collaboratively with managers and workers
4. Excellent knowledge and understanding of Ofsted and JTAI inspection frameworks and experience of preparing services for inspection and ongoing improvement
5. Significant experience and understanding of challenges within delivery of services that support young people with high risk behaviour and vulnerable complex needs, with a track record of leading creative and innovative approaches to interventions
6. Experience of building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions
7. Proven ability to effectively monitor, use, report and present on data intelligence to inform, advise and improve activities across the service or organisat...