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
Responsibilities:
1. Line manage CP Chairs and LADOs offering monthly formal supervision.
2. Oversee all ICPC requests and work closely with the Senior Business Officer for the CP Service ensuring ICPCs and RCPCs are held within timescale.
3. Support CP Chairs in their skills of chairing large multi-agency CP conferences and working with families and professionals to produce SMART CP plans.
4. Assist CP Chairs to raise concerns where practice is of concern using the CP Mid-point Monitoring Procedure.
5. Escalate concerns to the Service Director where areas of concern are highlighted.
6. Maintain an overview of all LADO referrals and ensure the LADO threshold is applied to ensure multi-agency involvement in response to all allegations made.
7. Keep the Service running and, on occasion, step in to Chair a CP Conference or a LADO Allegations Management Meeting.
8. Analyse and share data and provide reports at various panels and boards as required.
9. Respond to any complaints and FOI requests.
10. Act as 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, this is the role for you. We would love to hear from you!
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