Prevention and Intervention Coordinator

Knowsley Council is an award winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Come join us and be part of our success. 

Are you an experienced Children’s Social Care manager?  Are you passionate about improving outcomes for children and their families?  Can you bring about change in a collaborative way?  If so, you may be the perfect candidate for this role.  

An exciting opportunity has been created to lead the development of the Prevention and Intervention Services which includes staff members from across the council working in different specialisms (i.e domestic abuse, harmful sexual behaviour, therapeutic services, parenting, family support, child exploitation and missing). These services provide the specialist interventions required for Child Protection and Family Help and Children in Care and Experienced Care.   

You will be directly responsible for the line management of seniors/managers of a range of Prevention and Intervention Services and will lead the implementation of the local child exploitation and missing strategic agenda including being the safeguarding chair of the Multi-Agency Child Exploitation (MACE). 

You will work with colleagues from across the partnership to ensure our safeguarding intervention response to various forms of harm is delivered to a high standard.  

Previous experience of working within specialist therapeutic services and working in multi-agency teams, managing projects or people, including partnerships and using data intelligently to improve the way things are done will be an advantage. 

At Knowsley Council we will consider requests for flexible working.  For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time.

We promote applications from all sections of the community, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants.

For further details regarding the post, please contact :Pamela Foster, Head of Prevention and Intervention/ Tel: 07584370974 /  Email:Pamela.Foster@knowsley.gov.uk  

If you are interested in theis vacancy, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification.

Please note if a CV and supporting statement does not reflect the person specification it is unlikely to be shortlisted.

Interviews will be held on Wednesday, 18th June 2025