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Senior Manager (Cared for Children and Leaving Care Team)

Permanent | Full time | Salary £71,335 - £73,113

Northumberland have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Manager to join the team to shape and influence services for Cared For Children and Young People and Care Leavers.

If you are an ambitious, innovative and child-focused leader who is ready to make a significant impact, we would love to hear from you.

We are looking for an exceptional leader to join our senior management team as Senior Manager overseeing our Cared For and Care Leavers teams.

This is a pivotal role with responsibility for leading and developing services for children and young people in our care, ensuring they receive the highest quality support, achieve positive outcomes and experience stability, safety and belonging.

We are ambitious for our children and young people. We believe every child deserves the opportunity to thrive, maintain meaningful relationships and achieve their full potential. We are seeking a leader who shares these values and can inspire others to deliver outstanding services and lasting change.

About the role

This role offers a hybrid working arrangement, with an expectation that the postholder will regularly attend County Hall, Morpeth, alongside travel across Northumberland and engagement with partners and services as required.

We are seeking a qualified Social Worker, registered with Social Work England, who has substantial senior leadership experience within Children's Services. The successful candidate will have a strong track record of driving service improvement, leading high-performing teams, delivering positive outcomes for children and young people, and working effectively within complex partnership environments.

If this is you we would love to hear from you!

Northumberland County Council’s (NCC) vision is ‘Land of Great Opportunities’, for current and future generations. We believe there is no better place to live and work.
For further information about working for NCC, please visit our website here.

Why choose us?
We have some outstanding benefits and perks to offer you, including:

• 26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)
• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexi scheme (if applicable) – up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)

To see all our excellent benefits and perks, please click here.

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Further information
For guidance on completing your application and for information about our Equality and Diversity principles, please see the attached guidance notes here.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format, please see the alternative methods below. This information will be treated as confidential and will only be used to check that you meet the essential requirements of the post.

Alternative application format:
British Sign Language: northumberlandcc-cs.signvideo.net
For those with speech difficulties or hearing loss: Text relay service dial 018001 01670 623930

Although we advertise on North East Jobs, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications.