Directorate: Children and Young People Services

Permanent, Full time, 37 hours per week

This is an exciting time to join us at Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council as we take forward the new reforms and work to make a real difference to children and families in the Borough.

We are seeking a leader who can meet this challenge through sustainable, innovative, and creative ways of working, and who has a clear passion for providing excellent services that support and safeguard children when needed. With already strong and effective partnerships in place, your commitment to working with others is critical. You will need to be able to build and maintain relationships that can provide support and challenge and bring negotiating and influencing skills.

As the locality HOS you will build on the impressive progress we’ve made in recent years and drive our Ofsted rated ‘Good’ services to even greater performance. As the lead for operational locality Social Work, you will have strong statutory and legislative knowledge, extensive experience, and your practice ethos will be underpinned by strengths based working and relational practice. 

Under your leadership, your teams will help deliver effective relationships with children and families ensuring their voice is heard, promoting the rights of children to family life and reducing demand by using evidence-based interventions.

With experience of leading diverse teams, a thorough working knowledge of children’s social care best practice and associated statutory frameworks, you will have successfully controlled large budgets and resources and be able to actively demonstrate delivery of high performing, efficient services.

So if you want to work in an innovative, honest, and strengths-based culture, that continuously strives to improve outcomes for the children and families of Rotherham, we would love to hear from you.

For a confidential discussion, please contact Monica Green, Assistant Director Children's Social Care monica.green@rotherham.gov.uk

Indicative interview date: W/C 7th April