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Job Opportunity: Family Support Practitioner (Long Term Temporary) Please be aware this is a Long Term Temporary post to start ASAP. You will assist the Family Help Practice Manager in the day-to-day management of one or two Neighbourhood Teams for children and families. Working within a multi-agency framework, you will support families with complex needs, acting as their champion and advocate to improve aspirations and outcomes by building on strengths to reduce dependency on public services. In line with the key principles of 'Progress With Unity', you will embody the values and behaviours, working with colleagues across the Council and its wider partners to achieve the best outcomes for families. You will help deliver and lead good quality, child-centred practice across the service, ensuring that practice is underpinned by the Progress with Unity principles and that the practice model is embedded in all work with children and families. Demonstrating effective leadership and management to support staff is essential. The Council is committed to complying with the European General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and meeting the requirements of the Information Commissioner's Office. It is your responsibility to ensure that your work complies with these regulations. As part of your role, you will: Assist the Family Help Practice Manager in ensuring the delivery of a high-performing, quality, and effective service to children and families. Support the management of the team's workload, take responsibility for complex work, and deputise for the Family Help Practice Manager. Support the team in developing action plans alongside families, coaching, challenging, and supporting them to build resilience within families and communities. Adopt an asset-based approach, building positive relationships with children and families, and supporting staff to develop and strengthen family networks. Support the implementation of legislation and government guidance related to statutory and local performance indicators. Please note: This is a Long Term Temporary post to start ASAP. Benefits of working with Semester.co.uk: Free ongoing training opportunities upon registration Competitive rates of pay In-house payroll providing weekly payments and support Enhanced DBS clearance completed Support and advice from a dedicated, friendly team An assigned experienced consultant Various employment opportunities in your preferred geographical area If you would like to find out more about this role or other opportunities with Semester.co.uk, please click the 'Apply' button.

The main responsibilities will be to ensure that all children are given the opportunity to achieve their full potential across the curriculum. We expect our Heads of School to focus time and energy on learning and teaching and the development of high-quality practitioners in their school. Heads are recruited for their high-quality teaching and understanding of pedagogy as well as their firm commitment to improving the life chances of their children. As a Head of School, you will be expected to demonstrate high-quality teaching, successful outcomes for children and an ability to coach others successfully (including support staff). You will also have an exceptional understanding of the primary curriculum. You will know how to research and develop best practices, work at a pace and inspire others in the endless goal to do better for our children so that they can do better and lead lives now and in the future that put learning and achievement at the heart of what they do. Purpose of Post To work collaboratively across the school. To maintain teaching and learning across the school so that outcomes continue to be outstanding. To lead a highly aspirational school which holds children at the heart of all that it does. To add expertise, capacity and subject and leadership expertise to the school. Relationships The post holder is accountable to the Executive Headteacher in respect of carrying out duties. The post holder will interact on a professional level with colleagues and seek to establish and maintain productive relationships to promote mutual understanding of child progress, with the aim of improving the quality of teaching and learning in the school. Responsibilities To demonstrate commitment to ensure the Christian ethos and values of a church school continue to be promoted and embedded. To take the lead responsibility for safeguarding, including online safety and understanding the filtering and monitoring systems and processes in place. To maintain teaching and learning across the school so that outcomes are outstanding overall. To promote the raising of aspiration and achievement within GLD, maths and English in particular. To improve the personal development opportunities for all children. To support staff and give them the confidence to improve and develop. To achieve a positive SIAMs inspection. Lead and manage the day-to-day running of the school. Carry out your duties in line with the management and working practices of the Trust. Take a lead role in the development of the school's quality of learning and teaching in partnership with the Trust's Director of Curriculum and Learning (DOCLA) and the School Improvement Team. Take a lead role in research and development and share good practices across the Trust. To promote the ethos and vision of the Trust. To communicate effectively with all key stakeholders. To work effectively in partnership with other schools in the Trust and their leaders. To ensure effective and high-quality performance management processes are in place to continue maximising school improvement. Ensuring that high standards are promoted in all aspects of the running of the school. Leadership To communicate compellingly the school's vision and drive strategic leadership, empowering all children and staff to excel. Overall responsibility for the strategic management and operational activity of the school. To provide enthusiastic, innovative and consistent leadership to the school/Trust and leadership team. To work positively with the community to ensure the best possible outcomes for children. Implement rigorous and sustainable policies and strategies in order to transform the outcomes for children at the school. To ensure that children are healthy, stay safe, enjoy and achieve maximum potential, and are ready for the next phase of their education once they leave the school. To develop the reputation of the school, locally, regionally and nationally. To service and support the Local Advisory Board. Have high expectations of children, staff, parents and Local Advisory Board members. Education Provision and Standards: Ensure that the curriculum is developed and implemented, and that curriculum delivery is translated into effective learning and assessment practice. Encourage and promote innovation in educational provision through the commissioning and delivery of services, ensuring that the school can meet changing needs and demands consistent with government guidelines and requirements. Ensure that high-quality provision is available to all children regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, gender, disability, economic background or special educational needs. Develop a culture where children feel safe, confident and can attain their maximum educational outcomes. To ensure high standards of safeguarding and child protection so that child well-being (including mental health) is at the forefront of all that we do. Finance, Personnel and Resources: Ensure that all the activities of the school are conducted in accordance with all legal requirements and regulations. Ensure policies and procedures are consistent with "best practice" and recognised codes of probity. Implement a performance management framework for the delivery of high-quality services through high-quality performance. Recruit, manage and motivate a committed, effective, inclusive and diverse workforce that understands its roles and enables and promotes high-quality learning. To ensure that all resources are organised and managed to provide the best possible outcomes for children. To ensure the development of positive solutions to achieving diversity, dignity and equality in all aspects of service delivery and engagement with the broader community. To work closely with the HEARTS business team and ensure good value for money, effective staffing structures and excellent use of funding. To recruit, train and retain high-quality staff in conjunction with the Trust school improvement team.

POST TITLE: 0-3 Early years Room Lead GRADE: Scale 6 DEPARTMENT Children's Services DIVISION / UNIT Learning and Schools/ Early Years and Childcare REPORTS TO: Daycare Manager PRIMARY JOB FUNCTION Under the overall direction and management of the Head Teacher, Deputy head teacher and Day Care Manger, to implement high quality early years practice and provision to support all children to reach their full potential, particularly in the prime areas of learning and development across all centre services Scale 6: Take responsibility for leading and co-ordinating an area of the centre's services, under the direction of senior management. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 1. To take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children in your care and those you come into contact with. 2. To undertake child protection training at a level commensurate with role. 3. Through hands-on practice contribute to the development and maintenance of developmentally appropriate, child-centred, play-based provision for young children which provides the nurturing environment needed to promote children's emotional stability, independence, autonomy and creativity. 4. Foster positive relationships and close working links with the range of professionals in the children's centre in order to promote access to wider integrated services for all families and children and support a multi-disciplinary team around the child and family approach. This includes completing and using common assessment frameworks (CAF) and participating in Team around the Child (TAC) meetings where appropriate. 5. Develop and maintain a partnership with parents that value their contributions and involves them in their child's education, including support for the home learning environment and for ensuring smooth transitions and continuity for the child and parents into, within and out of the setting. 6. Act as a key person for a defined group of individual children providing each child with continuity of care throughout the child's time at the setting, in partnership with their parent/carers: • Develop a loving and secure relationship with each key child. • Help each key child to become familiar with and confident in the setting. • Look after each key child's care and welfare needs e.g. dressing, toilet training, and eating, sleeping, being comforted. • Build trusted relationships with each key child's parents, ensuring there are regular opportunities to share information on the child's development at home and in the setting. • Support each child's individual learning journey through on-going observation, assessment and planning in partnership with parents/carers and other colleagues • Complete reviews of the key child, in partnership with multi-agency colleagues and parents/carers, as appropriate (e.g. at aged two, leaver's record). 7. Develop and maintain appropriate positive behaviour strategies with children. 8. Attend and participate in relevant CPD, share the knowledge and ideas gained with colleagues in the setting and lead on further development in this area if required. 9. Uphold the principles of good practice in inclusion and equal opportunities in all aspects of the role, supporting early identification and intervention strategies at all times. 10. Contribute to the development and consistent use of systems for planning, observation, assessment and record-keeping 11. Contribute to the development of relevant policies and procedures. 12. Draw on the expertise of colleagues within the setting, and outside agencies to meet the needs of individual children 13. Keep up to date with best early years practice, local and national policy 14. Take responsibility for leading and co-ordinating an area of the centre's service. The postholder would be expected to • Use evaluative tools to improve practice and measure impact • Report on the service provided analysing available data as appropriate • Direct and support staff • Maintain effective systems for the smooth running of the service • Provide advice and disseminate good practice 15. Undertake other minor and/or non-recurring duties appropriate to this post as directed by the Head of Centre/Deputy and lead practitioner including working flexibly (eg. weekends and evenings). 16. To undertake other duties commensurate to the grade of the post. 17. Two weeks of the annual leave entitlement to be taken during the Centre closure period in summer (specific dates to be confirmed depending on Centre). ADDITIONAL: • To use and assist others in the use of information technology systems to carry out duties in the most efficient and effective manner. • To achieve agreed service outcomes and outputs, and personal appraisal targets, as agreed by the line manager. • To undertake training and constructively take part in meetings, supervision, seminars and other events designed to improve communication and assist with the effective development of the post and post holder. • The post holder is expected to be committed to the Council's core values of public service, quality, equality and empowerment and to demonstrate this commitment in the way they carry out their duties. • Ensure all the services within the area(s) of responsibility are provided in accordance with the Council's commitment to high quality service provision to users. • Ensure that duties are undertaken with due regard and compliance with the Data Protection Act and other legislation. • Carry out duties and responsibilities in accordance with the Council's Health and Safety Policy and relevant Health and Safety legislation. • At all times carrying out responsibilities/duties within the framework of the Council's Dignity for all Policy. (Equal Opportunities Policy). PERSON SPECIFICATION The person specification is a picture of skills, knowledge and experience required to carry out the job. It has been used to draw up the advert and will also be used in the short-listing and interview process for this post. You should demonstrate on your application form how you meet each of the following essential criteria. Please ensure that your address each one of the criteria as this will be used to assess your suitability for the post. Department: Children's Services Division/Unit: Learning and Schools/Early Years and Childcare Post Title: 0-3 Early Years Room Lead Grade: Scale 6 REQUIREMENTS EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE A/I/T E1 Minimum Level 3 qualification in childcare/early years practice with suitable practice placements (e.g. NNEB Certificate, NVQ Level 3 - Childcare/Early Years Care, BTEC Nationals in Childhood Studies or equivalent ) Desirable: A Foundation Degree in early years early childhood studies or equivalent Substantial post qualifying experience of working with children under 5 in an early years setting Educated to English GCSE (A-C) or equivalent or able to pass the Council's literacy tests Room Lead experience or equivalent in an early years setting KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITY Demonstrate the ability to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, and provide a safe learning environment and recognise when a child is in danger or at risk of abuse. Secure knowledge of early childhood development and the importance of early identification and intervention including the range of factors that can inhibit children's learning and development Knowledge and understanding of the national early years framework and the importance of play in young children's development and learning Demonstrate the ability to promote and create a stimulating learning environment that promote all aspects of children's learning and development, including for children with SEND, through a range of effective strategies Knowledge and an understanding of the importance of the child's well-being and ability to meet the physical and emotional needs of young children. Including those with additional social, emotional or special education needs. Demonstrate a knowledge of how to share information appropriately and safeguarding practice, policy and procedure and the ability to recognise when a child is in danger or at risk of abuse Demonstrate the ability to effectively contribute and support staff with the observation, assessment, tracking and planning systems in place. Demonstrate the ability to relate easily and communicate effectively with children aged birth to 5, listening and responding sensitively. Demonstrate the ability to develop effective relationships with parent/carers and support them in promoting their children's learning and development in the home Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively with multi-agency staff and to work as part of a team contributing to policy development and evaluation where appropriate Demonstrate a knowledge of current developments and issues in the education and care of young children, including those who are vulnerable or disadvantaged High level of written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills To have relevant IT skills, be willing to develop these skills as necessary and be familiar with relevant software. Demonstrate the ability to, support and motivate colleagues in specific areas of practice . click apply for full job details

Role: Residential Deputy Manager- Children's Home Contract: Full Time, permanent Salary : Base salary of £31,105.28 with the potential to earn up to £34,362.56 with sleep in shifts. Location: Penrith Specific Hours : 42 hours per week- shift pattern on rotation We are currently seeking an experienced Residential Deputy Manager to join our services based in Penrith. North Lakes Children's Services is a well-established local provider of therapeutic residential care and education for boys aged 6-18. We improve the resilience, self-esteem and abilities of all the young people we work with. We currently have a Management opportunity at our 4-bedroom home in Carlisle. Can you inspire your team? Have you an approachable leadership style? If you are a qualified and experienced Children's Home Deputy Manager, we would love to hear from you. Main Duties Responsible in ensuring that the Statement of Purpose is in place, and reflects the appropriate needs of young people that the home is working with and outlines qualifications, experience and expertise of the staff employed within the home. To be responsible for ensuring a full flow of information into and out of the team and to develop effective communication strategies and systems which assist staff in the operation of their duties. To be responsible for the effective management and development of a range of quality direct services to young people. To ensure that the policies and procedures of North Lakes Children's Services are implemented. To ensure that staff training and development needs are identified and ensuring that those needs are met. To assist in training staff as required. To ensure that all Health and Safety Regulations are complied with in accordance with North Lakes Children's Services policies, procedures and practices. To regularly inspect the condition of the structure, fabric, furnishings and fittings of the building to ensure that all necessary equipment, etc. is in good working order and of a reasonable and acceptable standard of repair. To ensure that effective finance budgets, control, administration and records comply with North Lakes Children's Services expectations and procedures. To promote and implement the companies Equality and Diversity policies and to ensure that staff understand and implement the companies Child Protection Procedures. Quality Assurance - To set, monitor and evaluate standards at individual, team performance and service quality Communication - To establish and manage the team communications systems ensuring that the Company procedures, policies, strategies and objectives are effectively communicated to all team members Professional Practice - To ensure that professional practice in the team is carried out to the highest standards and developed in line with the company stated objectives of continual improvement in quality of its service to the young people in our care and external professionals. General Management - To provide vision and leadership to staff within a specialist team, ensuring that effective systems are in place for workload allocation and management, the application of the company's policies and procedures, including those relating to equality, supervision and appraisal and all aspects of their performance, personal development, health and welfare. All Applicants must have: Have an understanding of the issues that face young people in care Hold Residential Childcare/Families Practitioner Diploma/Children and Young People's Workforce/NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent Excellent communication and listening skills Be willing to learn Be able to work well as part of a small team Be willing to undertake a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position. Your DBS check shall be paid for by ourselves Experience with Emotional Behavioural Disorder, Social/Residential Work or Youth Work would be advantageous. Have a full, clean UK driving licence and be able to cover at other Residential Homes as and when needed. Benefits: A sleep-in allowance of £62.64 per night- potential extra earning of up to £3257.28 Shift Rotation: 2 days on, 2 days off, with staggered start times ranging from 8am, 12noon or 2pm (i.e. 8am-10pm, 12pm-10pm or 2pm-10pm). 6 weeks annual leave entitlement. Company pension Access to our Employee Discount Scheme, including discounts at various well-known retail companies Access to wellbeing supports via our Employee Assistance Programme Overtime and additional holiday pay at Christmas day and New Year's Day. Career progression opportunities Comprehensive annual training including: Child Development, Attachment Theory, PACE Model, Therapeutic Parenting, The Whole Brain Child Model. North Lakes is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. The company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position.

Contract: Full Time, Permanent Salary : Up to £33,112.56 (including sleep in shifts) Location: Carlisle Specific Hours : 42 hours per week- shift pattern on rotation We are currently seeking an experienced Residential Deputy Manager to join our services based in Carlisle. North Lakes Children's Services is a well-established local provider of therapeutic residential care and education for boys aged 6-18. We improve the resilience, self-esteem and abilities of all the young people we work with. We currently have a Management opportunity at our 4-bedroom home in Carlisle. Can you inspire your team? Have you an approachable leadership style? If you are a qualified and experienced Children's Home Deputy Manager, we would love to hear from you. Main Duties Responsible in ensuring that the Statement of Purpose is in place, and reflects the appropriate needs of young people that the home is working with and outlines qualifications, experience and expertise of the staff employed within the home. To be responsible for ensuring a full flow of information into and out of the team and to develop effective communication strategies and systems which assist staff in the operation of their duties. To be responsible for the effective management and development of a range of quality direct services to young people. To ensure that the policies and procedures of North Lakes Children's Services are implemented. To ensure that staff training and development needs are identified and ensuring that those needs are met. To assist in training staff as required. To ensure that all Health and Safety Regulations are complied with in accordance with North Lakes Children's Services policies, procedures and practices. To regularly inspect the condition of the structure, fabric, furnishings and fittings of the building to ensure that all necessary equipment, etc. is in good working order and of a reasonable and acceptable standard of repair. To ensure that effective finance budgets, control, administration and records comply with North Lakes Children's Services expectations and procedures. To promote and implement the companies Equality and Diversity policies and to ensure that staff understand and implement the companies Child Protection Procedures. Quality Assurance - To set, monitor and evaluate standards at individual, team performance and service quality Communication - To establish and manage the team communications systems ensuring that the Company procedures, policies, strategies and objectives are effectively communicated to all team members Professional Practice - To ensure that professional practice in the team is carried out to the highest standards and developed in line with the company stated objectives of continual improvement in quality of its service to the young people in our care and external professionals. General Management - To provide vision and leadership to staff within a specialist team, ensuring that effective systems are in place for workload allocation and management, the application of the company's policies and procedures, including those relating to equality, supervision and appraisal and all aspects of their performance, personal development, health and welfare. Click apply now to visit our careers portal and view the full list of duties. All Applicants must have: Have an understanding of the issues that face young people in care Hold Residential Childcare/Families Practitioner Diploma/Children and Young People's Workforce/NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent Excellent communication and listening skills Be willing to learn Be able to work well as part of a small team Be willing to undertake a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position. Your DBS check shall be paid for by ourselves Experience with Emotional Behavioural Disorder, Social/Residential Work or Youth Work would be advantageous. Have a full, clean UK driving licence and be able to cover at other Residential Homes as and when needed. Benefits: A sleep-in allowance of £62.64 per night- potential extra earning of up to £3257.28 Shift Rotation: 2 days on, 2 days off, with staggered start times ranging from 8am, 12noon or 2pm (i.e. 8am-10pm, 12pm-10pm or 2pm-10pm). 6 weeks annual leave entitlement. Company pension Access to our Employee Discount Scheme, including discounts at various well-known retail companies Access to wellbeing supports via our Employee Assistance Programme Overtime and additional holiday pay at Christmas day and New Year's Day. Career progression opportunities Comprehensive annual training including: Child Development, Attachment Theory, PACE Model, Therapeutic Parenting, The Whole Brain Child Model. North Lakes is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. The company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position. INDRESHP

Job Purpose To manage the day-to-day operations of a portfolio of teams, ensuring the delivery of high quality services to clients. The Team Manager will be responsible for leading a team of practitioners, ensuring they meet performance targets, and providing guidance and support to ensure the team delivers effective, client-focused support. The role focuses on managing caseloads, overseeing operational delivery, and supporting the continuous professional development of staff. Base: To be agreed. There will be regular travels across West Mercia. Key Responsibilities Team Management • Leadership & Support: Lead and manage a team of practitioners to deliver highquality, service user focused services. Provide supervision, guidance, and regular performance reviews to ensure the team s effectiveness and professional development. • Team Culture: Foster a positive, inclusive, and collaborative team environment that values diversity and mutual support. • Communication: Organise and facilitate regular team meetings to ensure clear communication, address challenges, and encourage problem-solving within the team. • Development: Identify the training and development needs of the team and coordinate relevant opportunities to enhance their skills and knowledge. Service Delivery • Oversight: Ensure the team delivers services effectively to service users, ensuring that interventions are evidence-based, outcome-focused, and aligned with YSS s vision and mission. • Evaluation: Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of service delivery, ensuring that continuous improvement measures are implemented to meet clients' evolving needs. • Compliance: Ensure all services are delivered in line with legal, ethical, and organisational standards, maintaining high levels of professionalism and adherence to safeguarding and safeguarding procedures. • Contractual Adherence: Ensure that services meet contractual requirements and service delivery metrics, ensuring accountability and transparency in service performance. • Caseload Management: Manage a small caseload of service users, providing direct support to clients and ensuring that their needs are met through tailored interventions. Partnership and Stakeholder Engagement • Relationship Building: Develop and maintain effective working relationships with external partners, including local authorities, social services, educational institutions, community organisations, and other stakeholders. • Representation: Represent YSS at relevant meetings, events, and forums, promoting the charity s services and advocating for the needs of service users. • Collaboration: Work collaboratively with stakeholders to identify and advocate for the needs of service users, and to raise awareness of YSS s services within the community. Operational Management • Policy Compliance: Ensure that the team follows all operational policies and procedures, including safeguarding, data protection/GDPR, health and safety, and risk management protocols. • Resource Management: Oversee the effective management of the team s resources, ensuring financial and operational efficiencies while staying within budget constraints. • Reporting: Collaborate with the IT, Quality and Digital team to prepare and deliver reports on service performance, client outcomes, and team activities, ensuring that senior management and funders are kept informed of progress and challenges. Strategic Input • Strategic Contribution: Provide input into the development and implementation of the charity s strategic plans, helping to shape the direction of services based on the needs of service users and emerging trends. • Innovation: Identify and suggest opportunities for service development and innovation, to respond to changing community needs and opportunities for improvement in service delivery. Safeguarding Responsibility • Act as Deputy Safeguarding Lead for the organisation, ensuring all safeguarding concerns are managed appropriately and in line with legal and organisational requirements. Risk Management: Support and ensure the • team follows appropriate safeguarding protocols, conducting risk assessments, and ensuring that service users are protected from harm. • Training & Awareness: Ensure the team is trained in safeguarding procedures and stays informed about emerging safeguarding practices, legislation, and policies. • Incident Reporting: Act as the point of contact for reporting and managing safeguarding incidents within the team, ensuring all concerns are escalated promptly and appropriately to the Designated safeguarding Lead. • Promote a culture of safeguarding: Actively promote a safeguarding culture within the team, ensuring safeguarding is a key consideration in all aspects of service delivery and team dynamics. Additional Role Requirements and Organisational Commitment • Work Schedule: Weekend and evening work is unlikely but may occasionally be required based on operational needs. • Travel: Regular travel across the region (Telford, Shropshire, Worcestershire, and Herefordshire) will be necessary; therefore, access to a car is essential. • Safety and Compliance: Ensure all work is conducted in compliance with YSS policies and procedures, including those on lone working, health and safety, child and adult protection, risk management, and confidentiality. • Professionalism: Maintain the highest standards of professionalism, ensuring adherence to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) principles, as well as any relevant guidelines for volunteer programs and other relevant initiatives. • Diversity Commitment: YSS values diversity and is committed to building a culturally diverse team. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds to better reflect the communities we serve. • Safer Recruitment: YSS adheres to Safer Recruitment principles, including comprehensive application processes, interviews, verification of references (one of which must be from your last employer), qualifications and identity checks, and an enhanced DBS check. • You must have the right to live and work in the UK to be considered for this role. Person Specification Essential: • Experience: Proven experience in leading on the development of a service ideally within a charity, care, or community services setting. • Service Delivery: Demonstrated experience in delivering or overseeing support services, such as counselling, education, advocacy, or community-based programs. • Safeguarding Knowledge: Strong understanding of safeguarding principles and risk management practices. • Communication & Interpersonal Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with diverse groups including children, families, and adults, and to manage sensitive issues with discretion. • Experience in Working with Diverse Groups: Experience working with children, families, and vulnerable adults in community-based settings or relevant service delivery environments. Desirable • Experience: Proven experience in managing and leading a small team, ideally within a charity, care, or community services setting. • Qualifications: A relevant qualification in social work, education, health, or a related field. • Financial Awareness: Awareness and experience with budget management, financial reporting, and resource allocation. Why work for YSS? • Annual leave entitlement of 35 days (including Bank Holidays). • Additional Company Holidays. • Pension Scheme. • Employee Health & wellbeing plan. • Occupational sick pay. • Flexible working / hybrid working. • Monthly supervision for support / personal development. • Robust induction and training programme with an organisational commitment to ongoing training and personal development.

Contract: Full Time, permanent Salary : Up to £33,112.56 (including sleep in shifts) Location: Wigton Specific Hours : 42 hours per week- shift pattern on rotation We are currently seeking an experienced Residential Deputy Manager to join our services based in Carlisle. North Lakes Children's Services is a well-established local provider of therapeutic residential care and education for boys aged 6-18. We improve the resilience, self-esteem and abilities of all the young people we work with. We currently have a Management opportunity at our 4-bedroom home in Carlisle. Can you inspire your team? Have you an approachable leadership style? If you are a qualified and experienced Children's Home Deputy Manager, we would love to hear from you. Main Duties Responsible in ensuring that the Statement of Purpose is in place, and reflects the appropriate needs of young people that the home is working with and outlines qualifications, experience and expertise of the staff employed within the home. To be responsible for ensuring a full flow of information into and out of the team and to develop effective communication strategies and systems which assist staff in the operation of their duties. To be responsible for the effective management and development of a range of quality direct services to young people. To ensure that the policies and procedures of North Lakes Children's Services are implemented. To ensure that staff training and development needs are identified and ensuring that those needs are met. To assist in training staff as required. To ensure that all Health and Safety Regulations are complied with in accordance with North Lakes Children's Services policies, procedures and practices. To regularly inspect the condition of the structure, fabric, furnishings and fittings of the building to ensure that all necessary equipment, etc. is in good working order and of a reasonable and acceptable standard of repair. To ensure that effective finance budgets, control, administration and records comply with North Lakes Children's Services expectations and procedures. To promote and implement the companies Equality and Diversity policies and to ensure that staff understand and implement the companies Child Protection Procedures. Quality Assurance - To set, monitor and evaluate standards at individual, team performance and service quality Communication - To establish and manage the team communications systems ensuring that the Company procedures, policies, strategies and objectives are effectively communicated to all team members Professional Practice - To ensure that professional practice in the team is carried out to the highest standards and developed in line with the company stated objectives of continual improvement in quality of its service to the young people in our care and external professionals. General Management - To provide vision and leadership to staff within a specialist team, ensuring that effective systems are in place for workload allocation and management, the application of the company's policies and procedures, including those relating to equality, supervision and appraisal and all aspects of their performance, personal development, health and welfare. Click apply now to visit our careers portal and read the full list of duties. All Applicants must have: Have an understanding of the issues that face young people in care Hold Residential Childcare/Families Practitioner Diploma/Children and Young People's Workforce/NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent Excellent communication and listening skills Be willing to learn Be able to work well as part of a small team Be willing to undertake a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position. Your DBS check shall be paid for by ourselves Experience with Emotional Behavioural Disorder, Social/Residential Work or Youth Work would be advantageous. Have a full, clean UK driving licence and be able to cover at other Residential Homes as and when needed. Benefits: A sleep-in allowance of £62.64 per night- potential extra earning of up to £3257.28 Shift Rotation: 2 days on, 2 days off, with staggered start times ranging from 8am, 12noon or 2pm (i.e. 8am-10pm, 12pm-10pm or 2pm-10pm). 6 weeks annual leave entitlement. Company pension Access to our Employee Discount Scheme, including discounts at various well-known retail companies Access to wellbeing supports via our Employee Assistance Programme Overtime and additional holiday pay at Christmas day and New Year's Day Career progression opportunities Comprehensive annual training including: Child Development, Attachment Theory, PACE Model, Therapeutic Parenting, The Whole Brain Child Model. North Lakes is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. The company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position.

Children's Home Residential Registered Manager Contract: Full Time, permanent Salary : Up to £42,500 per annum (includes bonuses) Location: Carlisle Specific Hours : 40 Hours per week (Monday to Friday) We are currently seeking an experienced Residential Registered Manager to join our brand new service based in Carlisle. North Lakes Children's Services is a well-established local provider of therapeutic residential care and education for boys aged 6-18. We improve the resilience, self-esteem and abilities of all the young people we work with. We currently have a Management opportunity at our 4-bedroom home in Carlisle. Can you inspire your team? Have you an approachable leadership style? If you are a qualified and experienced Children's Home Registered Manager, we would love to hear from you. Main Duties Responsible in ensuring that the Statement of Purpose is in place, and reflects the appropriate needs of young people that the home is working with and outlines qualifications, experience and expertise of the staff employed within the home. To be responsible for ensuring a full flow of information into and out of the team and to develop effective communication strategies and systems which assist staff in the operation of their duties. To be responsible for the effective management and development of a range of quality direct services to young people. To ensure that the policies and procedures of North Lakes Children's Services are implemented. To ensure that staff training and development needs are identified and ensuring that those needs are met. To assist in training staff as required. To ensure that all Health and Safety Regulations are complied with in accordance with North Lakes Children's Services policies, procedures and practices. To regularly inspect the condition of the structure, fabric, furnishings and fittings of the building to ensure that all necessary equipment, etc. is in good working order and of a reasonable and acceptable standard of repair. To ensure that effective finance budgets, control, administration and records comply with North Lakes Children's Services expectations and procedures. To promote and implement the companies Equality and Diversity policies and to ensure that staff understand and implement the companies Child Protection Procedures. Quality Assurance - To set, monitor and evaluate standards at individual, team performance and service quality Communication - To establish and manage the team communications systems ensuring that the Company procedures, policies, strategies and objectives are effectively communicated to all team members Professional Practice - To ensure that professional practice in the team is carried out to the highest standards and developed in line with the company stated objectives of continual improvement in quality of its service to the young people in our care and external professionals. General Management - To provide vision and leadership to staff within a specialist team, ensuring that effective systems are in place for workload allocation and management, the application of the company's policies and procedures, including those relating to equality, supervision and appraisal and all aspects of their performance, personal development, health and welfare. All Applicants must have: Have an understanding of the issues that face young people in care Hold Residential Childcare/Families Practitioner Diploma/Children and Young People's Workforce/NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent Hold Level 5 diploma in Leadership and Management or equivalent Excellent communication and listening skills Be willing to learn Be able to work well as part of a small team Be willing to undertake a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position. Your DBS check shall be paid for by ourselves Experience with Emotional Behavioural Disorder, Social/Residential Work or Youth Work would be advantageous. Have a full, clean UK driving licence and be able to cover at other Residential Homes as and when needed. Benefits: 6 weeks annual leave entitlement. Company pension Up to £2000 full occupancy rate £2500 Ofsted bonus for an 'Outstanding' report Access to our Employee Discount Scheme, including discounts at various well-known retail companies Access to wellbeing supports via our Employee Assistance Programme Overtime and additional holiday pay at Christmas day and New Year's Day. Career progression opportunities Comprehensive annual training including: Child Development, Attachment Theory, PACE Model, Therapeutic Parenting, The Whole Brain Child Model. North Lakes is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates. The company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level if successful for the position. INDRESHP

Social Worker / Advanced Social Worker - Family Assessment Service - Children - Croydon Council Salary: Grade 11-14 (£45,510 - £53,607) Permanent - 36 hours per week Welcome Payment - £5,000 Retention Payment - £2,500 Hybrid working Job Purpose We expect children and families in Croydon to receive outstanding services from our social work staff. We want our staff to have high expectations and high challenge of their practice and each other. It's an exciting time to be joining us. To meet the changing needs of our children and families we have invested in creating the conditions for social work to flourish. We have a number of exciting opportunities for Social Workers to join our Croydon. The Family Assessment Service receives cases from our Front Door (MASH). Social Workers carry out Child and Family Assessments, create family plans and where appropriate work with families to support the intervention of agreed plans (brief intervention). Social Workers carry out S47 Child Protection Enquiries, work with a range of partner agencies to ensure children and young people are supported and safeguarded. Croydon has five teams within the Family Assessment Service based in our modern offices in Croydon, come and join us. We are committed to improving the lives of children and young people and their families across the Borough. We offer great office accommodation and facilities in the centre of Croydon with excellent public transport links. Essential Requirements We are looking for confident Qualified social workers, that are Social Work England Registered and that have completed their ASYE and who can demonstrate their skills, resilience and experience in: Making relationships to create change Identifying and working with our families' strengths. Managing complex cases Working with families and children to produce Child and Family assessments Working directly with children, young people and their families evidencing multi-agency partnerships with a robust understanding of thresholds of need. Strong interpersonal skills to engage with families and referrers from all partner agencies. Excellent analytical and writing skills and the ability to incorporate our systemic practice model which builds on families' strengths with a focus on protective factors. Effective time management skills to deliver within expected timeframes. Why Join Us In Croydon, our Children's Services has an established Systemic Practice model, experienced leaders, and high support for practitioners. Croydon people and staff are diverse, and we celebrate difference through focus on anti-racist and anti-discriminatory practice. We are committed to delivering excellent social work practice and services to our children and families. As well as this we also offer the following: Our teams consist of experienced Social Workers at various levels Join a highly diverse workforce Reflective supervision is actively promoted and supported. The ethos at Croydon is very much about working together to make positive change Caseloads of Social Workers are very manageable enabling managers to know children well & ensure high standards of practice You will join an established team who can help you settle in and offer their expertise Benefits You will be valued for your skills and expertise, supported by the team of experienced professionals, as well as the management at Croydon Council, one of the largest employers in the borough. We also offer: Highly competitive compensation package Accredited Systemic Practice training A range of CPD opportunities 29-31 days (grade equivalent) annual leave in addition to Bank Holidays and option to purchase more A pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 20% Continuing Professional Development - genuine opportunities to grow, develop and specialise in your career Management development programmes Investment into your wellbeing Access to Employee Discount scheme with a range of programmes (Cycle Benefit Scheme, GymFlex, Retail Discounts and more) We promote flexible & hybrid working arrangements where possible to support a healthy work-life balance. To view the Social Worker Grade 11-12 role profile click here To view the Advanced Social Worker Grade 14 Role profile click here Disclaimer Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role. Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. The Successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check which allows them to work with children.

Team Manager - Children with Disabilities - Croydon Council Salary: Grade 16 (£57,201 - £59,328) Permanent - 36 hours per week Welcome Payment - £10,000 Retention Payment - £5,000 Hybrid working We are seeking a qualified and experienced Team Manager to join us and support our extremely talented team of Social Workers to driving the service forward. You will lead and manage performance of a team and foster a culture of continuous learning and reflection of practice that inspires staff to give their best in their roles. To lead and manage performance of a team of social workers and foster a culture of continuous learning and reflection of practice that inspires staff to give of their best in their roles. Introduce, embed and continually improve at team level, the quality of social work consistent with established models of good practice. To provide professional advice to staff, colleagues and partners for the area of responsibility. Ensure that assessments and plans for children are robust, evidence-based, progressed in a timely way, are effective in keeping children safe and are outcome focussed. Allocate cases effectively in terms of matching the risk / complexity of cases with the skills, experience and professional development needs of social workers. Prioritise the deployment of staff resources and ensure practice is operating in accordance with the thresholds of Croydon's early help and staged intervention model. Ensure compliance with statutory requirements and Croydon practice standards in respect of the protection and well-being of children, including looked after children and young people. To embed and develop the outcomes focussed framework and culture across the service that demonstrates measurable improvements in the stability, well-being and safety of children and families allocated in the Team. Contribute to the development and introduction of a quality assurance framework for the service and use the findings to drive continuous practice improvement in the Team. To manage and contribute to projects that deliver service improvement, working to recognised project management principles and methods. To maintain up-to-date knowledge of research findings, legislation, statutory guidance and policy developments relevant to the service area. Essential Requirements Qualified Social Workers who are Social Work England registered Working knowledge of national policy, strategy and developments regarding children's social care, and areas that impact on children's social care. Able to lead improvement in social work practice at an operational level through effective performance management Evidence of leading and managing operational change effectively Able to lead and manage in an operational area dealing with high risk and high complexity in a way that delivers good safeguarding and well-being outcomes for children and families. Experience of managing and/or supervising childcare social workers in an area relevant to this particular service area with evidenced results of continuing practice and good outcomes for children. Why Join Us Our team consists of experienced, dedicated practitioners We meet regularly to make sure everyone we work with has the support and knowledge needed to make a difference and be the difference to our families, communities and colleagues At Croydon relationships matter and we are about strong partnerships and working together to make lasting positive change We are an established team who can help you settle in and offer their expertise You will have the support of an extremely knowledgeable understanding manager You will have access to a busy, buzzy, committed workforce and work environment Opportunities to work from home and work flexibly provides you with more work-life balance Opportunities to think together with your manager about career development Support to help you grow, develop, learn and lead Full time 36 Hours To view the Team Manager - Children with Disabilities role profile please click here Closing date 21 May :59pm Equal Opportunities and Safeguarding Statement Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role. Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. The Successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check