Head of Safeguarding

• Pay Level: SML11
• Job closes 29th June 2024.
• Interviews w/c TBC.

Are you passionate about safeguarding vulnerable adults and ensuring the highest standards of quality in social care services?

Slough Borough Council is seeking a dynamic and experienced Head of Safeguarding and Quality to join our team. As a key member of the Executive Director's Management Team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the direction of adult social care service provision in our community.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leadership: Lead the delivery of exceptional safeguarding services.
• Strategy Development: Drive forward the council's public service reform agenda by providing strategic vision and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Corporate Leadership: Collaborate with cross-council initiatives to embed changes sustainably and inspire staff towards achieving strategic objectives.
• Service Leadership: Direct and manage service delivery, ensuring efficiency, responsiveness, and adherence to statutory requirements.
• Financial Management: Prioritise resources effectively to support corporate vision, driving outcome-based commissioning models and exploring commercial opportunities.
• Partnership Engagement: Actively engage with stakeholders to champion unified public services and foster collaboration across agencies.
• Business Change: Lead change management programs to deliver continual improvement and support the development of a council-wide corporate culture.
• Compliance: Ensure all activities comply with regulations and internal policies, managing performance and risk effectively.
• Equality and Diversity: Uphold and promote equality and diversity policies, embedding diversity into all aspects of work and service delivery.

What you'll have:

• Social Work qualification and registration with Social Work England.
• Significant experience of Adult Safeguarding at an operational and strategic level.
• Experience of working across agencies at a Strategic level.
• Experience: Extensive leadership experience within health or social care settings, with a track record of managing finance, risk, and performance.
• Skills: Strong strategic thinking, communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills, with a commitment to delivering on the council's vision and values.
• Knowledge: Expert understanding of legislative factors influencing safeguarding, best practices, and the priorities of Slough Borough Council.

Why Join Us?

At Slough Borough Council, we are committed to making a real difference in our community. Joining our team means being part of a supportive environment where your expertise and dedication will be valued. We offer opportunities for continuous professional development and the chance to contribute to meaningful change.

What we offer:

We offer a supportive place to grow and develop your career with a real opportunity for your input to be valued and heard. Ambition and innovation will be required now more than ever and you will join a friendly and collaborative environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Alongside a competitive salary, we provide:

• 26 days annual leave (not including Bank holidays), rising to 30 days between 2 - 5 years' service and 33 days after 5 years' service.
• Local Government Pension Scheme

We offer a wider range of great benefits including:

• Flexible and hybrid working options to promote work-life balance
• Our commitment to equality and diversity through a range of employee networks
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Tax - free childcare and childcare services
• Season loan ticket - to help with the cost of your rail / bus journey to &a;amp; from work.

Interested?

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If appointed, all posts will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.

Slough Borough Council is an inclusive employer and we encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We select staff on merit and we foster a workforce where people are valued, and represents the local communities that we serve. Slough Borough Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.

We want our application process to be open and accessible. If you wish to make your application in an alternative format, please email [email protected] quoting the job reference &a;ndash; our Accessibility Statement has more information.