Role: Child and Family Service Manager
Based: Southend-On-Sea
Salary: £31,000 - £33,000pa
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week – Hybrid 2 days from home and 3 in the office
Our client, a well-respected charity, providing services for women, men and children experiencing domestic abuse, are looking for a Child and Family Service Manager to join their team.
The role will include leading the development and safe delivery of a trauma-informed service for children affected by domestic abuse and focusing on ensuring that families remain strong and resilient.
Synopsis of duties:
- Developing, leading, and managing the Children & Young People’s Services
- Providing a trauma informed, holistic and needs led service to children, young people and their families who are victims of domestic abuse
- Working with the Adult Services Manager and Safe Accommodation Manager, ensuring that service users are being supported and that their additional complex needs are being supported
- Ensuring that members of staff are following best practice guidelines, upholding the organisation’s professional reputation, and are providing professional support and advice to service users
- Ensuring that the setting is meeting the requirements for Health & Safety and the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework
- Ensuring that safeguarding is of paramount importance, ensuring that all safeguarding measures are always followed
- Creating and delivering internal and externing training, including multi-agency sessions, awareness presentations, online and face to face training.
Essential Requirements:
- Experience of working with children/young people who have experienced trauma and working with families to provide support
- A sound understanding of risk assessments and safety planning
- A strong understanding of the impacts of domestic and sexual abuse on families, children, and young people
- A strong understanding of safeguarding, identifying safeguarding concerns and reporting these in line with policies and procedures
- Proven people management skills
- A relevant qualification relating to children and young people
- Must have an enhanced DBS dated within the last 12 months or on the update service
Supporting Futures Consulting acts as both an employer and an agency.