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Posted today, 22 Feb

Closing date: 10-03-2025 (15 days)

Job ref: HGH18240

Full Job Description

Job Description

Post Title: Strategic Lead - Care and Support
Location: The Highland Council Headquarters, Inverness / Hybrid
Hours: 35 hours per week
Duration: Permanent
Salary: £78,132 - £85,412 per annum

Salary placing will normally be at the first point of the scale.

Contact Person: Fiona Duncan Tel: 01463 702621

Job Purpose: Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and families? Highland Children’s Social Work Services is on an exciting journey of change and improvement through our Families 1st strategy - to safely keep as many children as possible within their families and connected to their Highland communities. In Highland we are committed to 'Keeping the Promise' and we are seeking a dedicated and experienced Strategic Lead to manage our Placement Change Programme, fostering and adoption services, kinship care, permanency planning, and reunification efforts.


This role also encompasses the operational delivery of Residential, Fostering and Adoption, Through Care and After Care, and Disability services, ensuring an integrated approach in line with our Service delivery model. You will support all managers within the Service to deliver high-quality Social Work Services, adhering to our agreed delivery plan.


As a key member of the Service management team, you will provide effective and collaborative leadership across the Service. You will lead Service Management Teams, ensuring the integration of services is at the forefront of delivery. Your strategic and operational responsibility will include the delivery of our Corporate Parenting function, ensuring high-quality services are provided to individuals, families, and communities. You will ensure these services meet established objectives, adhere to the highest professional standards, and operate within current operational policies, legislation, regulation, and guidance

Please APPLY ONLINE.

The Highland Council understands that diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, and being fair and inclusive. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, representative of the communities we serve and particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be under-represented in our workforce.

As a disability confident employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria requirements for the post.

Prior to confirming appointment, we will require successful candidates to become members of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme.

Short listed applicants will normally be contacted by email, unless otherwise stated. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

Requirements

A professional Social Work qualification, or professional qualification in related area, and evidence of continuing professional development.

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