We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Tower Hamlets to assist with the appointment of an Early Help Project Manager, on a 3-month contract, likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £215.60 - £284.20 per day

Responsibilities:

• To work collaboratively with managers across Childrens Services and wider partners to promote the delivery of best practice and improved outcomes for families through Early Help.
• Provide effective advice and challenge to early help partners, schools and settings to promote the delivery of best practice and improved outcomes for families through Early Help.
• To provide day to day operational leadership and management to the MAST Early Help Team whilst developing and maintaining strong and effective integral part of with the MAST and CSC teams.
• To supervise, develop and support Early Help Staff and utilise staff resources within an agreed partnership and matrix management model as required.
• To monitor and ensure that assessment, referral and allocation pathways are followed within timescale.

Knowledge Required:

• A demonstrable expert understanding and knowledge of the national and local context for and operations of Childrens Services, with a particular focus and Early Help.
• A demonstrable expert understanding and knowledge of statutory, policy and regulatory frameworks with regard to Childrens Services, including early help and safeguarding. 
• A thorough knowledge of current early help issues that face local authorities, including government direction of travel expressed in recent papers and Ofsted developments.
• An understanding and knowledge of the challenges and requirements of performance management, intelligence and data quality in a local government setting.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Relevant qualification at Level 4 in education, social care, childcare, health services OR relevant professional child or family focused qualification.
• Significant experience of managing complex high performing multi‐disciplinary teams within a local government, school or independent sector context at a senior management level.
• Experience of coordinating performance management, intelligence and data quality arrangements and operations in a local government setting.
• Experience of producing information for external regulators, including statutory returns.

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K
• This role requires an Enhanced DBS

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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