Senior Manager - EmPower Contextual Safeguarding

Job-:
Social Care - Children

Location:

Lancashire, United Kingdom

Schedule:

Full time Posted:
Closes:
Senior Manager, EmPower Contextual Safeguarding Education and Children’s Services – Lancashire County Council Salary: 68,225 – 74,531

Location:

Lancashire, Countywide (Hybrid)
Lead With Purpose. Transform Futures.

Some leadership roles are about managing services. This one is about changing futures.

As Senior Manager within Lancashire EmPower Contextual Safeguarding, you’ll lead services supporting children and young people at critical points in their lives, shaping how we deliver child-first, trauma-informed practice across Lancashire.

You’ll inspire teams, influence partners and help create a service that gives young people the opportunity to move forward and achieve their potential.

This is senior leadership where your impact really matters.

About the Role You’ll provide strategic and operational leadership across specialist teams, working closely with the Head of Service to drive performance, quality and continuous improvement.

You’ll lead high-quality practice, ensure risk and safeguarding are managed effectively and oversee performance, resources and budgets. Partnership working will be central to your role, bringing together professionals and agencies around children and young people while ensuring their voices and those of their families shape the services they receive.

It’s a significant leadership opportunity to influence the future of youth justice across Lancashire.

About You You’ll be an experienced children’s social care leader with a strong understanding of Contextual Safeguarding, and a track record of leading high-performing teams through change and improvement.

You’ll be confident making complex decisions, managing risk and performance and building strong relationships across organisational boundaries. Most importantly, you’ll be a leader who can bring people with you while keeping children and young people at the heart of your decisions.

You’ll need a minimum of four years’ management or leadership experience within children’s social care and must be a professionally qualified and registered Social Worker, meeting Social Work England professional standards. You’ll also hold a management qualification or have undertaken significant management training.

Why Join Us?

A workplace built on trust, balance and flexibility

We want our leaders to have the support and flexibility they need to perform at their best. You’ll join an organisation where trusted leadership, wellbeing and collaboration are central to how we work.

Development that grows with youYou’ll have the opportunity to influence a critical area of Children’s Services, working alongside senior leaders and partners while helping shape future services, practice and workforce development across Lancashire.

A culture grounded in inclusivity

Our values are supportive, innovative, respectful and collaborative. We want leaders who create inclusive teams, listen to children and families and empower people to deliver their best work.

How to Apply

Please demonstrate how you meet the criteria outlined in the

Job Description and Person Specification and attach a supporting statement and resume.

We’re looking for a leader who can bring people with them, champion child-first practice and help shape the future of youth justice across Lancashire.

Closing Date:
Sunday 1st November Interviews: TBCThe post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab.

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