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- Reference
- HUL/24/0203
- Full Time Equivalent Salary (based on a 37 hour working week)
- £70228 - £70228
- Occupational group
- Care/Social Work - Children's
- Job term
- Full Time
- Appointment type
- Permanent
- Hours
- 37
- Division
- Children and Family Services - Directorate
- Closing Date
- 08 May 2024
- Proposed Shortlisting Date
- 10 May 2024
- Proposed Interview Date
- 24 May 2024
- Place of work
- Guildhall, Hull HU1 2AA
- For an informal discussion please contact
- Rachel Donnachie
- Contact telephone
- 01482 616080
At Hull City Council we are committed to our children and young people and we are passionate about how we deliver services to them.
That’s why we are developing and nurturing a culture that puts our children and young people at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our workforce to work together to find solutions, to be open, honest and respectful, to take responsibility and listen and learn from others. Our full ILACS inspection confirmed that services and outcomes for many children in Hull have improved and have continued to improve further over the last two years.
If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you. Hull is a changing local authority and it’s a fantastic time to join us and be a key player in supporting our journey.
The Head of Service for Resources (placements and children’s homes) will be joining the team at a time of significant success. In recent years, we have developed and strengthened our Edge of Care support, short breaks and significantly increased the number and range of local children’s homes, significantly improving our placement choice and local sufficiency for children.
We now have 16 children’s homes, all look after smaller groups of children including a number of solo and two bed homes. Not only do we have more choice and local flexibility, we are incredibly proud that our homes provide high quality care for children with all, except one, currently judged as Outstanding or Good by Ofsted at their most recent inspection.
In addition, we are proud that our fostering service has also grown significantly in recent years with much to celebrate. We have extended our supported lodgings and shared tenancy schemes for older young people and have a clear focus around what we want to achieve in the coming years. So much achieved and always more to do!
Why it's great to work for Hull City Council:
- A competitive salary of £70,228
- An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension scheme (LGPS)
- Up to 33 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off
- Career development and learning experiences from a range of training and learning methods
- A generous relocation package
- Supportive and forward thinking culture
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For more information and confidential conversation please contact Rachel Donnachie, Assistant Director of Childrens Safeguarding via email to Rachel.Donnachie@hullcc.gov.uk or call on 01482 616080.
Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight on the closing date.
We are committed to increasing the diversity, equity, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.
We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
Any offer of employment to the above post will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory Enhanced & Childrens Barring List Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service.
Hull City Council embraces the principles of WorkSmart and this post has been identified as a suitable role. WorkSmart principles create opportunities facilitating a combination of working in the office, adhoc homeworking, or working from various locations, therefore being flexible about where/ how you carry out your role, the specific opportunities available will be discussed at interview.