Disabled Childrens Family Help Manager

The Service & Team:

The Disabled Children & Therapy Service (DC&TS) is a specialist multidisciplinary team dedicated to supporting disabled children young people and their families. We work with those whose primary needs stem from a physical or mental impairment that is both substantial and longterm significantly affecting their ability to carry out everyday activities.

Our service steps in when a childs needs go beyond what Early Support services can provide. DC&TS brings together a range of statutory and therapeutic services including:

• Children in Need Child Protection and Children in Care social work
• Occupational Therapy
• Disabled Children Family Workers
• Portage (early intervention support)
• Personal Budgets and Direct Payments
• Residential Childrens Homes
• Short Breaks and FamilyBased Short Breaks

The Role:

The postholder will lead the management and ongoing development of Early Support and Family Help services with a particular focus on Portage and Supporting Change In Partnership (SCIP).

They will oversee the allocation of work provide supervision and support to staff and ensure robust quality assurance and performance management processes are in place. This is all aimed at achieving the best possible outcomes for disabled children young people and their families across Cornwall. The role also includes responsibility for ensuring services are delivered effectively within budget.

As a key member of the DC&TS Management Group the successful candidate will also contribute to the strategic development of the wider service.

This is a public/customerfacing role where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.

This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.

Working Pattern:

This is a full time permanent post working Monday to Friday.

What youll need to succeed:

• Experience of managing a large team of employees who work in the community.

• Experience of creative / innovative development work particularly working in coproduction with disabled children young people and their families.

• Knowledge of the needs of disabled children young people & their families.

• Ability to deliver a service within budget.

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What youll get in return:

Cornwall Councils ambition is to be an employer of choice a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

• a competitive salary.

• a defined benefit pension scheme based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions

• a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.

• A national awardwinning employee health and wellbeing programme

• Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Additional Information:

Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

The full role profile is attached here.

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Yvette Yates

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstratewhy you are suitable against each of the points marked as Application on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here The application process.

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted please contact if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.