Service Manager - Safeguarding - Somerset

Somerset Council is seeking a dedicated and experienced Service Manager to lead their newly created Safeguarding Service.

In this role, you will provide leadership and operational management for the Somerset-wide Safeguarding Service. You will ensure efficient and effective service delivery in line with organisational requirements, uphold defensible decision-making and statutory guidance principles, and apply relevant legislation in practice while maintaining professional priorities and ethical practice. You will build and maintain effective working relationships with partner agencies, contribute to the work of the Somerset Safeguarding Adults Board, and constructively challenge others by providing direction and guidance. Additionally, you will foster a safe, open learning culture where learning is embedded into practice and think and act creatively, challenging circumstances and environments that marginalise, exclude, or oppress.

• Social Work England registration
• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Full UK driving license
• Post-qualified experience
• Degree level or equivalent in Social Work

• Experienced registered professional and manager
• Ability to apply relevant legislation in practice
• Strong relationship-building skills with partner agencies
• Ability to constructively challenge and provide guidance
• Commitment to creating safe, open learning cultures
• Creative thinking and action in challenging environments

• New ‘Faster Pay’ service getting you paid more quickly
• Twice weekly payroll
• Free DBS and compliance service
• Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
• Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
• Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
• “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
• “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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