Children’s Safeguarding Advocate Full Time Permanent

Children’s Safeguarding Advocate needed in Enfield £38,946.00 to £61,497.00 pa ref:468740

This is a full time permanent role 

This role will involve:

• Lead, manage and motivate the team to deliver high performance
• Ensure that corporate/departmental people practices are understood and implemented within your service
• Effectively manage budgets and projects within your service ensuring effective cost management and prioritisation
• Monitor and evaluate your team’s performance and recommend areas for improvement based on evidence
• Coach and support staff to develop
• Recommend areas for service improvement based on relevant data and information
• Communicate effectively with elected members and other partners/stakeholders
• Collaborate constructively with partner organisations and other stakeholders including internal services and colleagues
• Build a culture of trust in your team
• To provide a comprehensive legal service to colleagues, to maintained Schools and to the Local Authority Trading Companies.

Ideally candidates will have:

• Ability to engage, coach and motivate teams and set clear targets and expectations
• Evidence of high levels of customer service and satisfaction
• Experience of successfully managing performance and providing clear constructive feedback
• Experience of successfully implementing plans and projects to time and budget
• Ability to effectively plan and manage budgets and resources
• Demonstrates a good understanding of the political structure and role of elected members
• Ability to work collaboratively both with own service and across other services
• As a regular and intrinsic part of this role required you to speak to members of the public in English, the ability to converse at ease, politely and courteously with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential and consistent with the requirements of this role.
• Qualified Solicitor of England and Wales, Barrister, CILEX or equivalent

If you are interested in the role, please email your CV to beth@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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