FTE: 1.0 (35 hours/week)
Term: Fixed Term (12 months)
Closing date: 03/11/2021
Change-makers sought! Do you
want to help Scotland to Keep The Promise?
CELCIS, the Centre for Excellence for Children’s
Care and Protection, is an internationally recognised leading improvement and
innovation centre based in Scotland at the University of Strathclyde. We are
dedicated to supporting change and improvement for children in need of care
and protection, their families and carers, and care leavers.
Focused on improving the lives of children and
young people in need of care and protection and their families and carers, we
support people and organisation’s responsible for their care to make
long-lasting changes in services, in systems and the practices and skills they
use
We work with organisations and
people across Scotland at local and national to level to realise The Promise
of the Independent Care Review (2020).
The focus of the work of this team is to support those across Scotland,
who are working to ensure the stability and permanence of babies, children and
young people and also ensure their protection from abuse, harm and neglect.
Our Head of Protection and Permanence leads on how
we assist national and local government and their partners to develop and apply
evidence-based ways to drive change and improvement in services and practices.
The team covers Child Protection, Addressing Neglect, Permanence and supports effective
decision making across Children’s Services and will lead on the CELCIS
contribution to the Scottish Government Child Protection Improvement Plan and
delivery of support to CPC Scotland.
You will have an appropriate Degree,
with significant experience of directly relevant roles and considerable
experience of leadership and management contributing to and realising an
organisation’s strategic and business objectives. You will also have extensive
experience of leading complex change projects which have delivered positive
and sustainable change.
A member of our Strategic
Management Team, you will share responsibility for the planning and delivery
of CELCIS’s strategy
which prioritises supporting improvements in early help, effective decision
making, and quality care, all underpinned by valuing the voice of lived
experience. We are seeking a motivated individual with strategic management
and leadership experience who can contribute to how we deliver our strategy
and meet and exceed key stakeholder expectations.
All CELCIS staff are working remotely at home until the University has
ensured it is safe and essential to work in the office (we are based in the
Curran Building at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow). Flexibility for
blended working arrangements (from home, in the office, and travel to work
with local partners as required for the role) may be available.
Funding for the post: Like all the team, the post is funded for 12 months,
with a further 2 years of funding indicated by Scottish Government. CELCIS has
received funding in this way from Scottish Government since 2010 where we
agree our funding level every year, as well as agreeing the indicative level for
the next two years.
Change is
happening. Be part of it. Together we can make things better for children,
young people and their families and carers. Apply now.
Informal
enquiries about the post can be directed to Claire Burns, Acting Director (claire.m.burns@strath.ac.uk).
Formal interviews for this post are expected to be held on 03/12/2021.
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