Salary range: £42,149 - £51,799
FTE: 1 (35 hours/week)
Term: Fixed Term (12 months)
Closing date:
31/10/2021
Change-makers sought! Do you
want to help Scotland to Keep The Promise?
We’re looking for an
experienced professional to help us to improve the lives of children, young
people and care leavers by supporting the stability and security all children
and young people have a right to.
As a leading improvement and
innovation centre in Scotland, CELCIS works to improve the lives of children
and young people in need of care and protection, their families and carers,
and care leavers, by supporting the people and organisations responsible for
their care to make changes in the services, practices and skills they use.
We’re looking for someone to
lead our Children’s Services Implementation team who’ll bring passion,
insight and understanding to our work focussed on enabling effective family
support and, where needed, high quality alternative care for children and
young people.
This involves working with
children’s services, other partner organisations and with those who have
lived experience to support and embed impactful systems change and
improvement. This Lead post will support the development of genuine
partnerships, groups and forums to share and embed best evidence and to facilitate
staged based approaches to change.
At CELCIS we apply a variety of methodologies
across our work, within this team there is a particular focus on the use of
Implementation approaches to drive, enable and embed sustainable complex
change.
Central to the role is the
ability to apply evidence based approaches, facilitation, coaching and
practical skills to lead improvement and support implementation of innovative
and evidence-based practices that will better meet the needs of children,
families and carers. The role would suit candidates with compassion,
sensitivity and the strong relationship-building skills required to lead,
support, facilitate and encourage systemic and strategic change in practices.
Do you have experience of
working within the children’s care and protection sector? Can you demonstrate
a deep understanding of and commitment the change and improvement set out in
the Promise Change Plan, and respecting lived experience of care? Are you
passionate about using improvement approaches to make this happen?
You will have an appropriate
professional qualification / relevant degree, with substantial practical
experience and evidence of successful collaborative working, including
experience of using an improvement and implementation approach.
Does this sound like you?
We are working across the country, at local and national level, to help
realise The Promise of the Independent Care Review. Change is happening. Be
part of it. Together we can make things better for children, young people and
their families and carers. Apply now
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 agree the next two years
indicative level.
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) can
be available and we are happy to discuss.
Informal enquiries about the post
can be directed to Claire Burns,
Director (Acting) (claire.m.burns@strath.ac.uk).
Formal interviews for this post are expected to be held on 25/11/2021 or
26/11/2021.
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