Pay rate – £56 per hour
Contract – Temporary – 12-month contract
Part-time – 30 hours per week
Suffolk County Council are currently recruiting an experienced Head of Service for their Children’s Community Health service.
Three days in an office - base will be Endeavour House.
Expected to travel.
Overall responsibility for the safe, effective and high-quality delivery of Children's Community Services, including Health Visiting, School Nursing, Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) and associated 0–19 services.
The postholder provides both strategic and operational leadership, ensuring services deliver improved outcomes for children, young people and families whilst meeting all statutory, regulatory, safeguarding and commissioning requirements.
The role holds direct accountability for safeguarding arrangements, clinical quality, governance, workforce performance, service delivery, financial management, risk management and regulatory compliance across services within scope.
As the organisation's senior operational lead for safeguarding, quality and governance, the postholder has authority to set standards, seek assurance, require corrective action and intervene directly where quality, performance or safety concerns are identified.
The postholder will lead the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme (0–19), ensuring services are evidence-based, responsive to local population needs and aligned with national policy, statutory guidance and organisational priorities.
The postholder will act as the organisation's CQC Registered Manager and lead the continuous development, transformation and improvement of children's community health services.
Children’s Social Workers will need at least 3 years’ permanent experience with an English local authority and to be registered with Social Work England, as per DfE rules. This is an agency post and Pertemps can offer you: -
- A Dedicated consultant who has access to all roles across the UK and is available for you to speak to
- An easy registration process (all done online)
- Referral schemes and incentives
- Ongoing compliance managed for you.
- Prompt and reliable payroll and lots more.
Please contact Emma Brennan on 07384 834872 or email emma.brennan@pprsocialcare.co.uk for more information.We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this isn’t the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO, BIA, MASH, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Adult Social Work, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.