Service Manager for Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub and Early Help

About us

Oxfordshire children’s services is a family safeguarding authority dedicated to strength based working with our children and their families, underpinned by motivational interviewing, trauma informed and restorative practice.

We received a ‘good’ judgment in our last ILACS Ofsted inspection.

Oxfordshire is a diverse county encompassing both market towns and rural landscapes, and it offers a wealth of historical sites, vibrant cultural events, and prestigious academic institutions. You will be working in an organisation that is free thinking, supportive, flexible, and helps people achieve their ambitions. We are not afraid to do things differently and our dynamic culture means this is a place where new ideas are embraced and innovation thrives.

About the role

We have implemented our Family Safeguarding Model across children’s services and are now developing our response to the social care reform and the Family First Government initiative.

This role will be partnership focussed as we explore to further improve our MASH (Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub) and further enhance partnerships within the Family First agenda and co-design with our children, young people and their families

The Service Manager for MASH and Early Help has overall responsibility for the operational management of our Early Help, Locality Community Support Service LCSS and MASH teams. This role will be responsible for ensuring a consistent application of governing legislation and the Oxfordshire Partnerhsip Early Help and Prevention Strategy with specific responsibility for Family Hubs.

This role will lead the operations of the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) and Locality Community Support Service (LCSS), working closely with children’s social care teams and partner agencies.

This role will provide leadership for and management of allocated resources to ensure and that Childrens Social Care Practice Standards and operating model of Family Safeguarding are delivered to achieve positive outcomes for children and their families.

This role will manage the performance of the MASH, ensuring that a safe, effective and timely response is provided to children and families who need both additional and specialist services, or urgent safeguarding intervention.

This role will be responsible for collaboration with partners to ensure that there is a common understanding of emerging needs/ local thresholds across the partnership, including support and challenge as required.

This role will contribute to the operational management and strategic development of the Service as a member of the Children’s Services Management Team to be inspection ready and deputise for Assistant Director’s as required.

This role will provide joint leadership of LCSS and MASH across partnership in order to promote. Early help and early intervention provide access to the right support at the right time to enable independence and reduced needs.

About you

You will be an essential component in developing Oxfordshire’s approach to families first as well as developing our family hubs and continued promotion of early help and prevention across Oxfordshire.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate individual to join a dedicated group of service managers to provide impactful, child focussed support and interventions for our children and their families in Oxfordshire.

You’ll need a full driving licence and the flexibility to work countywide.

The post requires a recognised social work qualification and registration with Social Work England.