Programme Manager
Posted 1 week ago by Totaljobs
£670 Per day
Undetermined
Undetermined
West Hoe, Plymouth (PL1), PL1 3BJ
Summary: The Programme Manager for the Family Homes for Plymouth Children initiative will lead transformative changes in Children's Services, focusing on supporting families in crisis and enhancing residential care. This role involves coordinating multiple workstreams to ensure children's safety and well-being while achieving significant budget savings for the Council. The ideal candidate will possess extensive experience in Children's Services and demonstrate leadership in implementing complex organizational changes. This position is initially a short-term contract with potential for permanent placement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver flagship changes in Children's Services through the Family Homes for Plymouth Children initiative.
- Coordinate multiple workstreams to support children and families in crisis.
- Redesign the system to keep children safe and in their families.
- Profile children in residential care and match them to foster families.
- Support foster carers in taking on children with specialist needs.
- Build care homes in the city to keep children near their families.
- Maximize benefits to children and families while managing the Council's budget.
- Collaborate with Service Directors, Strategic Directors, and Councillors.
Key Skills:
- Experience in Children's Services.
- Proven leadership in driving significant changes in complex organizations.
- Ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Understanding of budget management and financial savings initiatives.
Salary (Rate): £670 per day
City: Plymouth
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Family Homes for Plymouth Children Programme ManagerProgramme Manager Plymouth City Council are looking for a change maker to deliver one of our flagship changes in Childrens Services. Family Homes for Plymouth Children pulls together multiple workstreams to help support children and families in Plymouth that are need crisis support and potentially residential care. We are re designing the way our system supports families through this process. Our priorities and goals for this work are:
- To keep children safe and in their families
- To profile children in residential care and match them to foster families
- To support foster carers with support to enable them to take on children with specialist needs
- To build our own care homes in the city to keep children near their families and support networks
Programme Manager In the current financial year we aim to save around £8m through changing how we operate to meet these goals.Programme Manager We need a catalyst to pull the components of this change together and help operate the business to maximise the benefits to children and families in the city, as well as to the Council's budget. The right candidate will fill a role profile that we call a programme manager and is likely to have the skills and experience arising from this type of background, but this role also requires someone who will lead and operate the changes required to our system. Working with Service Directors, Strategic Directors and Councillors, you will have experience of Childrens Services so that professionals respect you and you will have demonstrated how to lead big changes in complex organisations.Programme Manager This is a really exciting opportunity to join a team committed to change - if you think you can help drive these outcomes with us, we look forward to reviewing you application. The position is being advertised as a short term contract to ensure the role is covered as soon as possible. The Council will be looking to recruit to permanent positions to take on these responsibilities during the course of our current financial year.