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Job Opportunity with FFP Member, Action for Children: Operational Director of Children's Services

20/7/2023

 
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Location: Remote – With travel across North Wales
​Salary: £68,800 per annum
Directorate: Children's Services Wales
Contract Type: Permanent Full Time
Closing Date: 28 July 2023


Benefits:
  • 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays,
  • Excellent training and development opportunities
  • Flexible maternity
  • Adoption and paternity packages
  • Up to 7% employer contribution pension
  • Discount portal with your favourite brands.
 
Interviews to be held on: 03 August 2023 at our Wales Office in Cardiff

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help
Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.

Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.

Why Action for Children?
Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

A bit about the role
Are you a strong communicator and creative thinker with a flair for innovation who is focused and passionate about changing the lives of children and their families?

We have a unique opportunity for an Operational Director of Children's Services to provide leadership and management across Wales. This is an exciting and rewarding role with the opportunity to make a huge personal impact. 

Reporting to the National Director of Wales, you'll lead, develop and manage a dedicated team of managers who deliver a range of children's services across a specified area.

Wales has ambitious plans to grow residential, fostering, criminal exploitation and mental health services whilst ensuring our existing service footprint remains strong and sustainable.

This is an exciting opportunity for an inspirational leader who wants to make a difference to the lives of children and young people as part of a passionate and ambitious Wales team.

How you'll help to create brighter futures
  • Providing leadership and overall management for a range of Children's services (including Childrens Residential Homes), while working collaboratively with peers and stakeholders to make most of our resources
  • Having responsibility for direct reports who'll be a range of committed managers with varying levels of expertise and managing their performance
  • Monitoring contract management operations and ensuring effective governance by creating performance reports and supplying the information to relevant committees
  • Guiding our sustainability and growth plans to make sure we are meeting or exceeding targets
  • Oversee local tenders and grants and subsequent implementation and delivery plans
  • Applying the HIGHEST standards of safeguarding across your patch and reporting on developments
  • Operating within the local political context, adhering to legislative and regulatory requirements and build collaborative working relationships with local and national bodies, local government and their officials
  • Undertaking the regulated role of Responsible Individual
  • Acting as key account manager to commissioners, partners and stakeholders to ensure our services are promoted

Let's talk about you
  • A relevant professional qualification in Education, Health or Social Care
  • A management qualification or working towards S/NVQ level 5 in management or DMS leading to MBA
  • Substantial experiencing of safeguarding and managing children's services
  • Strong people leadership including (though not limited to) Culture, Health and Safety, Financial, Performance and Retention
  • Experience of Safeguarding and delivering or managing children's services
  • Detailed knowledge of the Social Services (Wales) Act 2014 and RISCA (Wales) Act 2016, including other relevant legislation and how this applies to us
  • Commercial awareness and the ability to identify new sources of revenue and business opportunities
  • The availability to travel to various locations in Wales when required, though we are flexible, and this can be discussed further at interview.

Good to know

Application Process
There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration.

Talent Pool
We know talent when we see it. But sometimes we find the right person but not for the right job. We'd love to keep your details for when the right job comes up. Let us know if you'd rather we didn't.

Contact: Scott Jones on 01923 361 778 or at [email protected]

Diversity, equality and inclusion
At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Don't meet every single requirement?
Studies show that women and Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic people are less likely to apply for a job unless they meet every qualification. So, if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

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Swydd: Cyfarwyddwr Gweithredol Gwasanaethau Plant

Cyflog: Tua £68,800 y flwyddyn

Lleoliad: O bell – Gyda gofyniad i deithio i wasanaethau ledled Gogledd Cymru

Contract/Oriau: Parhaol, Llawn amser – 35 awr yr wythnos

Buddion:
  • 29 diwrnod o wyliau blynyddol YN OGYSTAL Â gwyliau banc,
  • Cyfleoedd hyfforddi a datblygu rhagorol
  • Absenoldeb mamolaeth hyblyg
  • Pecynnau mabwysiadu a thadolaeth
  • Hyd at 7% o gyfraniad at gynllun pensiwn cyflogwr
  • Porth gostyngiadau ar eich hoff frandiau.
 
Cyfweliadau i'w cynnal ar: 03 Awst 2023 yn Swyddfa Cymru yng Nghaerdydd

Mae angen eich help ar blant sy'n agored i niwed yn y DU
Ble bynnag y byddwch yn gweithio fel rhan o deulu Gweithredu dros Blant, byddwch yn helpu i newid bywydau'r plant sydd fwyaf agored i niwed yn y DU.

Y llynedd, fe wnaethom helpu mwy na 670,000 o blant a theuluoedd ledled y DU. O waith uniongyrchol mewn cymunedau i ymgyrchoedd cenedlaethol, rydym yn canolbwyntio ar sicrhau bod pob plentyn yn cael plentyndod diogel a hapus, a'r sylfeini sydd eu hangen i ffynnu.

Pam Gweithredu dros Blant?
Mae gweithio yma yn fwy na swydd. Mae gan bawb yn nheulu Gweithredu dros Blant angerdd tuag at ddiogelu a chefnogi plant. Yr ymdeimlad o bwrpas sy'n ein sbarduno bob dydd. Oherwydd gwyddom, pan fyddwn yn gweithio gyda'n gilydd, y gallwn wneud gwahaniaeth enfawr drwy gyflwyno gwelliannau parhaol i fywydau plant sy'n agored i niwed.

Gair neu ddau am y swydd
Ydych chi'n gyfathrebwr cryf gyda meddwl creadigol ac arloesol sy'n angerddol ynghylch newid bywydau plant a'u teuluoedd?

Mae gennym gyfle unigryw i Gyfarwyddwr Gweithredol Gwasanaethau Plant ddarparu arweinyddiaeth a rheolaeth ledled Cymru. Mae hon yn swydd gyffrous a gwerth chweil gyda'r cyfle i gael effaith bersonol enfawr. 

Gan adrodd i Gyfarwyddwr Cenedlaethol Cymru, byddwch yn arwain, yn datblygu ac yn rheoli tîm ymroddedig o reolwyr sy'n darparu ystod o wasanaethau plant ar draws ardal benodol.

Mae gan Gymru gynlluniau uchelgeisiol i gynyddu gwasanaethau preswyl, maethu, cam-fanteisio troseddol ac iechyd meddwl gan sicrhau bod ein gwasanaeth presennol yn parhau i fod yn gryf ac yn gynaliadwy.

Dyma gyfle cyffrous i arweinydd ysbrydoledig sy'n awyddus i wneud gwahaniaeth i fywydau plant a phobl ifanc fel rhan o dîm angerddol ac uchelgeisiol.

Sut y byddwch yn helpu i greu dyfodol disglair
  • Darparu arweinyddiaeth a rheolaeth gyffredinol ar gyfer ystod o wasanaethau Plant (gan gynnwys Cartrefi Preswyl Plant), tra'n gweithio ar y cyd â chymheiriaid a rhanddeiliaid i wneud y mwyaf o'n hadnoddau
  • Bod yn gyfrifol am ystod o reolwyr ymroddedig gyda lefelau amrywiol o arbenigedd a fydd yn atebol i chi, a rheoli eu perfformiad
  • Monitro gweithrediadau rheoli contractau a sicrhau trefniadau llywodraethu effeithiol drwy lunio adroddiadau perfformiad a chyflenwi'r wybodaeth i bwyllgorau perthnasol
  • Llywio ein cynlluniau cynaliadwyedd a thwf i sicrhau ein bod yn cyrraedd targedau neu'n rhagori arnynt
  • Goruchwylio tendrau a grantiau lleol a chynlluniau gweithredu a chyflawni dilynol
  • Gweithredu'r  safonau diogelu UCHAF ar draws eich ardal ac adrodd ar y datblygiadau
  • Gweithredu o fewn y cyd-destun gwleidyddol lleol, gan gadw at ofynion deddfwriaethol a rheoliadol a meithrin perthnasoedd gweithio cydweithredol â chyrff lleol a chenedlaethol, llywodraeth leol a'u swyddogion
  • Ymgymryd â rôl Unigolyn Cyfrifol
  • Gweithredu fel rheolwr cyfrifon allweddol i gomisiynwyr, partneriaid a rhanddeiliaid er mwyn sicrhau bod ein gwasanaethau'n cael eu hyrwyddo
 
Gadewch i ni sôn amdanoch chi
  • Cymhwyster proffesiynol perthnasol mewn Addysg, Iechyd neu Ofal Cymdeithasol
  • Cymhwyster rheoli neu'n gweithio tuag at S/NVQ lefel 5 mewn rheoli neu DMS sy'n arwain at MBA
  • Profiad sylweddol o ddiogelu a rheoli gwasanaethau plant
  • Sgiliau arwain pobl cryf gan gynnwys (ond heb fod yn gyfyngedig i) Ddiwylliant, Iechyd a Diogelwch, Materion Ariannol, Perfformiad a Chadw Staff
  • Profiad o Ddiogelu a darparu neu reoli gwasanaethau plant
  • Gwybodaeth fanwl o Ddeddf Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol (Cymru) 2014 a Deddf Rheoleiddio ac Arolygu Gofal Cymdeithasol (Cymru) 2016, gan gynnwys deddfwriaeth berthnasol arall a sut mae hyn yn berthnasol i ni
  • Ymwybyddiaeth fasnachol a'r gallu i ganfod ffynonellau refeniw a chyfleoedd busnes newydd
  • Bod ar gael i deithio i wahanol leoliadau yng Nghymru yn ôl yr angen, ond rydym yn hyblyg a gellir trafod hyn ymhellach yn y cyfweliad.

Pethau y dylech eu gwybod

Y Broses Ymgeisio
Mae pum adran i'w cwblhau: Manylion Personol, CV, Datganiad a Gwybodaeth i Gefnogi eich Cais, Cydraddoldeb ac Amrywiaeth, Cyflwyniad a Datganiad.

Cronfa Dalent
Rydym yn adnabod talent pan fyddwn ni'n ei weld. Ond weithiau rydym yn dod o hyd i'r person iawn ond nid ar gyfer y swydd iawn. Byddem wrth ein bodd yn cadw'ch manylion nes bydd y swydd iawn yn codi. Rhowch wybod i ni os byddai'n well gennych i ni beidio â gwneud hynny.

Cysylltwch â: Scott Jones ar 01923 361 778 neu [email protected]

Amrywiaeth, cydraddoldeb a chynhwysiant
Yn Gweithredu dros Blant, rydym yn ymroddedig i greu gweithle amrywiol, cynhwysol a dilys. Rydym yn annog ceisiadau gan ymgeiswyr Du, Asiaidd a Lleiafrifoedd Ethnig ac anabl gan nad oes ganddynt gynrychiolaeth ddigonol yn Gweithredu dros Blant. Rydym yn awyddus i gymryd camau bwriadol a phwrpasol i sicrhau cyfle cyfartal i bob grŵp mewn cymdeithas ac i bawb yn Gweithredu dros Blant.

Ddim yn bodloni pob un o'r gofynion unigol?
Mae astudiaethau'n dangos bod menywod a phobl Ddu, Asiaidd a Lleiafrifoedd Ethnig yn llai tebygol o ymgeisio am swydd oni bai eu bod yn bodloni pob cymhwyster. Felly, os ydych yn teimlo'n gyffrous ynglŷn â'r swydd hon ond nad yw'ch profiad yn cyd-fynd yn berffaith â'r swydd-ddisgrifiad, byddem wrth ein bodd pe baech yn gwneud cais beth bynnag. Efallai mai chi yw'r person delfrydol ar gyfer y swydd hon, neu swydd arall o fewn teulu Gweithredu dros Blant.

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