Principal Service Lead - Family Hubs and Front Door

Are you an inspirational, values-driven leader with a passion for early intervention, safeguarding and delivering the right support at the right time for children and families? Dudley are embarking on an exciting journey of improvement. We have strengthened capacity at Associate Director level with four permanent roles AD Education and Inclusion, AD Quality, Performance and Improvement, AD Family Help and Safeguarding and AD Corporate Parenting. We are now recruiting to our Principal Service Lead roles to further strengthen our leadership capacity. Dudley Council is seeking an exceptional Principal Service Lead - Family Hubs & Front Door to join our Children & Young People Leadership Team. This is a critical leadership role responsible for shaping and delivering high-quality early help, family support and safeguarding services, ensuring children and families receive timely and effective support when they need it most. In this role, you will:

• Lead Family Hubs, the Front Door and Emergency Duty Team, ensuring children and families receive the right support at the right time through effective early intervention, safeguarding and crisis response.
• Drive service improvement, quality and performance, embedding a culture of prevention, continuous improvement and excellent outcomes for children, young people and families.
• Build high-performing teams and partnerships, working collaboratively across health, education, police, voluntary and community sectors to deliver integrated, responsive and effective family support services., Please submit your CV and supporting statement with your application. Your supporting statement should be arial 12 and no more than 4 pages.
The recruitment process consists of a young person's panel and final interview. Interview dates will be confirmed following shortlisting. Please indicate any periods you are unavailable.,
• supporting young people with problems
• providing a chance to talk about any problems
• giving information, advice, practical help and support in your home
• helping people to share concerns about a child or adult's safety or welfare with the right people
• helping with information about local nurseries, childminders, playgroups, parent and toddler groups, and short breaks for children with special needs
In addition to supporting families we have a duty to protect children and young people who are at risk of neglect or abuse and support them if a court decides they can no longer remain with their own family. Jobs and careers We are incredibly proud of our council and the borough it serves; it's a unique and very special place. We know that if you come and join us you'll receive a warm welcome, work with some very loyal and committed colleagues and contribute positively to making life better for our residents, businesses and visitors.

We are seeking a visible, ambitious and politically astute leader with significant experience in Children's Social Care and a proven ability to deliver improvement within complex organisations.