Reforms Project Manager

at  Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

POSITION REFERENCE: RPM21/01/2025

Directorate: Children’s Services | Service: Children’s Social Care and Safeguarding
Salary: £45,718 - £48,710 Plus laptop
Working Arrangements: Agile Working - 3 days in the office minimum
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Permanent
We are happy to talk flexible working arrangements with you, please get in touch.
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Closing date: 07/02/2025 at 23:59

ABOUT THE POST:

This is an exciting opportunity to join Barnsley Children’s Services and have a key role in shaping and developing practice. We are looking for an enthusiastic, committed Project Manager to work alongside our Strategic Head of Service Lead to implement the new children social care reforms.
We are an award winning ambitious Local Authority who are committed to continued improvement activity in driving strength based, relational and collaborative practice in our work with children, young people, and their family networks. We want to make sure that we make a positive difference to the lives of children and young people.
We are an Ofsted rated ‘Good’ authority, committed to the support and development of our employees. You will receive regular supervision, appraisal, training and development opportunities, all aimed at promoting positive outcomes for children and supporting your career development and progression.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

As a project manager you will need a minimum of a level 6 qualification and relevant programme or project management training. You will need experience of continuous service improvement and associated governance and assurance frameworks, with a strong enthusiasm for improving service delivery. You will need the ability to communicate effectively with a variety of internal and external stakeholders and you will need to be highly organised with the ability to prioritise conflicting workloads, working flexibly on your own initiative. An understanding or experience or working with children’s services would be desirable.

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ABOUT THE ROLE:

In November 2024 the government published ‘Keeping Children Safe, Helping Families thrive’ an ambitious programme of transformation for children social care and our partners. This will require whole-system approach to reforming services which will include considering the end-to-end system of support from universal services through to care. As a Project Manager, you will play a pivotal role in the successful implementation and integration of the new children social care reforms. You will work closely with the Strategic Head of Service lead, various stakeholders, including, social care teams, and key partners including Police, Health and Education to ensure the reforms are effectively embedded into practice.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Having key responsibility for keeping clear records relating to plans, progress and reporting
• Be responsible for escalating any risks associated with the delivery of the overarching plan
• Coordinate and manage the implementation of children social care reforms across multiple areas
• You will play a key role in undertaking preparatory activities continuously providing assurance on the quality and impact of our services delivered.
• Monitor and evaluate the progress and impact of the reforms, providing regular reports to senior management
• Engage with national, regional and local stakeholders (where required) to share and gather feedback and ensure compliance with reform requirements
• Assist in the development of policies and procedures related to the reforms.
• Organize and participate in meetings, planning, workshops, and events to promote the reforms