Our Values

It’s great to know that you are interested in working with us at Coventry City Council. As a prospective employee, it is important that everyone who works for us is committed to our One Coventry values and shares our commitment to becoming a more diverse and inclusive organisation. 

Our Values are:

About the team we are recruiting to

Do you want to work for a ‘Good’ service that offers an excellent career development opportunity through an award-winning Academy? Are you a passionate social work practitioner who thrives to continually achieve best outcomes for children, young people, and their families?

We are thrilled to share that Coventry Children’s Services has been judged ‘Good’ by Ofsted. This has become such an exciting time to join Children’s Service and be part of journey that has ‘children and young people at the heart of everything we do’.

In Coventry, we are working hard to build something special. Children and families are at the heart of everything we do, and we believe they deserve the best outcomes.  Children’s Services provides a wide range of statutory and non-statutory duties, from Early Help Services, through to children who are looked after. 

The service reflects and responds to the changing needs of children and their families.  It works to enable a reflective and flexible approach, with a strong Early Help offer and a real focus on Relationship Based Practice and Signs of Safety, which focuses on intervention and keeping families together.

Coventry Children’s Services values a working culture that is relational and restorative in nature, the service understands the impact of behaviours as practitioners and managers on others. The launch of the Coventry Family Valued Programme in April 2021 aims to re-think practice in the best interests of children, as a result the Coventry Family Valued Programme has developed three Spires:

• A Child Friendly City
• Family Led Decision Making
• The Coventry Way

It is under the umbrella of “The Coventry Way” spire which demonstrates the values and commitment the workforce hold, the spire which represents the support to embed the organisational values into the culture and practice with children and families

Children’s Services is proud of its achievements to date and is continuing to ensure children and families remain at the heart of all it does.  We will provide you with an environment where social work can flourish, with high support, high challenge and manageable caseloads.  Children’s Services is proud of its workforce, who are committed, dedicated, and work to a high standard. We are seeking other like minded practitioners who would like to join us.  We pride ourselves on building relationships with families and partners and hold respectful practice at the centre of all we do. Coventry believe children and families should have limited change of worker where possible to enable relationships to be built.

What is the job role?

We are currently recruiting to 2 x Operational Lead posts in Help and Protection, with one post as Operational Lead for East Area Team and the other post as Operational Lead for Responsive Services.  

These are senior manager operational roles, managing the delivery of high quality, inclusive services for children who require help and protection.

Operational Lead - East Area Team

You will be responsible for social worker practice in Coventry City Council Children’s Child in Need & Child Protection social work teams as well as the Family Hub teams & Early Help services. 

Operational Lead - Responsive Services 

You will be responsible for the management and delivery of the City Councils’ children’s Multi Agency Service Hub (MASH) & Initial Contact Team (CICT), the City Councils’ Emergency Duty Team (EDT),  the City Council & Police Child Exploitation team

As an Operational Lead you will be responsible and accountable for the operational performance of the responsive services through line management, performance management and quality assurance arrangements.

You will ensure the effectiveness of screening and social work activity, including early help support to children, young people, parents, carers and families in their family and community life to enable them to maximise participation in family and social life and achieve their life chances.

You will ensure the effectiveness of agency and partner support to children in need in reducing the incidence of harm and the need for referral to children’s social care and to enable disabled children and families to access dedicated support to maximise their well-being.

You will ensure the effectiveness of agency and partner collaborative early help advice & guidance to professionals and parents; child in need or safeguarding ‘triage’ assessment activity to ensure alternative support or early intervention by specialist services and the provision of effective out of hours responses to vulnerable people and partner agencies.

Who are we looking for?

If you are passionate about social care, passionate about good practice and dedicated to developing and delivering a good service, we would love to hear from you.

This role will be responsible for planning and implementing a programme of continuous improvement work.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Chris Heeley on chris.heeley@coventry.gov.uk 

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'

Interview date: Friday 23rd September 2022

About Coventry

Coventry is a lively, multicultural city, which embraces old and new. Around the modern city centre there are traces of history everywhere – in the old city walls, the timber-framed buildings and the reconstructed medieval Spon Street. But Coventry has always had an eye on the future, and is now firmly focused on regenerating and re-inventing itself to meet the challenges of the 21st Century. With major developments and new projects taking place right across the city, Coventry City Council is the place to be!

There's a huge buzz about the city – Coventry ranks as the 8th best city to live, work and do business in the UK, and it was the UK City of Culture 2021. We believe this will help put Coventry on the map for all the right reasons as you can feel the sense of local pride throughout the city. It also offers a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to those joining us to play their part in it.

We genuinely believe that Coventry City Council is a special place. You will be joining Coventry City Council during an exciting time to become part of a team that contribute to achieving our visions for the city. We have made our council a place where we look after our people, making sure you're happy in your work and given everything you need to succeed. We've created friendly, welcoming workplaces where everyone is working towards the same cause, providing the best possible services for the city of Coventry.

As a council with improvement at its heart, we’re committed to making life better for the people who live and work in Coventry. We’re equally concerned with the quality of life enjoyed by our people, so by joining us, you won’t just be helping the community, you’ll be helping yourself too.

Not only do you get to work alongside great people that are helping to improve services for our community we offer great benefits too! For your valued contribution we will provide a fantastic benefits package including;

• A range of family-friendly policies and flexible working arrangements
• Generous annual leave allowance starting at 27 days and rising to 32 days
• Buy up to 5 days annual leave per year
• Opportunity for Salary Match and Pay progression through multiple increments
• Access to Credit Union
• Professional Support Service offering administrative support to practitioners
• Wellbeing Weeks throughout the year that offers team activities and sessions
• Practice Week, full of seminars, workshops and discussions with leading practice professionals
• Access to Research in Practice and to West Midlands Teaching Partnership
• Outstanding local government pension scheme
• Learning & Development with access to certified courses
• Access to an award winning Occupational Health Team
• Vibrant employee networks
• Lifestyle savings
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes; Car Scheme, Cycle to work and more
• Interest free travel loans
• Payroll giving scheme
• Workplace parking scheme
• Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Leave

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