Sandwell Children’s Trust
This is an exciting opportunity to lead and shape Sandwell’s Children with Disabilities service, improving outcomes for children and young people with disabilities and their families at a time of significant national reform.
Position
Service Manager – Children with Disabilities and Designated Social Care Officer (DSCO)
Salary: £60,194 - £63,832 per annum plus excellent benefits. Hybrid Working – full time 37 hours per week.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide leadership and supervision to the CwDT Team Manager.
- Lead the service through ongoing SEND and Family Help reforms, embedding best practice and continuous improvement.
- Act as the Designated Social Care Officer, ensuring statutory social care responsibilities within the SEND Code of Practice are met.
- Strengthen multi‑agency collaboration across education, health, adult social care, and the voluntary sector.
- Champion high‑quality, child‑centred and strengths‑based practice for children with disabilities and their families.
- Provide expert advice and influence on SEND, EHCPs, and the role of social care within multi‑agency planning.
- Monitor performance and quality, ensuring effective safeguarding and positive outcomes.
- Contribute to the Trust’s strategic priorities, ethos, and values.
About you
- A qualified and registered Social Worker with substantial leadership experience in children’s social care.
- Significant experience working with children with disabilities and a strong understanding of SEND frameworks and EHCP processes.
- An inspirational leader with the ability to motivate, develop, and support teams through change.
- Confident in multi‑agency working, with the ability to influence partners at a strategic level.
- Knowledgeable about national SEND and Family Help reforms and their impact on service delivery.
- Skilled in performance, quality, and resource management, with a commitment to excellent outcomes for children and families.
Benefits
- Generous annual leave of up to 31 days, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
- Birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 Bank Holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
- Generous local government career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 21.6%.
- Service awards for loyalty at 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
- Flexible working patterns suitable for all roles with well‑defined career progression.
- Competitive expenses for mileage (55p per mile) and subsistence, plus access to a comprehensive employee benefits scheme.
Sandwell Children's Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups including children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people.
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