Band 8a – CCGANI Guardian Services Manager
Ref: 55339439 Salary: Band 8a (£55,690 - £62,682)
Location: Belfast, Derry/Londonderry/Armagh
Closing Date: Tue 30 Jun @ 6:00 PM
For more information and to apply: https://jobs.hscni.net/Job/44700/ccgani-guardian-services-manager-band-8a
JOB SUMMARY:
Who are we?
The Agency was established as, the Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency in 1996, referred to as NIGALA. With the commencement of the implementation of The Adoption and Children Act (2022), The Children’s Court Guardian Agency for Northern Ireland (Establishment and Constitution) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 came into force on the 6th March 2023. This changed the name of the Agency to the Children’s Court Guardian Agency for Northern Ireland and the Guardians Ad Litem to Children’s Court Guardians.
The primary function of the Children’s Court Guardian Agency for Northern Ireland is to provide Children’s Court Guardians who are appointed by the Court to safeguard the interests of children and young people in specified public law and adoption proceedings within the Family Courts in NI.
Why we need you?
You will work as a member of the Operational Leadership Team (OLT) having responsibility for the operational delivery of the Guardian service in line with regulations, including the provision of professional social work supervision, monitoring and reporting on Children’s Court Guardian performance in line with the Agency’s professional standards.
The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring better outcomes for children through the work of the Children’s Court Guardians; this will be achieved by providing supervision and facilitating peer group supervision to all Guardians, management of unallocated cases and allocation of cases, leading projects, managing budgets to support service improvement, oversee professional performance management and line management responsibility for a team of Guardians.
Engage in regional forums and work collaboratively with key stakeholders. He/ she will provide an expert practice perspective to assist other practitioners and managerial staff in the discharge of CCGANI’s statutory duties. He/ she will be a resilient, adaptable and motivated practitioner with highly developed organisational, leadership and management skills.
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