Head of Service - Safeguarding and Family SupportSouthend-on-Sea£600 per day (LTD)Minimum 3 days on-site per week An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Head of Service to join Southend-on-Sea, leading the Safeguarding and Family Support Service at a pivotal time of transformation. This is a key leadership role where you will drive forward service improvement, shape practice, and deliver high-quality outcomes for children, young people, and families. About the Role You will:Lead and modernise Children''s Social Care services, ensuring effective and high-quality deliveryOversee and performance manage 3 Service Managers across:CSPOC (formerly MASH+)Assessment and InterventionFamily Support and Protection (Child Protection)Children with Disabilities (CWD)Provide strong strategic and operational leadership across safeguarding servicesCreate a supportive, innovative, and transparent culture that promotes excellent practiceEnsure effective use of resources while maintaining high standards of service delivery Key ResponsibilitiesDrive performance, quality assurance, and continuous improvement across multiple service areasLead, develop and support senior managers to achieve outstanding outcomesContribute to and implement the Children''s Social Care annual service planAlign service delivery with local priorities and national policy/legislationWork collaboratively across the wider council and partner agencies Transformation Opportunity Southend-on-Sea is launching a bran