Job Opportunity at Barnardo's - Assistant Director Children's Services

Salary: £43,096 - £59,303
Hours: Permanent Full-Time/36.25 hpw post
Closing Date: 3 May 2022
Interview Date: 18 May 2022

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We work with approximately 18,000 children and families annually across more than 44 different services and programmes.  We are also a leading provider of school-based support, reaching more than 25,000 children in schools across the UK and Ireland through our NI-managed social and emotional literacy programmes.

We work with children and families right across Northern Ireland, our goal is to ensure that we provide quality, accessible services to those who most need us – to promote better outcomes and build better futures. We believe that every child deserves the best possible start in life and our work through our services reflects that philosophy.

We can only achieve this goal by recruiting staff who not only share our vision and values but who demonstrate this in practice.

We are a large, diverse family with a variety of skills and knowledge, experience, and expertise, all working together to improve outcomes for the most vulnerable children.

Education/Knowledge

• Specialist/professional knowledge of business management
• Detailed working knowledge of the social care sector
• A relevant qualification in social care work and a depth of experience in working within a child protection framework and a clear understanding of child protection statutory systems

Demonstrable experience of:

• Undertaking a senior management role in a social care setting
• Developing, winning, and implementation of new business (inc negotiation of contracts)
• Developing and leading high performing teams
• Ensuring robust systems of monitoring and quality assurance are in place and met

Are you passionate about making a difference to children's lives? Then we want to hear from you. 

For a confidential conversation please contact Joanne McAuley during business hours at 07834 321139 or email [email protected]. 

Closing date: 12 noon on Tuesday 3rd May 2022

Barnardo's is an equal opportunity employer and Clarendon Executive is proud to be acting as an agent on their behalf

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.

At Barnardo's we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.  Our safer recruitment processes mean that the safety and welfare of the child is paramount at every stage of the process and therefore, we adopt rigorous scrutiny in our pre-employment checking. This post is subject to a range of pre-employment checks including a Criminal Records Enhanced Disclosure for the successful candidate.

About Barnardo's
At Barnardo's we believe in children – no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and male candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.


For a confidential conversation please contact Joanne McAuley during business hours at 07834 321139 or email [email protected]. 

Full details and application documents here