Member Job Opportunity: Barnardo's - Assistant Director Children's Services

Location: Home Based
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 36.25
Salary: £43,096.00 - £56,479.00
Closing Date: 14 February 2022
Interview Date: 28 February 2022

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Location: This role is home based but the successful candidate must be within easily commutable distance to Leicestershire and able to travel across the Central England region as required to attend meetings and events. 

We are seeking an inspirational and aspirational leader in Children's Services with a drive to ensure excellence for children, young people and their families. 

A new model of Children's Residential Care provision has been developed within the Children's Innovation Partnership between Barnardo's and Leicestershire County Council.

The partnership was established to drive forward key elements of the Care Placement Strategy 2018-2021.  Via this partnership, Barnardo's are currently mobilising four distinct residential properties; a family residential assessment home, an under 16's Children's Home, an over 16's  Children's Home and an assessment bed unit.

As part of our Senior Management Team, covering Central England, your primary focus will be driving forward our residential provision in Leicestershire by providing both operational and strategic accountability.  

You must have significant experience of managing residential provision, be prepared to register as a Responsible Individual  as well as having extensive knowledge of a range of issues that may impact on children and young people who are looked after and of those issues which affect parenting capacity.

Additional Information:
Please include as much relevant detail in your application to demonstrate how you fulfil the requirements of our job role, as outlined above and in the Job Description/Personal Specification.  Experience can be from previous employment, education, training, volunteering etc.

Need further information?
For an informal discussion regarding this role, please contact Hugh Sherriffe, Director by email - [email protected]

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.