Assistant Director of Care Services

1 month ago

Norwich, United Kingdom CV-Library Full time

Assistant Director of Care Services

We have an exciting and rare opportunity to join the Executive and Leadership Team at a charity, delivering children’s services regionally while driving innovation and change for children and young people in and around the care system nationally.

Position: Assistant Director of Care Services

Location: Norwich, Norfolk

Job type: Permanent / Full Time

Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: £56,524 - £64,220 per annum (with performance related pay)

Closing Date: 12th November 2024

About the Role

It is a great time to join Break as we prepare to launch our new Care Strategy informed by our staff, management teams and, most importantly, the children and young people we support. The current strategy focuses on four key areas: staying local to communities, being ambitious for our young people, staff and services, delivering high quality services and using our charitable income to add value.

Key responsibilities of the Assistant Director of Care Services include:

Provide leadership in a trauma informed way and have a good understanding of trauma informed work
Provide effective leadership and management
Set and monitor operational targets and Key Performance Indictors
To lead services in achieving OFSTED “Good” or “Outstanding” grading
To sit as part of the Executive Team
To sit as part of the Care Committee with the Director
To contribute to the oversight, development and implementation of departmental financial plans and budgets
To ensure compliance with legal, regulatory, ethical and social requirements
To build impactful relationships with commissioners and other key stakeholders
Have oversight of the staffing needs
Ensure systems are in place to predict, mitigate, avoid and manage risk
To ensure that you work in accordance with the health and safety training

About you:

You will be ambitious, and outcome driven for the young people supported, using your leadership, management and people skills to ensure the high-performance of the care leadership team continues as well as helping shape the wider strategy of the whole organisation as part of the Executive in this new role.

Able to work towards or to already have a leadership management qualification at Level 7
Minimum of 2 years’ experience at a senior management level in a care services environment
Experience of delivering large scale and/or controversial change projects
Presenting complex reports and updates to audiences ranging
from young people to the Board of Trustees
Setting budgets for individual projects and addressing overspend
Knowledge of the childcare and voluntary sector
Knowledge of care standards, Ofsted and residential childcare
A full UK driving licence and access to a car for work purposes

In your role, you’ll have access to the following benefits:

A “golden hello” scheme welcoming you to our services, with £2500 paid to you one month after your start date and a second £2500 at the six-month mark, depending on eligibility to scheme. (Candidates referred to Break via a recruitment agency are not eligible).
A competitive salary.
Excellent annual leave package, including additional service-related holiday from 2 years.
Access to a wealth of training and learning opportunities including the opportunity to enhance your professional development through funded level 7 courses.
The opportunity to influence the organisation’s strategy and direction as a member of the Executive and Leadership Teams.
Access to the Blue Light benefits platform enabling you to access discounts across various shops, venues, and services (your membership fee will be reimbursed).
Life assurance to the value of 3x your annual salary.
Enhanced sick pay.
Access to multiple wellbeing initiatives.

To comply with the Immigration Asylum & Nationality Act 2006 and additional amendments, and UK Visa and Immigration (UKVI) requirements, all prospective employees will be asked to supply evidence of eligibility to work in the UK.

About the organisation

The employer is a forward-thinking non-profit organisation that has delivered unique support for young people across East Anglia for over fifty years. Co-production with staff, young people and families is at the very heart of everything they do.  They have a range of residential services, a fostering agency, Staying Close, Staying Connected and services for disabled children and their families.  As a trauma-informed organisation, all their young people and employees are supported by their highly skilled therapeutic team - and their lifelong offer means that even when young people leave their care, they will always be there for them.

With low staff turnover and vacancy rates, they have over 90% good and outstanding gradings across their services and deliver great outcomes for our young people. Our ambition is to grow and build even further - creating an environment where people can develop their talent and see the difference they make. You could be part of this.

You may have experience in roles such as Director, Assistant Director, Deputy Director of Care, Leadership, Children, Children in Care, Children’s Care Services, Care Director, Assistant Care Director, Deputy Care Director, Head of Care, Care, Children’s Social Care etc.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by Social Care People on behalf of the organisation

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