Job Description

We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in North Yorkshire to assist with the appointment of an Interim Head of Service - Residential Care Provision, on a 6-month contract, likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £32.31 - £41.00 per hour

Summary:

North Yorkshire Council is seeking an experienced Interim Head of Service to provide strategic and operational leadership across children's residential homes, supported accommodation and associated services. The role will focus on delivering high-quality care, ensuring regulatory compliance and expanding local provision to improve outcomes for children and young people.

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across children's residential homes and supported accommodation services.
• Lead the delivery of the Council's Homes for Children Sufficiency Strategy.
• Oversee the development, registration and mobilisation of new children's homes and supported accommodation.
• Ensure children's safety, wellbeing, placement stability and quality of care.
• Maintain compliance with statutory requirements, safeguarding standards and Ofsted regulations.

Qualifications:

• Degree-level qualification or equivalent senior-level experience.
• Recognised leadership or management qualification, or equivalent evidence of senior leadership development.
• Relevant continuing professional development in residential care, children's social care or safeguarding.

Essential Requirements:

• Significant senior leadership experience within children's social care.
• Essential experience leading children's residential centres and services.
• Extensive experience managing regulated children's residential services and/or supported accommodation.
• Strong knowledge of children's social care legislation, safeguarding and corporate parenting responsibilities.

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K
• This role requires an Enhanced DBS

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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