Children's Social Care – Assistant Director Improvement
Initial 6 month interim contract IR35 TBC - £650 per day – full time
Midlands, Local Authority
A new, fantastic opportunity for an Improvement specialist within children's services in local authority for an initial 6 month interim contract within a Midlands authority. Though leading on improvement work, the role will also encompass supporting the Director of Children’s Services. My client will be holding Teams/telephone interviews early January 2025 and looking to review CVs ASAP with a view to starting immediately.
About your duties as Children's Social Care – Assistant Director Improvement:
* The primary purpose of the role is to produce results and make a positive impact on the improvement journey.
* This will include preparation of some written documents for the Improvement Board and other time-limited pieces of work that are required across the Directorate.
* Experience of working in Children’s Social Care at a Head of Service/Director level is essential, as is working in an improvement environment.
* You must be able to manage difficult and challenging/supportive conversations and situations.
* Have experience navigating and monitoring Ofsted visits.
* Able to implement change.
* Project work skills are an advantage. A key driver for this role is to ensure a relentless focus on the pace and impact of improvement to services for children at a critical point in the teams Children’s Services improvement journey.
* Data and performance would be of huge benefit, as well as a good working knowledge of Liquid Logic.
Your experience needed as Children's Social Care – Improvement Lead:
* Experience within an improvement-based role for children’s services.
* Ability to work in an agile and flexible manner.
* Understanding of social work, Ofsted inspection readiness and criteria.
* Active registration with Social Work England.
* Available references for most recent 2 years' roles.
If you’re interested in discussing this opportunity in more detail or know someone who this may be of interest to, please contact me on (phone number removed) or apply today.
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