Director, Younger Adults, Safeguarding and Provider Services

Birmingham City Council; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority is seeking a Director of Younger Adults to drive transformation in adult social care services in Birmingham. The role involves strategic leadership, safeguarding oversight, and operational excellence to ensure high-quality services that foster independence. Candidates should possess extensive experience in adult social care, with an emphasis on collaboration, financial management, and a commitment to diversity. This position offers a chance to shape the delivery of essential services for the community.

Qualifications

• Proven senior experience in adult social care or a related field.
• Deep understanding of safeguarding and statutory frameworks.
• Ability to manage large teams and budgets effectively.

Responsibilities

• Translate the Council's vision into operational plans.
• Act as the strategic lead for safeguarding.
• Deliver high-quality services promoting independence and wellbeing.
• Build strong networks for co-produced services.
• Empower staff and foster a positive workplace culture.
• Ensure readiness for CQC inspections and maintain performance management.
• Manage significant budgets efficiently.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Safeguarding expertise

Financial stewardship

Collaboration and partnership

CQC compliance

Job description

Overview

As Director of Younger Adults, Safeguarding & Provider Services at Birmingham City Council, you'll be a senior leader reporting directly to the Executive Director of Adult Social Care & Health. This is a pivotal role within the Executive Directorate Management Team (EDMT), where you will shape and deliver services that safeguard and empower younger adults across the city. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive, guided by our core principles of being helpful, open-minded, and delivering positive outcomes. You will oversee a portfolio that includes safeguarding, mental health, learning disability and autism services, transitions, internally provided services, and CQC assurance. You will lead one of the largest and most complex service areas in local government, ensuring operational excellence and transformational outcomes for Birmingham's citizens.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Translate the Council's vision into operational plans, driving transformation and innovation across adult social care.
• Safeguarding Priority: Act as the strategic lead for safeguarding, embedding best practice and ensuring compliance with statutory frameworks.
• Operational Excellence: Deliver high-quality services that promote independence, wellbeing, and choice, while achieving efficiency and value for money.
• Partnerships & Collaboration: Build strong networks with politicians, partners, communities, and national bodies to co-produce services and tackle complex challenges.
• Culture & People: Empower staff through collaboration, accountability, and kindness, fostering a culture where employees thrive and deliver their best.
• Performance & Assurance: Ensure readiness for CQC inspection, maintain robust performance management systems, and report progress to political and corporate bodies.
• Financial Stewardship: Manage significant budgets responsibly, identifying efficiency opportunities and ensuring sustainable transformation.

Qualifications

We are looking for an authentic, visionary leader with proven senior experience in adult social care or a related field. You will bring a deep understanding of safeguarding and statutory frameworks, alongside the strategic thinking to drive innovation and transformation at scale. Collaborative and resilient, you will work with politicians, partners, and communities to co-produce outcomes, while confidently managing large budgets and teams. Above all, you will champion equality, diversity, and inclusion, creating services and workplaces where people thrive and citizens receive the very best support.

Application Process

Please upload an up-to-date CV and Supporting Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Supporting Statement should outline how you meet the criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached.

Diversity and Inclusion

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we serve. Our data tells us that for this level of role, ethnic minorities are underrepresented and therefore we will use positive action to support us to achieve diverse shortlists. This may mean that recruitment times are a little longer, but we think this is worth it to achieve our aim. Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people. We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.