Assistant Director – Placement and Family Support

TN United Kingdom; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Assistant Director for Placement and Family Support in Kent. The role involves providing effective leadership in a therapeutic environment, managing complex risk profiles, and ensuring high standards of care for children. The position offers statutory training, healthcare benefits, and a supportive work culture.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus public holidays

Healthcare benefits and life assurance

Up to 6% employer pension contribution

Relocation package

Recruitment referral scheme

Qualifications

• Ability to manage significant and complex risk profiles.
• Understanding of safeguarding and child protection standards.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate children and families contact arrangements.
• Lead multidisciplinary assessments and ensure clinical pathway plans.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Psychological Awareness

Job description

Assistant Director – Placement and Family Support, Kent

Client: Childhood First

Location: Kent, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 06b5751e1dcc

Job Views: 2

Posted: 14.05.2025

Expiry Date: 28.06.2025

Job Description:

Assistant Director – Placement and Family Support

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Kent

Communities: Gables House - Kent

Salary: £40,539.50 per annum

Closing Date: Tuesday 20th May 2025

Childhood First enables children and young people to recover from early life abuse and relational trauma, to enjoy life and to achieve their potential. We do this through the provision of specialised therapeutic residential care and treatment, together with family and network support. We are also a UKCP training and organisational member accredited with Middlesex University, providing in-house clinical training to its clinical staff.

Gables House is a specialist residential children’s home providing a programme of care, treatment, and education for up to 8 children aged between 11 to 16 years.

What you’ll bring to the role:

• The ability to provide effective leadership of a team within a social care/work therapeutic environment, including managing significant and complex risk profiles of children and young people.
• Excellent persuading, communication, and interpersonal skills to gain commitment, confidence, and compliance with all key stakeholders.
• Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and child protection, as well as children’s care standards and regulations.
• A sense of personal resilience and psychological awareness, with the ability to form open and constructive relationships, including a willingness to consider self in relationships with others in terms of impact on the work.

Key Tasks:

• Coordinate children and families contact arrangements.
• Lead multidisciplinary assessments ensuring clinical pathway plans are in place for all children.
• Ensure all children have effective therapeutic placement, treatment programmes, education, contracts, and care plans, delivered to the agreed standards.
• Ensure children’s transition processes and plans are based on robust clinical assessments, with necessary interventions in place.

What we will do for you:

• Statutory and management training
• Monthly clinical supervision and weekly staff support groups
• 25 days annual leave plus public holidays
• Healthcare benefits and life assurance
• Up to 6% employer pension contribution
• Relocation package and recruitment referral scheme

For an informal discussion, please contact Daniel Weston, Director of Gables House. An application form and job description are attached.

Please note this role is initially a 12-month fixed-term contract, with the possibility of becoming permanent.

If applying from outside Gables House, please consult with your director before submitting your application.

Documents:

Assistant Director – Placement and Family Support Job Description and Person Specification

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