Head of Regulated Services

Kirklees Metropolitan Council; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 84,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham City Council is seeking a Head of Regulated Services to provide strategic leadership for Residential Children’s Homes, Fostering Services, and Permanence and Special Guardianship support services. The role focuses on delivering safe, stable and nurturing care and improving outcomes for children and young people.

You will work as part of the Children and Education Senior Leadership Team to develop regulated services, drive improvement, and ensure regulatory compliance with statutory

Qualifications

• Experienced and inspirational leader with a strong track record in children’s social care
• Expertise in care planning and regulated services
• Strategic leadership and ability to drive continuous improvement

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for Residential Children’s Homes, Fostering Services, Permanence service and Special Guardianship support services
• Lead development and delivery of high-quality regulated services and strengthen permanence planning
• Champion relationship-based practice and partnership working to ensure services are responsive and centred on children and young people

Job description

As Head of Regulated Services, you will provide strategic leadership for our Residential Children’s Homes, our Fostering Services, and our, Permanence service and Special Guardianship support services, ensuring children receive safe, stable and nurturing care that helps them achieve the best possible outcomes.

As a key member of the Children and Education Senior Leadership Team, you will lead the development and delivery of high-quality regulated services, driving continuous improvement, strengthening permanence planning and championing approaches that enable more children to remain connected to their families and support networks wherever possible. You will work collaboratively with colleagues, partners and carers to ensure services are responsive, effective and centred on the needs of children and young people.

We are seeking an experienced and inspirational leader with a strong track record in children’s social care, care planning and regulated services. You will combine strategic vision with operational expertise, leading high-performing teams while ensuring compliance with statutory responsibilities, regulatory requirements and best practice standards.

With a commitment to innovation, partnership working and relationship-based practice, you will play a key role in strengthening Nottingham’s fostering and permanence offer, expanding support for kinship care and ensuring children experience stability, belonging and the very best opportunities to thrive.

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Company: Nottingham City Council

Salary: £75,323 – £84,396

Location: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Sector: Corporate Services

Sector: Corporate Management Team

Sector: Health and Social Care

Job Role: Head of Service