Assistant Director (Children and Families)

We are currently recruiting for a new Assistant Director for Gloucestershire East (Cotswolds and Stroud). It's an exciting time to join us, as we embrace the opportunities in creating flexible family help services, alongside multiagency child protection teams. Our Assistant Directors are central in leading this change, engaging staff throughout, and embedding a new model of delivery that will enable systemic social work practice and encourage early intervention. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and capable children's services leader who is ambitious for children, adaptable in their leadership style, and knows the value of supporting staff to create the conditions for outstanding practice.

Gloucestershire Children's Services is committed to working in partnership with families and communities to ensure every child has the best chance at a happy and fulfilling life. Guided by the principle of "right child, right support, right time, every time," the service is built on values of kindness, respect and fairness. Children are actively seen and heard in decision-making, and those who cannot live safely at home are given compassionate support The workforce is skilled, collaborative and courageous-delivering evidence-based help and advocating boldly for children's futures. With a clear mission and ambitious vision, the service empowers children to shape their own lives, families and communities. We have been working hard on our recent improvement journey and excited to share our recent news that Ofsted have rated us 'Good' with elements of 'Oustanding'. County council Children's Services judged Good with Outstanding elements by Ofsted During the inspection, which took place from June 9 to 20 this year, the inspection team found the council's Children's Services to be Good in its overall effectiveness, with judgements of Outstanding in two of four categories, and good in the remaining two categories. Services showed significant improvement since the last full inspection when they were judged to require improvement in 2022. Ofsted found that 'children in care experience exceptional care and support' and that those who need help and protection 'benefit from high-quality, effective early help services'.

• between £88,671 - £97,706 per annum subject to experience
• up to £8,000 relocation package
• flexible and agile working
• 30 days annual leave
• family friendly policies and benefits to help support you and your family
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
• an in-house Occupational Health service
• employee discount scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)
• Green Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme (eligibility criteria and t&cs apply)