Assistant Director Children'S Services - Residential And Supported Accommodation

Join Barnardo's at an exciting time of growth within our residential and supported accommodation services across the South East.

We're looking for an experienced senior leader to oversee a portfolio of residential children's homes and supported accommodation services, ensuring exceptional care, regulatory compliance and positive outcomes for children and young people.

Reporting to the Head of Operations, you'll provide strategic and operational leadership, act as Responsible Individual and Nominated Individual where required, and play a key role in driving quality, performance, service development and growth.

You'll bring:

• Significant senior leadership experience within children's residential care.
• Experience as a Responsible Individual, Nominated Individual or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of Ofsted and children's social care regulations.
• A proven track record of delivering high-quality, compliant services.
• Exceptional leadership, stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
• A passion for improving outcomes for children and young people.

• Shape and influence services that change lives.
• Lead a growing and ambitious portfolio.
• Work alongside experienced national leaders.
• Drive innovation, quality and continuous improvement.
• Be part of one of the UK's most respected children's charities.

This is a unique opportunity for an ambitious leader who wants to combine strategic influence with meaningful impact for children and young people.

We are committed to welcoming people from diverse backgrounds, cultures and experiences.

At Barnardo's, we believe in creating equality of opportunity and fostering an inclusive workplace. We also recognise the importance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance and are therefore open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

We appreciate our colleagues' dedication and their commitment to delivering excellence in the vital work we do, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's. We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

We are committed to a rounded colleague experience with an approach to both pay and rewards that are fair, attractive, and progressive. This is in support of our strategic ambition to ensure Barnardo's is a place everyone can belong, grow and thrive.

The salary range advertised is in line with our pay principles, for consistency and fairness while recognising the skills and experience applicants bring to the role. Appointing salaries can be discussed further at appointment stage; we do seek to appoint within this range always exercising responsible stewardship.

Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, in the community, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or depending on the role any combination of these. Please read through the advert carefully to understand the remits of hybrid working that will be specific to the role.

Barnardo's require colleagues to be UK residents, based in the UK and to complete their roles from within the UK (with the exception of colleagues providing Barnardo's services in Jersey and colleagues who live in the Republic of Ireland providing services in Northern Ireland)

• Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their…