This is a unique and exciting opportunity to make a real difference for children and young people in the London Borough of Ealing.
You will be instrumental in building an ambitious and shared vision for our Early Help offer for children and families, working with key partners, service leaders and stakeholders to set high expectations and ensure that vision translates into action.
Leading your teams to support and improve the outcomes for all children accessing childcare, narrowing the gaps in achievement and ensuring a close alignment with the Ealing Children and Young People’s Plan.
You will come with not only a thorough understanding and grounding in the foundation stage, early years practice and comprehensive knowledge of the government’s legislative agenda to improve the life chances of all children but also a passion to improve outcomes for some of our most vulnerable children and young people.
We are looking for an experienced, empathetic leader with excellent partnership skills, a deep understanding of the challenges facing children and young people needs and the ability to mobilise action around our shared vision.
If you think you have what it takes to lead with conviction and work with partners at this level to make a lasting difference to the lives of children and young people, we would like to hear from you.
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If you would like an informal conversation about this exciting role or more information about Ealing, please email seniorrecruitment@ealing.gov.uk and we will arrange for this to happen. To find out more please view our brochure.
To apply:
Please submit your CV along with a Supporting Statement addressing how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the role.
Your CV should be tailored and include detail of your education, qualifications, full employment history, and membership of professional bodies.
Please aim to keep your CV and supporting statement to two pages each and include your name at the top of both documents on all pages used.
If you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know about anything that would help you to demonstrate evidence that you meet the essential criteria for the role.
To apply, please email your documents to seniorrecruitment@ealing.gov.uk
For more information and to view the job specification, please click on the Apply button.
More than 360,000 people call Ealing home. Our seven towns - Acton, Ealing, Greenford, Hanwell Northolt, Perivale and Southall - are diverse, vibrant and lively communities where over 170 languages are spoken. We will enable you to do the work you care deeply about, and our aim is to deliver the infrastructure that allows that to happen.
Ealing is a great place to come and develop your career. You will be supported in this by colleagues and managers who will provide you with the opportunities to grow, gain experience, confidence and become a reflective practitioner.
Ealing is a richly diverse borough and we benefit from close ties to our communities which enriches our work and continually improves our offer. We are alive to the pressures many of our families are facing and work creatively with families and partners to bring about changes which makes the work that much more energising.
We recognise that to recruit and retain the very best social workers and social care practitioners, we need to bring together all our learning and development opportunities into one place. That’s why we have launched the Ealing Social Care Academy. The academy helps our team connect, collaborate, and engage creatively with internal and external partners and service users.
Watch our film to hear about Ealing staff telling their career stories
More directly we can offer you:
Manageable caseloads
Clear career progression pathways
Opportunities to develop and experience different areas of work
Competitive remuneration packages
A hybrid approach to working that increases your work / life balance
If you want to find out about this opportunity, please contact our Recruitment lead, Caroline Horsley at: HorsleyC@ealing.gov.uk