Assistant Director (Children We Care For)£93,672 – £110,463 per annumPermanentFull Time (36 hours)WandsworthOfsted rating: Good
Hear from Rasheed Pendry our Director of Children’s Social Care and our young people on what we are looking for.
Why Wandsworth
Our journey never stops, and we continue to foster and develop the conditions to ensure transformational impact for our children and families. This role is a central part of our ambition to ensure all children and young people can thrive and reach their full potential.
Being chosen as the London Borough of Culture for 2025, these are exciting times to join us at Wandsworth and explore the new opportunities that will be available for our families and young people.
The Role
Reporting directly to the Director of Children’s Social Care, you will be part of an experienced senior leadership team, leading and managing operational teams. The Assistant Director will create the right culture and environment for the workforce to flourish and ensuring operational plans are delivered are core to the job.
About You
We are looking for an inspirational leader with a proven track record in delivering and leading complex children’s services. You will be responsible for leading our vision of being an Outstanding Corporate parent for our children looked after and care leavers, putting children at the heart of all we do. Championing our supporting disabled children service and regulated provision, ensuring families receive the right support at the right time. You will work collaboratively to lead and embed a performance focused culture to deliver high quality outcomes for our most vulnerable children and young people.
Contact details
If you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Rasheed Pendry - Director of Children’s Social Care by email Rasheed.Pendry@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk
Closing date: 27th October 2024Shortlisting: From 28th October 2024Interview: 11th November 2024 - Interviews will be held in person.
Richmond and Wandsworth Better Service Partnership is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.
We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), flexible working and a generous pension plan.
Please refer to the job profile on our careers site for the full details on this role.
Our social workers are at the heart of our success, and we’re looking for Social Workers who share and are excited by our vision. Come and be part of our success.
All children and families deserve an outstanding level of practice, let’s work together to provide them with the very best.
Our shared vision and values to improve outcomes for children and families will drive practice. Our outstanding practice framework will support us collectively to do that. We want to apply solutions to complex problems in the simplest way. Having a robust practice framework will enable a shared language, understanding and value base from which we can all work creatively with children and families to achieve the best outcomes for them.
We know that to recruit passionate, dedicated social workers - where there’s simply more demand than the available resource - we must show our appreciation in more tangible ways. That's why we have put together an attractive package for all our social workers.
In return for your skills, knowledge and experience, you will receive an appropriate starting salary and a friendly, kind, positive and supportive working culture.
We also offer:
Performance related salary progression scheme
32 days annual leave to all employees plus bank holidays
Relocation package for experienced social workers moving to London
Manageable caseloads
Agile and flexible working arrangements
Professional development and CPD opportunities
Regular reflective supervision and peer group supervision
Refer a friend scheme
Welcome payments and retention bonuses for harder to recruit to areas of our services
Social Work Career Pathway Framework
If you have any questions about applying for this role, please get in touch with Simi Sabo on simi.sabo@richmondandwandsworth.gov.uk