Job Description
Care Director, Children’s Services
Location: Walsall WS1, hybrid with regional travel
Salary: £85,000pa
The brief
Lead a growing portfolio across children’s, adults and fostering. You’ll hold Responsible Individual status for 3 children’s homes and provide senior oversight for 5 services in total. It’s a mix of strategy, quality, safeguarding and calm day-to-day leadership that keeps services inspection ready and child centred.
What you’ll lead
* Set direction and turn strategy into clear objectives across services
* Line manage Registered and Home Managers with regular supervision and development
* Run a QA cycle that sticks: audits, data, action plans, SCCIF readiness
* Senior safeguarding oversight with the Head of Safeguarding, learning loops built in
* Workforce planning, budgets, succession and management training
* Design, register and open new provisions across the West Midlands
* Build strong relationships with LAs, commissioners and regulators
What you’ll bring
1. 5+ years at RM, Regional or Ops level in children’s residential care
2. Track record moving services to Good or better and keeping them there
3. Confide...