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Director of Care

KIZUNA • walsall, midlands, uk • 10h ago

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

5+ years at RM, Regional or Ops level in children’s residential care
Track record moving services to Good or better and keeping them there
Confidence opening and registering new homes and working with Ofsted
Strong grip of Regulations, Quality Standards and SCCIF
Level 5 Leadership and Management or equivalent. Level 7 desirable
Data savvy, commercially aware, steady communicator
Full UK driving licence and happy to travel

What’s on offer

£85,000 salary
Hybrid pattern anchored from Walsall WS1 with regional travel
Real autonomy with solid central support and sensible decision lines
Investment in CPD, reflective practice and leadership development
Growth pipeline you can shape

Interested?

Message us for a confidential chat or send your CV. Safer recruitment applies.

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