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About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to lead one of the country's most ambitious regional fostering partnerships, transforming fostering services to ensure more children can grow up in safe, stable and loving homes closer to where they belong. As Head of Service, you will provide strategic leadership for the new North London Fostering Hub, bringing together six local authorities to deliver a seamless fostering recruitment, assessment and support service. You'll lead the development of a high-performing regional service, managing a £2.2 million budget and working closely with Directors of Children's Services, elected Members, the Department for Education and regional partners to deliver lasting change. This is a unique opportunity to shape fostering services at scale, increasing the number and diversity of foster carers, improving placement stability and ensuring the best possible outcomes for children and young people across North London.

Responsibilities

Provide strategic leadership for the North London Fostering Hub.
Bring together six local authorities to deliver a seamless fostering recruitment, assessment and support service.
Lead the development of a high-performing regional service.
Manage a £2.2 million budget.
Work closely with Directors of Children's Services, elected Members, the Department for Education and regional partners to deliver lasting change.
Increase the number and diversity of foster carers.
Improve placement stability.
Ensure the best possible outcomes for children and young people across North London.

Requirements

Experienced and inspirational leader with significant senior management experience in fostering or children's social care.
Qualified social worker.
Proven track record of leading service transformation.
Proven track record of building successful partnerships.
Proven track record of influencing senior stakeholders.
Confident using data to drive improvement.
Able to navigate complex environments.
Committed to delivering high-quality services for children and foster families.

Location

Hybrid – Camden, with travel across North London

Work Type

Fixed Term/ Secondment for 2 years
37 hours

Experience Level

Senior management experience in fostering or children's social care

Education Level

Qualified social worker

Salary/Compensations

£86,889

Benefits

Flexible working
27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays)
Family leave
Loan schemes
Access to staff networks
Incredible pensions scheme

About the Company

At Camden, we're building somewhere everyone can thrive.
We are committed to making our borough the best place to live, work, study and visit, while leading bold and innovative approaches that improve lives.
Hosted by Camden on behalf of the North London boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey and Islington.

Equal Opportunity

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce.
A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.
To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity
Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.
Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.