Assistant Director of Family Help

Recognised for our innovation and investment, this is a fantastic opportunity to join our leadership team in children and young people's services to drive forwards our renewed Family Help offer, embracing the new reforms of Keeping Children Safe, Helping Families Thrive, and continuing to deliver significant change to achieve ambitious outcomes for Rotherham's children, young people and families.

As our new Assistant Director of Family Help, you will take forward strategic change and transformation, building on our strong reputation for universal and early help services, as demonstrated in our recent focused visits and local area SEND Inspection. We are fully committed to implementing the government's ambitions in family help and intervention services, and you will bring the passion and energy to achieve excellent performance, developing positive collaborative relationships with key stakeholders within the borough and across South Yorkshire. This is a key role in reshaping Social Care and Early Help, ensuring seamless delivery of services at a community level to ensure that children's needs are met.

Working across a broad portfolio, this is an exciting opportunity to broaden your existing knowledge and skill set and collaborate with an experienced team to ensure that improving children's lives is at the heart of everything we do. The role will require excellent stakeholder relationship skills, working with statutory partners, the voluntary sector and communities within our borough. You will bring experience of leading children's early help and social care services within a local authority context, but most of all we are seeking someone with the passion and ambition to deliver the best services for the children, young people and families of our borough.

This is a career-enhancing opportunity for someone with the passion, ability, skills, experience, and drive to address key challenges for children, young people, and their families in the context of both national and local reform, whilst simultaneously providing a supportive environment for you to grow. The Council's commitment to ensuring every child can fulfil their full potential is unshakeable and you would be at the heart of making a positive change for our borough's children and families.

We need an Assistant Director for Family Help with vision, leadership, and the drive to meet these opportunities and challenges with enthusiasm and commitment. If you are that person, then we look forward to receiving your application.

We positively encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds who represent our local community. A relevant Social Work qualification is required We are keen to speak to those who want to embrace this career defining opportunity. Please contact our advising consultants at GatenbySanderson, Alex Hayes () or Philip Emms ().

Closing date: 3 rd March 2025