Change Lead for Children's Services

We re here to prevent children from becoming involved in violence. We do this by finding out what works and building a movement to change things. We need to inspire and connect with social workers across England and Wales to spread what works and make our country safer for some of our most vulnerable children. We are looking for someone to lead on making this happen.

Key responsibilities include:

Maximising the potential impact of new Guidance. Using your deep understanding of the sector to ensure the Practice Guidance is credible, useful and actionable to support senior leaders to better keep children safe from violence.

Leading the effort to build demand and interest in evidence across the Children s Services sector, including running events, speaking at conferences and curating webinars to bring evidence to life for practitioners.

You will work out the best way to get system leaders and delivery organisations to adopt the recommendations and support us in making the changes happen following the publication of the Practice and Systems Guidance.

About you:

You understand the Children Services sector. You really understand how children s services work, from Directors of Social care to frontline social workers. You have experience working in/with children s services, ideally in a role that worked with young people who are vulnerable to or involved in violence. You might have previous experience of supporting a local authority to reflect on and adopt evidence-based practice.

You are fascinated about change and are experienced in making it happen. You have outstanding analytical judgment alongside the emotional intelligence and experience needed to identify the right opportunities for change, then make them happen. You understand why people find change difficult. You come alive talking about how people make decisions and why they do the things they do.

The wide salary range reflects our flexibility to tailor the role to the right candidate s experience, with the exact responsibilities and leadership level decided during the interview process.