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Interim Director of Children’s Social Care

Reporting to: Corporate Director, Children, Young People & Education

Contract Type: 1-year Fixed Term Contract (FTC) / Secondment

Start Date: January 2026

Note: This is a Senior leadership position but not the statutory Director of Children’s Services.

Lead and maintain strong children's social care practice.

• Children’s social care operations
• Transformation programmes
• Family First Programme (FFP)
• Embedding sufficiency and placement strategies
• Foster care and in-house provision strategy
• A technically strong senior social work leader (e.g., Head of Service, AD, or Director level).

Experience and skills