Position
Children & Families Head of Service – Families First (Quality & Performance) – Warwickshire County Council
Team Overview
Now is an exciting time to be part of Warwickshire’s Children & Families team as we continue to embed the Families First approach across our teams to support young people in our County. Our approach is about locality working, multidisciplinary and multi‑agency teams that support the whole family. Building strong partnerships with local services, Health, Police and Education.
Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced and ambitious leader to join our Children & Families leadership team as Head of Service – Families First (Quality & Performance). This is a key strategic role within Warwickshire County Council, responsible for driving forward our Families First approach, strengthening quality assurance, and ensuring strong performance across Children’s Services. The postholder will play a central role in delivering continued system‑wide improvement, working closely with partners across the safeguarding system. You will provide strategic leadership, ensuring services are delivered and commissioned effectively, proportionately, and with a clear focus on improving outcomes for children and families. You will lead on quality assurance, performance management, inspection readiness and continuous improvement, supporting the delivery of our wider charge ambitions.
Qualifications & Experience
- Significant experience in children’s social care and safeguarding.
- Social work qualification and registration.
- A strong track record of leading improvement and transformation.
- Expertise in quality assurance and performance.
- The ability to work effectively across complex multi‑agency partnerships.
- Strong leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and deliver through others.
Key Requirements
The role is a fixed‑term position to 31 March 2028. It will be based at Shire Hall, Warwick but will require commitment to travel around the County to support best practice across our teams and partner agencies. Applicants for the role will need a professional Social Work qualification and Social Work England Registration. Successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre‑engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).
Benefits
We provide a generous pension scheme with an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, along with a range of benefits for members and their dependants, including agile working, generous annual leave entitlement, bank holidays, an additional day at Christmas, and access to the Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under‑representation in its workforce.
Additional Information
Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
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