Strategic Lead for Corporate Parenting and Sufficiency

We are looking to appoint an experienced and knowledgeable Strategic Lead, Corporate Parenting, to join our senior management team in Children's and Educations services.

We're on a journey to excellence for Coventry's children, and we're committed to ensure that children are at the heart of our decision-making and ensuring they receive good outcomes.

Reporting to the Director of Children and Education Services, you will ensure that statutory obligations are met, maintaining high service standards, and managing resources effectively.

With delegated authority, you will drive service improvements aligned with Council strategies, create a high-performance culture, and cultivating strategic partnerships for continuous improvement.

A key responsibility of the role is in ensuring sufficiency of good quality homes for our children who are in our care and for SEND (commissioning of external day and residential placements) and ensuring value for money. It is a great time to be joining the service as we have had significant investment and have an ambitious programme to increase the number of our internal children's homes from 5 to 12.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

We are looking for an inclusive leader who values diversity and promotes a culture of respect, collaboration and continuous improvement.

You will be committed and passionate about practice, sharing learning and knowledge and developing others. You will have a solid understanding of and be an advocate for the principles of diversity and inclusion in relation to workplace culture and service delivery.

The families, children and young people that we work with come from a variety of backgrounds and in order to deliver the best possible care it is vital that we have a workforce that represents and understand their unique experience and perspectives.

At Coventry City Council, we are embarking on an incredible journey to create a brighter future for Coventry's children. As a 'Good' Local Authority, we believe in pushing boundaries and delivering excellence for children and families. We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

Our vision is clear, and our social workers are unwavering in their commitment to putting children and families at the centre of their practice.

Be part of our inspiring team, making a meaningful difference in the lives of Coventry's children. Together, let's create a nurturing environment where every child's potential can flourish., Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies