Assistant Director of Provider Services

Manchester prides itself on being a warm and inviting city with something to offer to everyone. We are committed to bringing about a more inclusive city, where people have access to top-class education and training, and where the economic opportunities that such a vibrant city creates are accessible to all.

We have a whole-city approach to building a safe, happy, healthy and successful future for all children and young people. We have made great strides in our progress and impact for inclusion in the UNICEF programme for accreditation of child-friendly city status. In Children and Education Services, we are recognised for our reforms and innovation, and this has contributed towards delivering excellence.

We are looking for inspirational Strategic Leaders to continue our effective work and to meet new requirements outlined in the Families First for Children Programme.

As Assistant Director of Provider Services you will manage a varied portfolio of fostering, residential, edge of care, placement finding and commissioning services. This post requires a unique leader who is fully conversant with regulatory requirements, is passionate about achieving stability for children and can bring a wealth of experience to deliver our sufficiency and commissioning priorities.

Manchester's ethos is to ensure that all the people in our city can thrive and are able to benefit from the opportunities that our economic growth brings. Our workforce is at the heart of this - and we have created the conditions, whereby colleagues have the skills, knowledge and ability to allow their careers to flourish. Working in Manchester gives you the chance to do things that you wouldn't get to do in other places, and it is a hugely exciting place to live and work.

We are looking for an experienced Social Care Leaders who will bring passion, drive and can forge strong relationships with children and their families, colleagues and partners, and exert influence across the city, and more importantly delivers high standards of practice. In return we will offer you plenty of challenges as well as opportunities to innovate and personally develop, working alongside a dedicated and talented set of colleagues who work collaboratively to deliver our vision and ambitions for the children and young people of Manchester.

It is through true partnerships that children and young people can truly thrive in Manchester - to find out how to be a part of Manchester's success story please click here: