Standards, Development and Compliance Manager – Children’s Residential Provisions

About Us

Together, we're shaping children's social care for the future. Every day, our colleagues are helping to transform the lives of the residents of Oxfordshire.

In our Children, Education & Families directorate, we're committed to delivering lasting change, by helping the children, young people, and families of Oxfordshire to thrive. We know the importance of building relationships, empowering people, and building on strengths and this is reflected in our restorative, relational practice approach.

We've been consistently rated as "good" by Ofsted, but we are not content with that; we are ambitious and want to do even better! We're a financially stable local authority which is committed to investing in Children, Education and Families to ensure that we have the resources we need to make a real difference to the families we work with.

Our children’s homes sit within The Residential and Edge of Care Service which works with the most vulnerable children and families within the Children We Care For system and those preparing for independence.

The strategic aim of the services is to deliver integrated and individualised interventions to promote best outcomes for children and their families. We’ve got an ambitious road ahead, and we need the right talent to help us.

About the Role

This role will support the Service Managers and Registered Managers on Quality Assurance, Standards development, and regulatory compliance for Oxfordshire’s Ofsted registered residential children’s homes provision (REoC) and Young Persons Supported Accommodation Service (YPSA).

The post holder will support internal inspections within the provisions, providing reports of findings and action plans through effective monitoring and scrutiny to the Service Manager of REoC service and the Service Manager for YPSA Service.

The post holder is responsible for the line management and supervision of the Assistant Standards, Development and Compliance Managers (x2).

The post holder will be responsible for workforce development to ensure fairness and consistent approach towards people and performance management and including investigations, training development, and safer recruitment processes (including Warner Interviews).

About you

We are looking for an experienced Social Work Qualified Manager who has experience in working in residential children’s provisions and is enthusiastic and highly motivated to lead and develop the progression across our children’s homes and YPSA services.

You will have significant specialist childcare experience including at least 2 years of direct work with children within the last 5 years and at least 1 year’s supervisory experience. The successful applicant will already hold a diploma level 5 – leadership and Management in residential Childcare or be willing to study towards it.