At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and oversee care services, ensuring compliance and high-quality support for children and young people.
- Company: Empower Family Group, dedicated to delivering outstanding care.
- Benefits: Free parking, Blue Light Card access, wellbeing support, and team-building activities.
- Other info: Join a supportive team with excellent growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in the lives of children while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: 3 years of senior management experience and a degree required.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
We are recruiting a Head of Care to lead and oversee Empower Family Group's Residential, Supported Living and Outreach services, ensuring full compliance with relevant legislation, regulations, standards, and organisational policies.
As our Head of Care, you’ll be at the heart of our mission - Empowering Care, Working Together, Learning and Leading - and play a pivotal role in strengthening our culture, maintaining safeguarding standards, and operational excellence.
You will provide effective strategic and operational leadership, ensuring high-quality, consistent care and support for children and young people across all existing and future provisions.
The role is responsible for ensuring that services meet performance and growth objectives, supporting the development of new provisions, and driving continuous improvement across the organisation. Working in partnership with internal and external stakeholders, you will lead placement decision-making, coordinate care planning, and promote a collaborative approach to achieving positive outcomes for children and young people.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing effective leadership and management across Residential, Supported Living and Outreach services.
- Ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation, regulatory requirements, government guidance, and company policies.
- Maintaining high standards of care, safeguarding, and service delivery for children and young people.
- Leading placement decisions and working collaboratively with commissioners, local authorities, and other partner agencies.
- Supporting the strategic growth and development of existing and new service provisions.
- Monitoring service performance against agreed targets and driving continuous improvement.
- Ensuring a coordinated, child-centred approach to care planning and service delivery across all provisions.
This role plays a key part in supporting Empower's vision to deliver outstanding care and positive outcomes for children and young people.
Requirements
Ability to commute/relocate: Taunton, TA2 8QN: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience: Senior managerial: 3 years (required)
Licence/Certification: Degree (required), Driving Licence (required), Level 5 in Leadership and Management Qualification (required)
Benefits
- Free parking
- Blue Light Card access
- Eyecare Vouchers
- Employee Assistance Programme and wellbeing app, providing 24/7 support and resources
- Discounted site
- Allocated funding for team building activities, social events and celebrations throughout the year
- Learning and development opportunities
Head of Care - Internal Only employer: Empower Family Group
Empower Family Group is an exceptional employer located in Taunton, offering a supportive work culture that prioritises employee well-being and professional growth. With benefits such as free parking and access to an Employee Assistance Programme, we foster an environment where HR professionals can thrive while making a meaningful impact on the employee lifecycle and team development.
