Executive Director for Children in Care

YMCA Robin Hood Group are seeking an experienced and committed Executive Director to oversee our Children in Care service. If you are looking to step into a senior role where you will lead on the design, development, and implementation of a comprehensive continuum of care to support young people in our local community who have had a more challenging start in life, this is a wonderful opportunity for you. As a not-for-profit operator, we put the needs of children and young people ahead of everything else. Our priority is to enable these young people to 'discover who they are and what they can become'. The Role As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, this role will focus on providing an outstanding environment for children to thrive in, whilst ensuring that we are compliant with OFSTED and other regulatory bodies. You will demonstrate expertise in Safeguarding and most importantly, act with entrepreneurial spirit to lead the growth of the provision. Core Duties

• Provide strategic direction and ensure sustainable growth and development at a pace that matches our ambitions for rapid growth
over the next four years.
• Lead the growth of the provision through overseeing and project managing the sourcing and registration of new homes and
services
• Manage the budget, assets and resources for this service area in excess of £10m.
• Ensure that the service is well placed to take advantage of external funding opportunities, block contacts and service level
agreements which support our growth and strategic aims.
• Be responsible for the support of safeguarding all of children in our Children in Care Service, ensuring all policies and
procedures are up to date and implemented effectively and work collaboratively with agencies involved in safeguarding (including LADO, MASH, Police and others).
• Positively lead and be responsible for large geographically dispersed management and leadership team, more than 100 staff
members, operating across Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire.
• Work with the Directors in the Service to develop a workforce development plan that promotes effective recruitment of a skilled
workforce, enables existing staff to develop additional skills to support the service growth, enables internal promotion, and engages staff to sustain the longevity of employment. But this is just the beginning - we are open to your ideas, concepts and recommendations on what other best-in-class solutions you think we, as YMCA Robin Hood Group, should offer to bring our North Star to life; the relentless dedication that all children and young people have the developmental relationships that support them to connect with one another and their communities. Your Background With extensive experience of senior management in children's residential care, you will :
• Draw on your operational and strategic experience of driving growth in Children's Residential / Children Leaving Care /
Children Looked After sectors, including experience of opening new residential homes.
• Show us how you have managed complex budgets including monitoring income and expenditure, forecasting and annual budget setting
and generating surplus - responsible for budget size greater than £3m.
• Be able to highlight your experience of successfully implementing new services; sourcing funding streams; fundraising and
writing funding bids and applications.
• Embody cause-driven leadership and be a true ethical entrepreneur and transformative leader.
• Demonstrate exceptional interpersonal skills; whether interacting with one of our young people, a member of staff or a member
of our Board, you will act with professionalism and kindness.
• Inspire and motivate to create a culture of team-work and technical excellence within your service.
• Show creativity and able to find new and innovative ways to enhance the care we provide.
• Be a thoughtful, considered and a calming presence at times of challenge
• Collaborate to work with internal and external stakeholders to maximise opportunity.
Our North Star will speak to the very core of who you are; the relentless dedication that all children and young people have the developmental relationships that support them to connect with one another and their communities. In line with our members of our Executive Leadership Team, we would also look for you to a hold:
• an MBA or equivalent business management qualification or, willing to undertake one with our support.
• a higher/further level qualification in a relevant field (business, psychological, social care).
Your role will encompass our current homes which cover Nottingham, Newark, Goole and Selby with our key YMCA office locations being situated in Nottingham and Newark. We would envisage that you would spend time within our home settings as well as our office locations. Your willingness to travel and be flexible to the needs of your service are imperative. Our Work from Home policy supports one day a week working from home. The recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. Successful applicants must complete a company application form and will be appointed subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check. To be successful in your application, you will be subject to a rigorous safer recruitment process and must adhere to a strict code of conduct regarding your behaviour at all times.

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