Head of Service - International Adoption, London - Permanent

Head of Service - Intercountry Adoption / Overseas Adoption London Office based (Hybrid Working) Salary: Circa. £60,000 per annum (Full Time) The successful applicant will be responsible, under OFSTED registration, for ongoing delivery of the voluntary adoption agency and ensuring compliance with national minimum standards and regulations; and ensuring high quality adoption support and a sufficient supply of adopters that reflects the diversity of the countries they are adopting from. The postholder will have a pivotal role in leading, developing and managing a range of operational adoptions services, ensuring that they meet the needs of children we are providing services for, including all legal, policies, guidelines, and internal standards. They will play a key role in helping to develop new services and where appropriate will take operational control of these. This post sits within the Leadership Team and as such, supervisory responsibilities include management and oversight of Adoption Team Managers, Intercountry Assessments, Domestic Adoption and Adoption Support, Senior Practitioners and Business Support staff. To be considered, it is essential you are a Qualified Social Worker with current Social Work England Registration, as well as previous experience in a similar role - Senior Management experience within Adoption services (domestic or overseas experience will be considered). You must also have full right to work in the UK and be available to work from a Central London office as needed. Please contact Gemma Bridgman at Caritas Recruitment for further details: g.bridgman @ (url removed) / (phone number removed) Caritas Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy