Assistant Director of Children’s Social Care and Safeguarding

Assistant Director of Children’s Social Care and Safeguarding
Permanent - Full Time
Pay Grade: £77,610 - £98,436 SMR C
Newham Dockside, E16 2QU
Closing date: 09/11/2025 23:59
Job Description

This is an exciting opportunity to lead and shape practice and improve outcome for our children and families based on the national reforms and other government initiatives. We are looking for a committed and compassionate leader who has substantial experience of working in Children Social Care to apply for our Assistant Director of Family Help and Prevention post.

About us

Our ambition is for Newham to be a place where every child and young person enjoys the best possible opportunities in life – through outstanding education; first-rate youth services; exceptional family support and social care services that ensure no child is left behind.

Newham is a unique place. The youngest and most diverse borough in London – with almost a quarter of residents aged under-18 and more than 100 languages spoken – it is an exciting and challenging place to work with children. Despite its extraordinary potential, this is a borough that experiences huge socio-economic challenges, deprivation and unemployment; with more than half of children living in poverty and stark inequalities.

Role

You will provide strategic leadership across shaping our Family Help offer in Newham including the ongoing development of Family Hubs. You will oversee the Family Help, MASH, EDT and the NRPF Teams. You will lead on the development of strategic plans and implementation of new statutory legislations or guidance linked to the national reforms. You will oversee Newham’s development of Best Start Family Hubs, as part of the government’s ambitious plan to give every child the best start in life.

You will work collaboratively with partners, residents and colleagues across the Council to deliver our key priorities based on the national reforms, statutory guidance relating to Family Hubs, leading by example and demonstrating the positive values and behaviours necessary to achieve the Department and the Council’s vision. The job description is attached for your information.

Equality and diversity

We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all our employees. All employees are expected to understand and promote our Equality and Diversity policy in the course of their work.

The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

We practice anonymised recruitment. Please ensure that you remove all personal information from any documents that you upload.

The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn

How to Apply

If you are interested in applying for this post, please submit your CV and supporting statement with no more than 2 A4 sides explaining what experience, knowledge and skills equip you for the role, including the key objectives listed above and how you would be successful in the role. Consider the core essential criteria for the role and identify how you meet this.

If you are interested in this role and would like an informal conversation with our Director of Early Help and Safeguarding, please email Mahfuzul Khan at mahfuzul.khan@newham.gov.uk

The closing date is Sunday 09/11/25

Additional Information

We are committed to creating an inclusive, anti-racist environment for all. When you apply for a job at Newham, your application is considered on its merits regardless of your age, disability, ethnicity, faith, gender identity or sexual orientation. If you share our vision and values, and you bring the experience and skills we need, that’s all that matters to us.

The London Borough of Newham has important responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. If you are appointed to a job that involves working with these groups, you may be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Please attach your supporting statement, explaining in no more than x2 A4 sides why and how you meet the criteria for this role.

We practice anonymised recruitment. Please ensure that you remove all personal information from any documents that you upload.

The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.