Regional Director (Care and Education)

Those Huge Small Victories

As a Regional Director at Witherslack group, you’ll inspire and support your education and care teams, helping them to create the best outcomes for our young people. We are focused on providing the highest possible standards and developing encouraging environments where our young people can thrive. Our teams are fulfilled by the idea of making even the smallest positive changes in our young people, we call these huge small victories.

Get out what you put in

This is a key role with a clear focus on safeguarding, quality and providing strong leadership to our Head Teachers and Regional Managers. Building positive relationships across the Group, you’ll ensure an integrated approach with our young people’s care, education and therapeutic care, making sure everyone is working toward the same goals and communicating effectively. You’ll also work alongside Local Authorities, social workers, parents/carers and other key stakeholders.

The remit is broad, you’ll oversee the delivery of quality management systems, school improvement plans, sharing of best practice. You will also be involved in reviewing and meeting with referrals, assessing their needs and how they will fit with our services and the other young people in our care.

What we do for you

We know you’re going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the education sector. With us, you’ll get to bring learning to life and make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

• Company car (worth £38,000)
• Bonus: Long-term incentive plan which can equate to 30% of salary each year
• Training: A full induction and on the job training
• Holiday: You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with 40 days holiday including bank holidays
• Flexible benefits: meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance – check out our benefits here
• Pension: up to 5% contributory pension or contributions to the Teacher’s Pension Scheme if applicable.
• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Medical cover: you’ll be eligible for BUPA healthcare and a health scheme covering dental and eye care
• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities – check out our schools here
• A recommend a friend scheme that offers up to a £5,000 bonus.

Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs – and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. We are looking for:

• Experience of multi-site management in both education and care
• Well versed in the Ofsted inspection framework for both education and care
• Knowledge of SEN education and the SEN code of practice
• Knowledge of the Children’s Homes Regulations and Quality Standards 2015

Interested in joining us?

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

For an informal chat about the role, please contact either Marcella Bird on 07469155746 or Sara Roe on 07918024269

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

For a full job description and person specification, please see the attached document.

Special Education / Careers in Care / Careers in Special Education / Working with Children / SEMH / SEN / ASD