INTERIM - Head of Service - Adolescent Support Services - Candidates must have experience in Youth Justice services or Specific Vulnerable Adolescent Services

Are you a highly motivated and experienced social work leader passionate about making a difference to vulnerable adolescents. Bury is seeking to appoint a dynamic Head of Service to lead our Youth Justice Service and review our existing services to adolescents ensuring we are maximising opportunities to deliver positive outcomes.

This is a pivotal leadership role with responsibility for delivering high-performing, innovative, and continuously improving services that safeguard and empower young people facing complex challenges.

You will lead the design, delivery, and development of services that reduce care entry, re-offending, and exploitation, while promoting safety, resilience, and positive futures. Your strategic insight, operational expertise, and partnership skills will help us shape the future of adolescent support in our community.

What You''ll Do

• Provide inspiring leadership to multi-disciplinary teams across youth justice and adolescent services.
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation, including designing and embedding new service models.
• Lead robust safeguarding and risk management for vulnerable adolescents.
• Build and sustain effective partnerships across statutory and voluntary sectors.
• Champion a culture of excellence, professional development, and inclusion.

This role will require 3 days a week on site.

If you are interested in this role please send your updated CV in the first instance.