About The Service This is a high profile, exciting, national role that provides strategic leadership and direction for adoption and fostering services across the whole of Wales. The National Adoption Service for Wales (NAS) is a Wales wide collaboration for the delivery and improvement of adoption services in Wales. Established in 2014, and underpinned by legislation, bringing together all local authority adoption services into five regional collaboratives, with co-ordination and leadership provided by a central team headed by the Director. Launched in 2021, Foster Wales (FW) is a newer Wales-wide collaboration for local authority fostering services. It brings together all local authority fostering services under a single brand for recruitment and retention purposes as well as focusing on common areas for service improvement. About The Job You will lead and develop a transformational change programme for adoption services in Wales and for local authority foster care through Foster Wales ensuring that collaboratives meet legislative requirements. You will create and maintain lasting relationships with a wide range of partners and stakeholders. You will provide strategic leadership and analysis and robust professional advice to the NAS and FW Joint Committee, the Governance Board for NAS and Lead Heads of Service group for FW regarding the best options to deliver the respective strategic improvement plans and oversee national level support to the effective implementation of ..... full job details .....