Frontier Consulting are assisting a national SEN & Children`s residential provider to recruit for a National Head of Care-to work within their SEN School provision.

This is a hybrid position that would involve extensive travel to site sites across the UK including:-

• Liverpool
• Lancaster
• Blackpool
• Ulverston
• Cardiff
• West Sussex
• Carlise
• Windsor

The Head of Care is a senior leadership role responsible for the strategic and operational management of care services, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, safe, and person-centred care. The post holder will provide direction, leadership, and oversight to care teams, driving continuous improvement and ensuring services meet regulatory standards, organisational values, and the needs of service users.

Working closely with senior stakeholders, the Head of Care will lead on service development, quality assurance, workforce planning, and performance management. The role requires a strong focus on governance, compliance, and innovation to enhance outcomes and maintain excellence across all areas of care provision.

xperience

• Senior leadership experience in-education, residential care, or integrated services
• Proven ability to deliver-high-quality, compliant services in complex care environments
• Experience leading-multidisciplinary teams and large-scale service delivery

Knowledge & Expertise

• Strong understanding of-CQC and Ofsted frameworks, safeguarding, and health & social care regulation-
• Expertise in-person-centred care planning, clinical governance, and quality assurance
• Knowledge of-Preparing for Adulthood and specialist education settings

Leadership Capabilities

• Strategic thinking and system leadership
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• Ability to drive cultural change and continuous improvement

Role Impact

This role extends by:

• Providing-portfolio-wide leadership and strategic direction
• Ensuring-consistent standards across multiple services
• Embedding-integration between care, health, and education
• Holding accountability for-quality, compliance, safeguarding, and outcomes at scale

There are great benefits and a 3k car allowance. This is a great-opportunity-to join a national organisation who have significant growth plans,so apply today!