Job Title: Head of Complex Needs
Post requires candidate to be entitled for work: No
Salary Range: £99,655.50 to £112,690.56
Contract Type: Permanent
Full time/Part Time: Full Time
Advert Closing Date: 31/05/2026
Job Overview
Our Story
Jersey’s Children’s Services is on a journey.
In recent years, Children’s Services faced challenges including fragmented leadership, inconsistent practice, and reduced confidence across the system.
But that story is changing.
Over the last 18 months, a dedicated improvement programme has stabilised leadership, strengthened practice, and created measurable progress. With an investment of £15 million, we are demonstrating a clear commitment to the children of Jersey, our colleagues, and the service itself ensuring that every child has the opportunity to experience a safe and fulfilling childhood.
Now, we are building something permanent.
Something better.
A new leadership structure to take forward our vision of better support and care for children and young people in Jersey. As a smaller service than many in the UK, influence over service delivery and improvement is at the teams' fingertips with greater oversight across the various services.
Now we’re looking for exceptional leaders to help write the next chapter.
Make a difference for children with the most complex needs. Lead integrated services and ensure high-quality care and support.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead services for children with complex needs and disabilities
- Oversee short breaks and residential provision
- Lead commissioning and placement strategies
- Drive service quality and improvement
About You
- Registered Social Worker with complex needs experience
- Strong multi-agency working and leadership
- Experience managing risk and commissioning
- Inclusive and outcome-focused leader
Interviews for all three roles will take place on Monday 15 June and Wednesday 17 June 2026.
For all informal enquiries please contact Tracey Scottt, Associate Director via T.Scott@health.gov.je
Job Purpose
Please find enclosed Job Description Head of Service
Jersey Public Service Careers
Across the Jersey Public Service, the scope of our work means our people enjoy a wide range of opportunities—working with recognised experts across teams, learning new skills, and developing their careers. We actively seek to recruit people from different backgrounds with diverse perspectives, creating a richer, more varied environment where you’re exposed to new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new opportunities to build an exciting and rewarding career.
To maintain the highest standards of public service, we have a rigorous screening process, to ensure candidates align with our values, skills, and professional requirements. This helps us create a trusted, capable workforce that can deliver excellence and safeguard our community.
For regulated activity roles (working with children and adults at risk of harm), an enhanced level of screening will be conducted to include enhanced DBS checks.
Extraordinary, every day.