Job Title: Head of Corporate Parenting
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
Term Time only post: No
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.
For all informal enquiries please contact Pauline Naraine, Associate Director via P.Naraine@health.gov.je
Job Purpose
Head of Corporate Parenting
Be the champion for children in care and care leavers. Lead services that ensure stability, permanence, and opportunity for every child.
Key Responsibilities
Lead corporate parenting services and advocate for children
Oversee fostering and adoption services
Ensure placement stability and positive outcomes
Lead quality assurance and governance
About You
Registered Social Worker with children in care experience
Strong leadership and stakeholder influence
Passionate advocate for children’s rights
Experience working under scrutiny and accountability
Why Join Us?
Delivering the vision to ensure meaningful impact for children and families
Be part of a once-in-a-career opportunity to deliver whole system change
Work in a service with clear direction, investment, and ambition
Join a leadership team committed to lasting change
This is more than a role. It’s a chance to lead change that will be felt for generations with a service that holds children and young people at heart.
Interviews
Interviews for all three roles will take place on Monday 15 June and Wednesday 17 June 2026.
Job Description
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.