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Assistant Director – Safeguarding and Children's Services

Location: Northampton. Northamptonshire County Council have made great strides since creating a new Service Directorate to lead and manage services to Children and Adults across the county.

This role will focus on driving the change that will make a big difference to the way we provide our Safeguarding and Children's Services. You will be involved with all the key areas across targeted children's social care services which will extend to adoption, fostering, youth offending services and beyond, working closely with services for prevention and universal provision.

You will be building upon our integrated whole life approach, providing the credibility and inspiration to deliver innovative and sustainable solutions with a broad range of partners and stakeholders.

This is your chance to join a highly corporate focused team and to build a reputation for delivery and effective new thinking.

For more information visit this link. Alternatively, speak to our recruitment partners at GatenbySanderson, in complete confidence, contact John Wilson on 0113 305 6074 or David Slatter on 0121 644 5704.

Closing date: 2 August 2012.

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