Assistant Director Adult Social Care (Safeguarding & Quality Assurance)

Assistant Director - Adult Social Care (Safeguarding & Quality Assurance)

Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary:AD1 - AD5 (94811.07 - 107171.54)

Contract Type:Full-time fixed term for 12 months

Working hours per week:36 hours per week

Application Deadline:Midnight on Sunday 25^th January 2026

Proposed Interview Date(s):TBC
Reference:1938

About Us:

Bursting with culture energy and opportunity the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.

We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused insight-led digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.

London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of theMayor of Londons Good Work Standardemployers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions workplace well-being skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

About the role:

This is a new Assistant Director role responsible for Adult Safeguarding and Quality Assurance functions. The post is initially fixed term for 1 year to provide strong leadership as we shape our new operating model across adult social care further embed strengths-based practice and new approaches to maintaining independence and prevention. This is an exciting time to lead the next phase of our service transformation work building on our recent CQC assessment and Good judgement.

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Key Responsibilities:

The post holder will report to the Corporate Director of Adult Social Care Operations and hold the strategic and operational lead for adult safeguarding deprivation of liberty safeguards and the Adult MASH alongside practice improvement workforce development and quality assurance functions across the department.

Qualifications and Requirements:

The successful candidate will be educated to degree level with qualified Social Worker or allied health professional status with current Social Work England or HCPC registration.

Key requirements for candidates include:

• Demonstrable experience of managing frontline social care delivery across a wide range of services to diverse communities.
• Substantial relevant experience of managing specialist services which support complex service delivery with expert technical /professional knowledge and experience.
• Thorough understanding of relevant legislation.
• Extensive experience of managing change effectively across a service area.
• Substantial experience of managing significant budgets and resources.
• Significant experience of writing reports specifications and agreements.
• Authority and credibility to build relationships influence and engage successfully with colleagues partners and clients at all levels in complex or politically sensitive situations.
• Initiative strategic and political awareness demonstrated in problem solving and decision making.

Terms and Conditions

The below terms and conditions apply to this role:

• Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
• Satisfactory declaration of interest;
• This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/ or vulnerable adults;
• Satisfactory DBS check;
• Continued professional body registration;
• This post is politically restricted therefore the post holder is disqualified from undertaking certain political activities under the Local Government Officers (Political Restrictions) Regulations 1990.
• As a public authority we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English with confidence and accuracy sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications regional or international accents dialects speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.

How to Apply:

To request an informal conversation about the role with Alex Chidgey Corporate Director of Adult Social Care Operations please contact Lorraine Samuels at @

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the Apply button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair appropriate accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.

To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2 internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.

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If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process please contact Lorraine Samuels Leadership Support Assistant @

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