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Service Director: Education

Employer
Cornwall Council
Location
Cornwall
Salary
up to £109k + relocation
Closing date
21 Oct 2019

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Together for Families is a new integrated service that is transforming services for children in Cornwall. It brings health visitors, school nurses and speech and language therapists together with educational and social care colleagues. Our one team approach will make sure families get the help they need, when they need it, and in one go.

As Service Director for Education, you’ll lead on the full span of education accountabilities across Cornwall, promoting productive relationships with our schools, driving up educational attainment and improving opportunities for disadvantaged children and those with special educational needs. While it’s essential that you’re completely at home presenting to school leaders, success in our new integrated model will require you to perform in a range of settings and will demand closer working with social care and NHS colleagues. That’s why we’re looking for someone who truly believes in the benefits that integration brings, and who can make their own mark as they shape the fundamental role played by schools and education in our new integrated service.

Flexible, open-minded and with strong relationship and influencing skills, you’ll be able to demonstrate a track record of impactful leadership across education, social care and health. And, with exposure to all of these areas, there couldn’t be a better grounding for career progression than the experience that this role offers. If you’re a driven and collaborative leader, with a genuine passion for delivering outcomes for children and young people that are beyond the ordinary, then we’d love to hear from you.

Visit www.leading-cornwall.co.uk to find out more or contact David Weir at Tile Hill on 07391 565064 for a confidential discussion.

Closing date: Monday 21st October 2019

Company

Cornwall has an area of 354,628 hectares and is the second largest county in the region in terms of area but has a relatively low population density. Cornwall comprises the westernmost part of the southwest peninsula, and has an estimated 697 kilometres of coastline including the lower reaches of the main estuaries, the longest of any English county. The sea forms the northern, southern and western boundaries. To the east, Cornwall's border with Devon is formed by the River Tamar, which forms a physical and cultural divide with the rest of Great Britain, for all but 18 km of its length. The Isles of Scilly lie 45 km off Lands End.  The nearest major centre outside the county, Plymouth, is 125 km from Penzance, while Bristol, the regional centre, is 290 km from Penzance, with London 450 km away. The distance between the north and south coasts varies from 72 km at the eastern boundary to as little as 8 km at the western end of the county between Hayle and Marazion. In length Cornwall measures a maximum of 132 km between Lands End and the northeastern boundary at Morwenstow.  Despite a past history of mining, tourism has gradually developed into one of the major industries and there has been some more recent development of the manufacturing industry. Farming is still a key contributor to the local economy and agriculture is the predominant land use. In more recent times Cornwall has seen developments in its renewable energy sector and knowledge economy led, in part, by the creation of the new Combined Universities in Cornwall. The fishing and marine industries contribute greatly to the character of Cornwall.

 

 

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Telephone
0300 1234 100
Location
County Hall
Treyew Road
Cornwall
United Kingdom

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