Associate Director of Children's Services
Southern Hospice Group
Worthing, BN18 9BX
Salary
£65,724 to £69,983
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
18 September 2026
14 days left
Job description
As our Associate Director of Childrens Services, you have a key role to play in the leadership, operational management, and strategic direction of Che...
- Lead the planning, performance and delivery of Childrens services, holding accountability for quality, patient outcomes, financial control, income and contract compliance.
- Build and sustain strong partnerships with commissioners and system partners, developing and negotiating proposals that expand service reach and impact.
- Lead service improvement and innovation and share learning across the organisation.
- Provide visible, values-led people leadership, creating a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement across all teams.
- Passionate advocate for babies, children and young people
- Child and family centred
- Significant experience in children's palliative/end of life care or children with complex care needs
- Compassionate but accountable leader
- Strategic but operationally grounded
- Professional curiosity, always seeing ways to innovate and improve
- Track record of effective performance management across quality, workforce, operations and finance
- Effective communicator, able to influence and build strong teams
- Experience of leading and supporting teams through change
- Builds effective relationships with key stakeholders across the group and externally
- Confidence in financial leadership, including budget management, income generation and commercial decision making.
- Proven ability to influence and partner with commissioners and system stakeholders
- Highly developed people leadership skills, with the ability to engage, motivate and develop the workforce and build strong teams.
You will be responsible for leading the delivery and ongoing improvement of
Childrens Services at CTH. Bringing specialist knowledge, expertise and
inspirational professional leadership, you will support our clinical and family
support teams to deliver high-quality care. Working closely with the Director of
Nursing and Care, you will help shape the future strategy and direction of CTHs
clinical and wider services, identifying opportunities to expand provision and
reach more children, young people and families across Sussex.
The postholder will be responsible for leading the delivery and ongoing improvement of
Childrens Services at CTH. Bringing specialist knowledge, expertise and inspirational
professional leadership, you will support our clinical and family support teams to deliver
high quality care. Working closely with the Director of Nursing and Care, you will help shape
the future strategy and direction of CTHs clinical and wider services, identifying
opportunities to expand provision and reach more children, young people and families
across Sussex.
As a leader within Southern Hospice Group, you will:
- Lead the planning, performance and delivery of Childrens services, holding
accountability for quality, patient outcomes, financial control, income and contract
compliance.
- Build and sustain strong partnerships with commissioners and system partners
developing and negotiating proposals that expand service reach and impact.
- Lead service improvement and innovation and sharing learning across the
organisation.
- Provide visible, values led people leadership, creating a culture of accountability
collaboration and continuous improvement across all teams.
Pleasesee the link for more job details.
Southern Hospice Group is the largest group of hospices in Sussex and one of the largest in the UK. We are committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to adults, children and their families across Sussex. Bringing our teams and resources together as one organisation means we can focus on new and exciting visions and plans for our people and patients and provide even greater opportunities for our workforce.
St Barnabas House provides specialist palliative care to adults in the Worthing, Adur, Arun and Henfield areas through a range of services, including in-patient care and community living well services.
Chestnut Tree House is the childrens hospice for East and West Sussex and South East Hampshire, providing specialist palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.
Martlets provides essential care to people affected by terminal illness in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas. Our expert teams provide the very best care and support, helping patients and their loved ones to live life to the full during the precious time they have together.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience in childrens palliative and end of life care, or in supporting children with complex care needs. A strong track record of effective performance management across quality, workforce
- operations and finance. Significant experience of the development and
- implementation of strategy in a health or social care setting. Demonstrable experience of effectively engaging with diverse audiences, including internal and external stakeholders.
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters Degree level qualification (or working towards) in relevant area of Nursing or related subject. A Registered Sick Childrens Nurse or Registered Nurse - Child Branch. Evidence of up-to-date clinical knowledge and expertise in palliative and end of life care.
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
3 September 2026
Last checked
4 September 2026
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