Residential Childcare Performance & Growth Lead

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The Strategic Lead of Residential Childcare is responsible for providing strategic leadership, innovation, and operational oversight across the Residential Childcare provision. The role plays a key part in driving curriculum excellence, quality improvement, business growth, employer engagement, and performance management to ensure the we deliver high-quality programmes that meet local, regional, and national skills priorities.

Working closely with the Assistant Director for Skills, the Strategic Lead will shape and implement strategic objectives across the Residential Childcare curriculum area, ensuring provision remains compliant, commercially viable, learner-focused, and inspection ready.

The Strategic Lead will provide leadership and support to the Head of Residential Childcare and the delivery team, embedding a culture of high performance, continuous improvement, collaboration, and innovation across all aspects of delivery.

Furthermore, the Strategic Lead will work alongside the Head of Business Development to drive growth and position Acorn Training as one of the leading providers of Residential Childcare apprenticeships and qualifications in the country.