Childrens Homes ManagerSkip to main content# External CareersChildrens Homes Manager page is loaded## Childrens Homes ManagerApplylocations: HU4time type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todaytime left to apply: End Date: 2 June 2026 (13 days left to apply)job requisition id: JR0000347**Number of Vacancies:**1**Time Type:**Full time**Worker Type:**Regular**Proposed Interview Date:**Monday, June 15, 2026**Hours of Work:**37**Hiring Manager:**Karen Witts**Contact Number:**01482 612873**Job Description Summary:**This post will be available from 1st June 2026. Can you inspire your team and children to dream more, learn more, do more and become more? Can you be the strength that children and your team need through difficult times? Can you bring hope and determination? If you can then you have something really special to offer our Children living in Children’s Homes. If trauma brings resilience, then our Children are superheroes - they deserve the best; the best homes, the best help, the best opportunities, and children tell us over and over again, it’s the staff that matter. We believe that we need the right people, with the right commitment, skills, tenacity, imagination, and energy in order to offer the best to our children. To do this you will be offered high quality support, training, guidance, and development and be part of a motivated and ambitious team. Hull City Council has been on a journey of improvement and has become a leading provider of Children's Homes. We are committed to developing nurturing, high quality homes where children can thrive and achieve their next steps. We are looking for an aspiring Registered Manager to lead one of our Childrens Homes in Hull. This home is part of our innovative journey in Hull, to ensure that our homes offer children all the care they need in the city they are from. Please note, these posts are not available for Visa Sponsorship, therefore all applicants must have the right to work in the UK. ROLE AND PURPOSE To manage the designated service area primarily a Children's Home within the Hull boundary, but which may be located in more than one base and related stay close/outreach provision. Providing a safe and stimulating environment, ensuring high quality provision and maximising the life chances of children looked after. In line with relevant legislation and corporate parenting levels of responsibility. Achieves the best possible outcomes for young people in need and their families with a high level of focus on the development and raising of quality in practice, setting standards and the conditions required for successful work.**PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:** 1 Strategy – Contributes to the overarching strategy in Hull children's social care services including the strategy to provide sufficient and appropriate accommodation and care for children and young people who are looked after. To ensure that the team actively plans for safety, short breaks, permanency and stability for children and young people and to actively support them to achieve positive outcomes in their care plan. 2 Customer Focus - Works in partnership with parents, carers, children and young people to ensure that child-centred, systemic practice is the principal standard and framework for all work undertaken with children, young people and families/carers. Assures access to clinical support to ensure the team works systemically within the broader context of the Hull children's social care practice model. 3 Performance Management - Guides and develops the practice and performance of staff within the team and impact on outcomes/progress for children, young people and families. Ensures that critical reflection and constructive challenge is featured in all case work undertaken by the team. Leads on the quality assurance function within the service area to inform practice development. 4 Leadership - Models and directs the work of the team and the priorities therein through a collaborative and systemic approach to all work with children, young people and families/carers. Works alongside colleagues and senior managers to develop strategic service planning and delivery. 5 Statutory Obligations and Service DeliveryStatutory Obligations:As per statutory requirements as specified in the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015. The post holder must have the ability to successfully gain registration with Ofsted as the Registered Manager.Service Delivery:Responsible for all functions within the Children's Home and allied service delivery attached to the Children's Home compliant with current statutory legislation, guidance, Ofsted requirements, minimum standards and good practice principles.Ensures that a systemic approach is deployed within the team both in terms of practitioners working together and direct working with children, young people and families/carers. Also to work systemically with locality social care pods and teams.Assures focused and purposeful interventions with explicit aims and objectives about desired outcomes in the provision of residential children's home placements, both long and short term, alongside the child/young person’s care plan.Assures a sound overview of all cases in relation to progress, and the balance between risk and protective factors and positive outcomes.Directs the work of the team, including administrative support, in relation to case recording, organisational support and liaison, Oracle and managing resources.Identifies gaps in service provision and provides solutions to meet the assessed service need.Carry out an impact assessment and contribute to the decision making regarding the placement and matching of children/young people within the home alongside other managers.Responsibility for ensuring the Children's Home has sufficient skilled and experienced staff members on duty at all times. 6 Direct work:Models systemic, restorative and therapeutic interventions and practices across the service area.Undertakes co-work with colleagues on specific pieces of work where the needs of the child, young person or family requires a high level of skill and experience.Ensures that any concerns/representations from children, young people, families/carers, independent agencies and assessors are addressed at the earliest opportunity through a systemic approach to the issue. Investigate complaints and representations relating to the Children's Homes Manager's area of responsibility. 7 Development, learning & performance:Provides individual monthly supervision to Senior Care Officer and supports group supervision with other relevant staff which may include Deputy Manager, Senior Care Officers, Care Officers, Administrative staff, Casual Care Assistants and Casual Care Officers.Actively engages in the Professional Development Framework for Social Care Service including professional appraisals for supervisees.Provides quality assurance to Senior Managers and Ofsted using the Quality Assurance Framework, observed practice and the Regulation of Quality Care Regulation 45 Report and uses this to inform continuing learning and development of people and the service.Leads the team as a learning system.Works with the Group Manager on behalf of the team in staff management/supervision with regard to council policies and procedures, including recruitment, sickness monitoring and employee performance processes.Actively engages with performance management and communication processes within social care including attendance at practice or service development meetings and the provision of information/professional opinion as required. 8 Decision-making:Directly responsible for the decision making and matching process of all children/young people referred to or currently living at the children's home; liaises with the Group Manager on complex/high risk placements.Directly responsible for overseeing the support and supervision of all staff team members;Prepares for and attends relevant decision-making panels, meetings and reflective discussions, where appropriate relating to the children living at, referred to or previously living at the children's home.Prepares for and chairs/attends specialist panels/meetings in line with a particular area of expertise if requested.Holds accountability for the decision-making within the home on case work and care planning within the statutory and legal framework - in liaison with the child/young person's allocated Social Worker and/or the Residential Group Manager or relevant Group Manager on complex/high risk case decision-making. 9 Partnerships:Contributes to the development of effective partnerships in order to achieve a co-ordinated approach to ensure effective safeguarding and planning arrangements are made for the safeguarding of children and young people.Ensures effective partnership within a city wide, regional and national basis with ICRO’s, Group Managers, SW’s and Consultant Social Workers, Psychologists, Clinicians, Education professionals, Health, Housing, Police, independent, community and voluntary sector providers. 10 Administration & finance:Works with the administrative support and Group Manager to ensure that relevant administration information, data and finance information is up to date and achieves value for money. Responsibility for management and allocation of a fixed budget in relation to staffing, assets and running costs as well as the monitoring, authorising and control of such budget. Responsibility for managing a fixed staffing matrix providing 24 hour care throughout the year. NC1545.Children's Home Manager.docx**Compensation Grades:**GRADES 11.**Pay Ranges:**£50,269.00 - £53,460.00**Job Classifications:**3- Not Politically Restricted - Designated As Not Politically Sensitive (Politically Restricted Posts), 5- Enhanced & Childrens Barring List - (Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)), Casual - (Travel Allowance Policy), OSP - Other Support Staff (School WorkForce Census), Post Fulfilling Statutory Duty - (Statutory Post), Yes - (Childcare Disqualification Requirement)**Benefits of Working of Hull City Council:** - A competitive salary - An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) - Initially 23 days annual leave depending on length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year, and three additional days off, one in May/August and one during the Christmas/New year period - Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods - Supportive and forward-thinking culture - Great career development opportunitiesPlease ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight prior to the closing date. Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description.We are committed to increasing the diversity, equality, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.Online searches, including social media, may be carried out as part of the recruitment process.
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