Service Manager - Children's Homes
Salary - £66,939 - £70,283
Hours - 37 hours per week
Contract type - full time, permanent
Looking for a new opportunity?
City of Wolverhampton Council Children’s Services is a ‘Good’ rated local authority with ‘Outstanding’ leadership and management. We are on our journey to provide outstanding care to our children and young people in care.
We are seeking a dynamic, forward-thinkingindividual who strives to improve outcomes for children and families.
This is a fantastic opportunity to progress your career in social care.As a member of the Council’s Senior Management Group, the post holder will be responsible for the strategic oversight of our children’s homes and our short breaks home. This is an exciting time as we progress with opening our two new children’s homes.
The Role:
* Tolead on the continuing establishment and development of our new children’s homes.
* To ensure continuous improvement and high-quality provision within children’s homes against Ofsted expectations.
* Tolead on the strategic planning of children’s home provision required in the City
* To provide strategic leaders with evidence of impact of our homes.
* To be accountable for the overall performance of the service area and its various sections in relation to agreed indicators.
* To ensure effective multi-agency working arrangements are in place to support the needs of young people.
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Please note interviews are taking place in person at Civic Centre, Wolverhampton WV1 1HE on the 19 September 2025.There will be a presentation to be prepared before the day and a task to complete on the day all of the details for which will be shared with you in advance.
You will also be required to attend a Childrens Panel.
If you have any queries about the role, please contact Jazmine Walker, Head of Service for Children and Young People in care via jazmine.walker@wolverhampton.gov.uk
For full details of the responsibilities and requirements of this role please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Our working arrangements
All council roles are allocated to either a fixed, field or flexible work style.Some roles are agile which enable and empower employees to maximise their performance and productivity, whilst maintaining a healthy work life balance. Roles with a fixed workstyle work in a fixed permanent council location. Roles with a field workstyle are usually allocated where employees are required to be out working in the community with a minimum requirement for 'touch down' space at any council location. Roles with a flexible workstyle have a flexible base location to meet the needs of the business and employees can work from a mixture of home or any council office, partner/client, or external location, as required to meet service requirements.
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Attached documents
Job Description and Person Specification
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