Number of Vacancies: 1 Time Type: Full time Worker Type: Regular Proposed Interview Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2026 Hours of Work: 37 Hiring Manager: Michael Boddy Contact Number: 01482 616818 x6818 Job Description Summary: Are you an innovative leader who believes that Children’s Homes should be a launch pad to successful futures? At Hull City Council we are committed to our children and young people, and we are passionate about how we deliver services to them. That’s why we are developing and nurturing a culture that puts our children and young people at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our workforce to work together to find solutions, to be open, honest, and respectful, to take responsibility and listen and learn from others. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you. Hull is a changing local authority and it’s a fantastic time to join us and be a key player in supporting our journey. Hull Children’s Young People and Family Services have an opportunity for a Group Manager to join our children’s homes team. Children’s homes in Hull are going through an exciting time of growth and development. We are looking for a high-quality and innovative leader that can help build on our successes and continuously raise the standard for Hull’s children. Our Children’s homes provide high quality care for the most vulnerable children in Hull. We pride ourselves on forming positive relationships and offering nurturing homes. We are committed to helping young people living in our Children’s Homes have positive life experiences and reach their potential. We are looking for passionate leaders who can demonstrate their skills, resilience, and experience in managing homes and services. You will need to be imaginative, motivated and show tenacity for protecting and being a champion for children and young people. You will be responsible for building effective professional relationships with partners across the City and will need to be confident in managing performance and quality of practice. You must be able to work robustly to relevant legislation and have a good knowledge of Inspection Frameworks, with positive planning skills to raise standards and strive for excellence. You can expect to join a welcoming service, where expectations are high and where you will receive support and supervision to develop a culture and environment where practice can flourish and where services for children and young people are of a high standard. As a member of the operational leadership team, you will be instrumental in the development and planning of services. You will be fully committed to the local vision for children in Hull and be able to demonstrate effective leadership experience within a social work context. Occasionally you will be required to work at a strategic level within a local setting and to contribute to regional and national developments. You must have either: A Professional qualification in Social Work (Diploma in Social Work, BA/BSc/MA in Social Work, CQSW as required by Social Work England) OR Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare. It is critical that you have extensive experience of children’s services in a social care background and prompting of safeguarding/welfare of children. Ensure the level of practice is informed via sound assessment and judgement. Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description. If the postholder requires a Standard or Enhanced DBS disclosure, the candidate is required to declare full details of everything on their criminal record unless the conviction/s and/or cautions are considered “protected” in line with filtering rules for DBS checks. For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Mike Boddy, Head of Service on 07872 419 713 or Michael.Boddy@hullcc.gov.uk. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: 1 Strategy – Leads on the development of, and action on, the social care system by analysing demand and workflow within the system and ensuring flexible and creative responses to work coming into the service. Ensures that there is appropriate accommodation and care for children and young people who are looked after. Assures optimal conditions in the social care system for those that work within it and for those that receive a service from it.eg. people resources, quality and practice analysis, learning and the development of systemic and reflective practice. 2 Customer Focus - Works in partnership with colleagues, parents, carers and children to ensure that child-centred practice is the principal standard and framework for all work undertaken with children, young people and families. 3 Performance Management - Provides ‘quality of practice’ evaluation to Team Managers and Heads of Service through audits, observed practice and data analysis and uses it to inform continuing learning and development of people and the service. Leads on the quality assurance within the service area to inform practice development. 4 Leadership – Provides strategic leadership to the children’s homes in Hull and sufficiency of placements for children and young people. Models and directs the work of the teams and prioritises through a collaborative approach to all work with children, young people and families/carers. Leads on strategic service planning and delivery. 5 Statutory Obligations - To promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and/or vulnerable adults. 6 Provides professional support and challenge in relation to case decision-making.Prepares for and attends relevant decision-making panels on specific cases where there may be a requirement for additional resources Prepares for and chairs/attends specialist panels in line with a particular area of expertise e.g., Fostering Panel. 7 Provides group and individual supervision to up to ten Team Managers/Homes Managers and provides support in relation to complex/high risk case decision-making. Works across a range of specialisms and service areas including children's residential, disability, fostering, adoption, locality and access and assessment services. 8 Provides the lead role in staff management/supervision with regard to council policies and procedures, including recruitment, sickness monitoring and employee performance processes. Actively engages in the professional development framework for the Social Care Service including professional appraisals for supervisees. 9 Provides the lead role in monitoring of service user complaints at Stage 1 for the service area and complaint investigations at Stage 2 for other service areas. Undertakes Alternate Dispute Resolution meetings/processes where appropriate and agreed with the Complaints Manager. 10 Develops effective partnerships with other agencies in order to achieve 'a co-ordinated approach to ensure effective safeguarding arrangements' (Section 10 The Children Act 2004) and to support other organisations and individuals to 'ensure their functions, and any services that they contract out to others, are discharged having regard to the need to safeguard and promote the welfare of children' (Section 11 of the Children Act 2004). 11 Actively engages with performance management and communication processes within the Social Care Service including instigation of and attendance at management meetings, practice development groups and the provision of professional opinion and management information as required.Works with Team Managers/Children's Homes Managers to ensure that relevant administration information, data and finance information is up to date.Ensures that policy and procedure across the service area is adhered to.Prepares for and supports the process of external service inspection (Ofsted) and works to ensure that services meet national minimum inspection standards and are 'inspection ready'. NC4756.Group Manager (Children's Homes).docx Compensation Grades: GRADES 12. Pay Ranges: £55,058.00 - £59,021.00 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 opportunities Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight prior to the closing date. 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. Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .