Children\'s Residential Team Manager (8638)

Overview

Team Manager | 8638 | permanent contract | 37 hours per week | £50,166 to £54,277 per annum plus on-call payments | Grade L | Norfolk Children’s Homes

Team Manager – New Roads Hub

Youth are at the heart of our practice at Norfolk County Council. Please read the requirements carefully and apply only if you can fully commit to them. To apply, download an application form and attach it to your online application instead of your CV.

Our New Roads hubs place practitioners and relationship-based practice at the heart of what we do. Through Vital Signs, our vision for Children in Norfolk, we work with whole family networks and across the whole system to support families to build on their strengths and to achieve the best possible outcomes. This model brings together a team of specialists through a central hub to provide intensive short-term interventions to prevent entry into care, escalation to long-term care, prevent placement breakdown or facilitate placement step downs.

This is a unique opportunity for a strong leader who has excellent interpersonal skills, can lead, motivate staff and drive change, and who will ensure that young people are at the centre of everything that happens in the home. You will be an excellent problem solver, able to make sound judgments under pressure and respond effectively in a crisis.

Responsibilities

• Provide management support to staff, delivering residential and/or outreach care in accordance with legislation, departmental policies and procedures and county priorities.
• Provide effective management and leadership to the team, ensuring appropriate consultation and advice to enable services to be provided to the department’s standards.
• Supervise, support and manage the performance of the staff team.
• Lead on the ongoing development of the home using feedback from young people and their families, other agencies, and by monitoring all aspects of the home as required by the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015.
• Ensure compliance with legislation, including registration with Ofsted as the Home’s Manager.

Qualifications

• Background in residential care or experience working with children; significant post-qualification experience related to the role.
• Social work or appropriate nursing qualification.
• Willingness to undertake the requirements set out in the National Minimum Standards and to be registered under Ofsted guidelines.

Work Arrangements

This post is predominantly office hours, but candidates must be able to work flexibly to manage the busy logistics of a children’s home. You may be required to participate in the out-of-hours rota and occasionally work weekends, evenings and bank holidays, which may involve sleeping in, depending on service needs.

Additional Information

Terms include benefits such as:

• Competitive salary and generous holiday entitlement
• Health and wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and free counselling
• Flexible working opportunities – flexi-time, part-time, remote and hybrid (dependent on role and business need)
• Financial benefits including Norfolk Rewards discounts, Blue Light card, relocation expenses where applicable, travel expenses advances, Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, life assurance, and dependants’ pensions
• Tax-efficient ways to enhance pension and bikes
• Access to tax-efficient car lease scheme for greener travel (subject to eligibility)
• Referral payment for hard-to-fill roles

For more information on Terms and Conditions, see the Norfolk County Council site.

Closing date: 11 September 2025