CYP Cluster Manager in Ripley

Children & Young Persons Cluster Manager Lead services. Shape futures. Create opportunities for young people to thrive. At Change Grow Live, we believe every child and young person deserves the opportunity to be healthy, safe and hopeful about their future. Guided by our values—Be open, be compassionate and be bold—we work alongside young people, families, communities and partners to deliver services that make a lasting difference. We are now looking for an ambitious and experienced CYP Cluster Manager to lead our Derby City and Derbyshire Children & Young People's Services, including our innovative 1625 outreach service and newly mobilised Derby City service. This is an opportunity to lead high-performing teams, influence local systems and shape services that support children, young people and young adults at some of the most important moments in their lives. The challenges facing young people today are increasingly complex. Substance use, mental health, exploitation, school exclusion, family adversity and vulnerability rarely exist in isolation. Addressing these challenges requires strong leadership, effective partnerships and services that put young people at the centre of everything they do. As CYP Cluster Manager, you'll provide strategic and operational leadership across a portfolio of services, ensuring they are safe, effective, responsive and focused on delivering outstanding outcomes. You'll work closely with commissioners, safeguarding partners, education providers, local authorities and health colleagues to shape services that respond to local need while contributing to our wider national CYP vision.

Location: Derby City & Derbyshire

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Responsibilities

• Lead with purpose: You'll provide senior operational leadership across Derby City and Derbyshire services, ensuring high-quality delivery, strong governance and a culture focused on continuous improvement.
• Inspire and develop others: You'll lead, coach and support Team Leaders and Service Managers, helping teams feel connected, empowered and able to deliver their best work.
• Drive performance and quality: Using data, insight and professional judgement, you'll ensure services consistently achieve strong outcomes while identifying opportunities for innovation and growth.
• Build influential partnerships: You'll maintain strong relationships with commissioners, safeguarding boards, education providers, Local Combatting Drugs Partnerships and wider stakeholders, ensuring young people receive joined-up support.
• Shape the future: You'll help drive the ongoing development of CYP services locally, championing new ideas, strengthening pathways and ensuring the voices of children and young people remain at the heart of service delivery.

Who we're looking for: You're an experienced leader who combines operational excellence with a passion for improving outcomes for children and young people. You'll bring:

• Significant experience leading children and young people's services within health, social care, education or related sectors
• Experience working within substance use, mental health, safeguarding or wider CYP support services
• Strong leadership, people management and performance management skills
• Experience managing contracts, budgets and strategic partnerships
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• The ability to influence, inspire and lead through change

Most importantly, you'll believe in the potential of children and young people and be committed to creating services that help them achieve it.

What we offer: We invest in our people so they can deliver their best work.

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 30 days with service
• A paid weekly Wellness Hour, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme
• Contributory pension scheme
• A wide range of employee benefits and discounts
• Learning, leadership development and career progression opportunities
• A supportive, inclusive and values-led culture

We Grow Together: We are committed to creating the conditions for success for people who work and volunteer with us. Through learning, development and collaboration, we help our people grow their careers, realise their potential and continue delivering outstanding support to the communities we serve. We foster open, inclusive and transparent cultures where everyone experiences a genuine sense of belonging.

Our 2030 Ambition: We're building services that are:

• Built on evidence and compassion – using learning, research and innovation to improve outcomes.
• Rooted in communities – designing services around local needs and working alongside partners to create lasting change.

Direct applications only — we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy. Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Bring your leadership. Bring your ambition. Help us build services that change lives and create opportunities for every young person to reach their potential.

Salary Range (pro rata if part time): CGL points 42 to 46 (£46,683.60 - £51,101.95)

Closing Date: 12/6/2026

This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level.