Residential Children's Homes Service Manager

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Kirklees
Children & Families
Resources, Improvement & Partnerships
37
1
Huddersfield and surrounding areas
Permanent
Grade 16

£54,317 - £55,267

Our vision for Kirklees children’s homes is to provide fantastic places for our children and young people to live and grow up and for our staff to work, providing a ‘family’ environment where children and young people feel safe, cared for, and loved.

We are seeking a highly motivated, creative and skilled service leader to join our leadership team to support our residential services to deliver outstanding care and support for our children.

You will be experienced in management and leadership in Residential Children’s settings and have a proven track record of delivering high quality services for children. You will join an experienced leadership team and be supported to lead and drive our plans to build our residential children’s offer in Kirklees. Our commitment to providing excellent residential homes for our children is further supported by recent investment into our estate with a sixth home due to open in the coming months.

If you are ready to join a highly motivated and committed leadership team focused on providing the best for children and young people, then we want to hear from you.

For a full list of the role requirements please see the attached Job Profile. As part of the application process you will be asked to demonstrate, giving examples, how you feel you meet the employee specification which you can find on the attached Job Profile.

What can we offer?

  • Generous annual leave entitlement
  • Friendly and supportive team environment
  • Ongoing training and career development
  • Excellent pension scheme
  • A range of family friendly polices, including flexible working
  • Discounts with local and national retailers
  • We offer a wide range of well-being initiatives including a cycle to work scheme and discounted KAL membership

For Informal enquires and discussion please contact Joel Hanna (Head of Service) at Joel.Hanna@Kirklees.gov.uk or on 07528 252302.

Joel Hanna is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information. 
This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile.  A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.
We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: jobs@kirklees.gov.uk or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

26 March 2023, 11:55 PM

Important Information

This vacancy is closed to applications.