Team Manager - Leaving Care

Help young people build their future.

This is an exciting time to join our Corporate Parenting Service. We're looking for an enthusiastic Team Manager to lead one of our Leaving Care teams and help shape the next stage of our service.

Our ambition is simple: we want every care-experienced young person in Peterborough to feel supported, valued and confident about their future.

As Team Manager, you'll lead a team supporting care-experienced young people, including separated migrant young people, as they navigate the transition into adulthood and greater independence.

You'll create a culture that is relational, trauma-informed and ambitious, supporting your team to build meaningful relationships with young people and deliver high-quality, individualised support.

You'll work alongside an experienced and supportive management team, with the backing of colleagues and leaders across the council who recognise the importance of our role as Corporate Parents.

You will:

• Provide positive, visible and supportive leadership to your team.
• Champion ambitious and purposeful pathway planning.
• Keep young people's voices, aspirations and individual circumstances at the heart of practice.
• Promote strong safeguarding practice and confident decision-making.
• Develop reflective practice and support your team to grow.
• Build strong relationships with partners across the council and wider community.
• Play an active role in shaping and improving our Corporate Parenting Service.

You'll be a qualified Social Worker registered with Social Work England, with experience of managing or leading staff.

We're looking for a positive, resilient and inspiring leader who can bring out the best in their team while remaining ambitious and tenacious for young people.

You'll bring strong safeguarding knowledge, experience of pathway planning and a leadership style built on collaboration, respect and integrity.

Most importantly, you'll believe in the potential of our young people and be passionate about helping them build fulfilling, independent lives.

If you're looking for a leadership role where you can shape a developing service, support great practice and make a lasting difference for care-experienced young people, we'd love to hear from you.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to fostering diversity, advancing equity, and building an inclusive workplace for everyone. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and particularly encourage those from underrepresented groups, including disabled people, care leavers, and individuals from minority ethnic communities. Your unique perspectives and experiences are encouraged and valued and will play a vital role in our success.

We are committed to making our recruitment process as accessible as possible. If you are a person who has or considers yourself to have a disability and you require reasonable adjustments to the application or interview process, please contact pccrecruitment@peterborough.gov.uk.

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you've already applied and completed the recruitment process for this position within the last three months, there's no need to reapply. We really appreciate your interest and thank you for considering us.