Service Leader Residential Services
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 19 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | Competitive |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 19 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Stockport, SK1 3XE |
| Cwmni: | inploi |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 75743683 |
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Service Leader Residential Services
MB2 £59,395 - £67,990 + Market Supplement (subject to approval)
37 Hours, Full Time
Permanent
Children’s Homes and Hybrid working around the needs of the service.
Application Deadline: 11:59pm 2nd October 2025
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 3rd October 2025
Interview Date: w/c 6th October 2025
Interview Type: In Person
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Join us at Stockport Council MJ Local Authority of the Year 2025
Your Role
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our Stockport Family Children social care senior management team working together to make a real difference to the lives of children and families.
The Service Lead Residential Services has the strategic lead for the development and delivery of Stockport’s children’s homes and supported accommodation. As Responsible/ Nominated Individual you will lead on ofsted inspections, provide effective leadership of the workforce and operations in a manner that delivers a good standard of quality care that best meets children and family’s needs, working closely with locality teams and wider partners.
In this role, you will further provide ongoing leadership and development for the service that is creative to deliver against the council’s sufficiency plan and ambitions.
About You
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 leadership and management of children’s homes and supported accommodation, with 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 improvements within our services delivering our sufficiency plan.
About Us
In this role you can expect benefits such as
- Flexible and hybrid working
- Strong leadership team
- Access to the councils’ benefits, wellbeing and support services
- Opportunities for training and professional career development
At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Jeanette Warburton jeanette.warburton@stockport.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.
The successful applicant’s appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.
Stockport Council holds a Visa sponsorship licence but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not currently qualify.
This post is politically restricted under the terms of the 1989 Local Government and Housing Act. This dictates that you must seek the council’s permission before taking up any additional appointments or positions.
Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed to be shortlisted for Assessment if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.
Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme
If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application. Please also email recruitment@stockport.gov.uk.
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