Service Manager - Corporate Parenting

About the Role

Peterborough City Council is seeking an experienced and driven Service Manager - Corporate Parenting to lead our Placement Sufficiency programme.

This is a key leadership role focused on ensuring sufficiency of placements for children in care and care leavers. You will work closely with Service Managers across Fostering, Children in Care, and Leaving Care, providing strategic oversight and supporting senior leadership to deliver stable, high-quality homes for our children.

This is an additional post created to strengthen our capacity and drive forward our ambition to reduce reliance on external residential placements and increase opportunities within foster care and kinship care settings.

Location: Sand Martin House, Peterborough
Contract: 6 Month Fixed Term
Hours: 37 hours per week
Working Pattern: Hybrid (2.5-3 days on-site required)

Key Responsibilities

Lead and deliver the placement sufficiency programme for children in care and care leavers
Provide strategic oversight to ensure effective and sustainable placement planning
Work collaboratively with internal services including fostering, CIC, and leaving care teams
Support the Head of Service and Service Director in delivering corporate parenting priorities
Ensure compliance with local authority sufficiency duties
Maintain a strong on-site presence to provide visible and effective leadership

About You

A qualified and registered Social Worker
Experienced at Service Manager level within Corporate Parenting
Knowledgeable in placement sufficiency and statutory responsibilities
Ambitious for children in care, with a commitment to improving outcomes
Highly organised, solution-focused, and outcome-driven
Confident in working strategically while maintaining operational oversight

Benefits

Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
Collaborative and supportive senior leadership environment
The chance to make a meaningful difference to the lives of children and young peopleIf you are an experienced Service Manager passionate about improving outcomes for children in care and have the drive to lead meaningful change, we would love to hear from you
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed