Team Manager - Children in Care Home Finding & Brokerage

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.

What is the job role?

Coventry Children's Services is looking for an experienced and motivated Team Manager Children in Care Home Finding & Brokerage to lead a high-impact service at the heart of improving outcomes for children and young people in our care.

This is a senior role where your leadership, care planning, home finding and commissioning knowledge and child-focused professional judgement will directly shape the quality, stability and value for money of homes for Coventry’s children.

As Team Manager, you will take overall responsibility for the effective delivery of the Children in Care Home Finding team. You will lead a skilled team operating in a fast-paced, high-demand environment, ensuring children are placed in safe, high-quality homes that meet their needs and deliver the best possible outcomes.

Working closely with commissioning, operational children’s services, providers and partners, you will play a key role in market management, sufficiency planning and quality improvement across homes including residential care, fostering and supported accommodation.

You will also contribute at a senior level to strategy development, financial governance and quality assurance, using insight and data to drive continuous improvement.

All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are currently not offering sponsorship for this role.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Who are we looking for?

You will bring a positive and strong management experience alongside deep knowledge of children’s services, home finding, care planning and commissioning. You’ll be comfortable working strategically while also leading operational delivery in a pressured environment.

Extensive knowledge of legislation, statutory guidance and regulatory frameworks relating to children in care

Strong experience of care planning, home finding, commissioning and sufficiency within children’s services. Understanding of fostering, residential and supported accommodation.

Proven ability to lead and motivate professional teams delivering complex services

Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation and influencing skills

Strong financial acumen, with experience of managing budgets, placement spend and value for money

A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and a child focused approach.

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.

Interview Date: Thursday, 10th December 2026

Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. We recognise that you might use AI tools to help with your application. While these tools can be useful, please ensure all information you provide about your experience, skills, and qualifications is accurate. What matters most to us is hearing about your experience and the achievements that truly reflect you!

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies