Team Manager - Children in Care Home Finding & Brokerage

Coventry City Council; Coventry; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Coventry Children's Services is seeking an experienced Team Manager for Children in Care Home Finding & Brokerage. This senior role leads a high-demand team to secure safe, high-quality homes that meet children's needs and outcomes.

You will influence market sufficiency, quality assurance and strategic commissioning, with strong governance and a child-centered approach. DBS clearance and legal right to work in the UK are required.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership in children's services projects.
• Strong knowledge of care planning and home-finding processes.
• Experience in commissioning and market management for children's homes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Children in Care Home Finding team to deliver safe, high-quality placements.
• Oversee market sufficiency planning and quality improvement across homes, fostering, residential and supported accommodation.
• Contribute to strategy development, financial governance and use data to drive improvements.
• Engage with partners and stakeholders, manage budgets, and ensure value for money.

Skills

Leadership experience

Care planning

Home finding

Commissioning

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Data-informed decision making

Job description

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 senior role requires leadership, care planning, home-finding, and commissioning expertise, plus child-focused professional judgement, to 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.

You will have:

• 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.

Interview Date: Thursday, 10th December 2026