Senior Leadership Team job roles

About the Senior Leadership Team

Senior management roles within the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) work together. They ensure all teams are confident in delivering outstanding services for children and families.

Senior managers ensure that services:

Are delivered effectively and consistently
Meet the needs of families
Achieve high-quality standards
Protect children
Comply with Ofsted requirements
Follow budgetary constraints

Senior managers also work together operationally and with colleagues across Children's Services. This is to support wider transformation work and manage the sufficiency of placements for children in care.

Progression to management roles

Many of our managers began their careers in entry level positions. They have worked their way up through various roles within the service. This is by gaining experience in a range of different areas and building a varied skill set.

Read a case study from one of our senior managers about their career progression.

This trajectory is a possible career path for those aspiring to management roles with an aptitude for this work.

The four work streams within Children's Care are:

Senior Leadership Team job roles and progression route

Grade M roles

Service Manager roles

Service Manager - Supported Accommodation
Service Manager - Residential Homes
Service Manager - Children with Disabilities (CWD) and Short Breaks

Service Manager job description

Grade N roles

Head of Service and Manager for Crisis and Outreach

Head of Service and Manager for Crisis and Outreach job description

Grade O roles

Assistant Director - Residential, Resources and Youth Services

Assistant Director - Residential, Resources and Youth Services job description