Service Delivery Manager (Care Leavers Hub) 5 days ago Be among the first 25 applicants This range is provided by Leeds City Council. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range Job title: Care Leavers Service Delivery Managers Hours: 37 Contract: Temporary Leeds City Council Care Leavers’ Service supports young adults aged between 17.5 years and 25 years of age who have left care: providing guidance, and practical assistance to support their transition to interdependence. The service is committed to developing positive and meaningful relationships with young people, developing practice across the service, and building the care leavers local offer in Leeds. At the last Ofsted inspection, the service was judged to be outstanding. Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions. The Care Leavers Service has an exciting opportunity for two full time Service Delivery Managers to join the service. These roles are being recruited to on a temporary basis, for a 12-month period, one of which is family leave cover. Of the two Service Delivery Manager positions, one of the posts has a focus on developing the Care Leavers’ Hub offer and Staying Close Model which is a pilot model financed by the Department for Education and is designed to offer extra support to young people leaving care, with high support needs and vulnerability. This includes young people leaving care from children’s residential homes, hospital, care leavers experiencing homelessness, exploitation, former unaccompanied asylum seeking children, and young people in leaving custody. The Staying Close model is designed to provide an enhanced community of support including targeted housing support, designated Staying Close workers, therapeutic support and an increased offer from the Care Leavers’ Hub and partnership service offers. This recruitment provides an excellent opportunity for the right candidates to experience the service manager role on a seconded basis or act up basis and to be part of continuing the development of leaving care services and support in Leeds. The successful applicants will have extensive practice supervision skills, partnership working and experience in strategic development and project development and hold an appropriate social work professional qualification and registration with Social Work England. Leeds Care Leavers Service is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all members of the service to share this commitment. Employment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check as well as a Warner interview depending on the role applied for. What We Offer You We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

How To Apply Please apply via the online application form on the Leeds City Council job site. Read our guidance for further advice on completing your application. If you would like to discuss this role further, please contact Jacinta Kane: Jacinta.kane@leeds.gov.uk . The closing date for applications is: 11.59pm on 14th November 2025, with shortlisting and interview dates to be held week commencing 17th November. Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s or Adults’ barred list as applicable will be carried out on preferred candidates . Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy. We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people. This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Please ensure you are eligible before applying. #J-18808-Ljbffr