Group Leader - The Lodge, Ringinglow Road, Bents Green, Sheffield 11

The Lodge is a registered children's home providing individualised care for one young person with additional needs. We are looking for highly motivated and forward-thinking Group Leader who has supervisory experience and who is able to assist the Registered Manager in meeting and maintaining the Children’s Homes Regulations and Quality Standards.

Successful candidates will have a Level 3 Diploma in Child care and will demonstrate a strong commitment to delivering high-quality, child-centred care, promoting positive outcomes, and supporting the young person to reach their full potential. You will be resilient, adaptable, and able to respond effectively to the complex and changing needs of the child, while maintaining a safe, nurturing, and structured environment. The role will include supervising and coordinating staff as well as the day to day care and wellbeing of the children and young people, liaising and working with multi-agency teams and families to further enhance outcomes for the individuals. Ensuring that individuals physical, emotional and social needs are well met.

You will work as part of a dedicated team, contributing to care planning, risk management, and the development of tailored strategies that support the young person’s emotional, behavioural, and developmental needs. A sound understanding of safeguarding, professional boundaries, and therapeutic approaches is essential.

The home operates on a flexible rolling 4 week 24 hour rota, which includes weekends, unsociable hours, sleeping in duties and bank holidays (including Christmas and New year), which are paid at enhanced rates of pay.

Further information: Karla.Mitchell@sheffield.gov.uk

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.