Last updated: 30 May 2026
Cambridge is the administrative base for Cambridgeshire County Council, which commissions children's residential services across a large rural-urban shire-county including the city, Huntingdon, Ely and the Fens. Cambridgeshire works closely with Peterborough City Council on shared children's services delivery, giving Cambridge-based roles a joint-commissioning character.
Cambridgeshire employers value staff comfortable with shared children's services delivery alongside Peterborough, county-wide travel and placements across rural and Fen-land communities.
Ofsted-registered children's homes: around 180 Ofsted-registered children's homes
Sector vacancy rate: 22%
mixed urban-rural provision across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk, with pockets of high placement pressure close to the Thames corridor
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