Last updated: 30 May 2026
Peterborough City Council is a unitary authority sharing children's services delivery with Cambridgeshire County Council, which gives Peterborough-based residential roles a distinctive joint-delivery character. The city has a growing, culturally diverse child population and active sufficiency work to respond to sustained housing growth.
Peterborough employers value familiarity with shared children's services delivery, cultural competence across the city's diverse communities, and strong evidence of placement-stability practice.
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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