Registered Manager

Registered Manager – Children’s Residential Home

We are seeking an experienced, compassionate and dynamic Registered Manager to lead our children’s residential home. This is a pivotal leadership role for someone who is passionate about creating safe, nurturing and aspirational homes where children and young people can heal, grow and thrive.

You will provide clear, child-centred leadership to the home, ensuring consistently high standards of care, safeguarding and regulatory compliance. You will lead and develop a committed team, promote positive relationships and create an environment where every child is listened to, respected and supported to achieve their potential.

Key responsibilities

• Hold overall responsibility for the day-to-day leadership and safe operation of the children’s home.
• Ensure the home is compliant with the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015, Quality Standards and Ofsted requirements.
• Safeguard children and young people at all times, ensuring concerns, incidents and allegations are responded to appropriately, recorded accurately and escalated without delay.
• Lead, motivate, supervise and develop the staff team through recruitment, induction, training, reflective supervision and performance management.
• Ensure children have high-quality, individualised care plans, risk assessments and placement plans that reflect their needs, wishes, identity and aspirations.
• Promote therapeutic, trauma-informed and relationship-based care, supporting children who may have experienced trauma, disruption or instability.
• Maintain effective oversight of behaviour support, missing-from-care incidents, physical intervention, medication and safeguarding practice.
• Work constructively with social workers, families, education providers, health professionals, placing authorities and other external partners.
• Manage staffing, rotas, budgets and resources to ensure the home is stable, safe and effective.
• Ensure records, monitoring systems and quality-assurance processes are accurate, meaningful and used to continuously improve the service.
• Create a warm, welcoming and homely environment where children feel safe, valued and included.

About you

You will be a confident, caring and resilient leader with a strong understanding of children’s residential care and safeguarding. You will be able to balance high expectations with warmth, empathy and professional curiosity.

You will have:

• Previous experience managing or deputising within a children’s residential setting.
• A strong understanding of safeguarding, child protection, risk management and children’s rights.
• Experience supporting children and young people with complex emotional, behavioural and mental-health needs.
• Experience leading, supervising and developing a staff team.
• Excellent communication, organisation and record-keeping skills.
• The ability to build positive professional relationships with children, families and multi-agency partners.
• A relevant Level 5 qualification in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare, or willingness and eligibility to work towards this in line with regulatory requirements.
• A commitment to inclusive, anti-discriminatory and child-centred practice.

This role is subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and all safer-recruitment checks.

Join us and lead a home where children are not simply cared for, but genuinely known, supported and given the opportunity to flourish.

Pay: From £50,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• On-site parking

Work Location: In person