Registered Manager - Small Children's Home

Job Overview

We are seeking a passionate and dynamic Registered Manager to lead a small children’s home, creating a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment for young children in need of care. As the Registered Manager, you will oversee all aspects of the home's daily operations, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards while fostering a warm and supportive atmosphere. Your leadership will inspire your team to deliver exceptional care, promote development, and uphold the highest standards of safety and well-being for every child. This role offers an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference in young lives through dedicated management and compassionate caregiving.

Job Description

• Lead and manage the overall operation of the children’s home, ensuring it meets all regulatory and quality standards.
• Supervise and support care staff, providing guidance, training, and performance evaluations to maintain high standards of care.
• Develop, implement, and review personalised care plans tailored to each child's needs, promoting their emotional, social, and developmental growth.
• Ensure the safety and well-being of children by maintaining rigorous health and safety protocols and safeguarding procedures.
• Foster positive relationships with children, families, social workers, and external agencies to support holistic care delivery.
• Oversee medication administration processes in accordance with legal requirements and best practices.
• Maintain accurate records of care activities, incident reports, staff rotas, and compliance documentation to ensure transparency and accountability.

Person Specifiction

Essential Qualifications

The successful applicant must:

• Hold the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare, or an equivalent qualification recognised for the purpose of Regulation 28; or
• Be willing and able to obtain the required qualification within the statutory timescale where Regulation 28 permits this.
• Hold or demonstrate appropriate relevant professional development relating to safeguarding children.
• Be willing to undertake further training and professional development required by the organisation or regulator.

Essential Experience

The successful applicant must demonstrate:

• Relevant experience of working with children and young people in residential care or a closely related children's service.
• Appropriate experience at a level demonstrating the ability to manage a children's home effectively.
• Experience of safeguarding children with complex needs and vulnerabilities.
• Experience of care planning and risk assessment.
• Experience of managing challenging situations and significant incidents.
• Experience of working with social workers, local authorities, education providers, health services and other professionals.
• Experience of supervising, developing and supporting staff.
• Understanding of safer recruitment and workforce development.
• Ability to monitor and improve the quality of care.
• Ability to contribute to or lead service improvement.

Management experience within an Ofsted-registered children's home is highly desirable.

Essential Knowledge

The Manager must have a strong working knowledge and understanding of:

• Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015;
• Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the Quality Standards;
• Care Standards Act 2000;
• Children Act 1989 and Children Act 2004;
• Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010, as amended;
• current Working Together to Safeguard Children statutory guidance;
• relevant missing-from-care statutory guidance;
• safeguarding and child protection procedures;
• safer recruitment and Schedule 2 requirements;
• Disclosure and Barring Service requirements;
• equality and anti-discriminatory practice;
• information sharing, confidentiality and data protection requirements;
• health and safety requirements;
• fire safety requirements;
• Ofsted's Social Care Common Inspection Framework for children's homes;
• Regulation 40 notifications;
• Regulation 44 independent visits;
• Regulation 45 quality of care reviews;
• the Statement of Purpose and its importance in defining the home's model of care;
• children's rights, advocacy and complaints;
• positive behaviour support and lawful restrictive practice;
• risk assessment and safeguarding risk management.

The Manager must be able to demonstrate how legislation and regulation translate into everyday practice rather than simply demonstrate theoretical knowledge.

Pay: £33,000.00-£35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension

Work Location: In person