At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and manage children's homes, ensuring safe and nurturing environments.
- Company: Join Arbour Healthcare Group, dedicated to transforming young lives through care.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, private medical insurance, and generous annual leave.
- Other info: Opportunities for professional development and a supportive leadership team.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in young people's lives with trauma-informed care.
- Qualifications: Experience in residential childcare and leadership roles required.
The predicted salary is between 44822 - 54782 £ per year.
Salary: From £65,000 depending on experience.
Rooted in Care. Giving Change a Chance. Join Arbour Healthcare Group and lead two specialist solo-occupancy children’s homes where strong leadership, trauma-informed care and meaningful outcomes genuinely matter.
What you will receive:
- Company-funded Level 5 qualification, where required
- Private medical insurance
- Enhanced annual leave
- Company pension and sick pay
- Health and wellbeing programme
- Free parking and meals while on shift
- Employee and retail discounts
- Company events to "let your hair down"
- Bespoke training in trauma-informed care, safeguarding and residential childcare
- Leadership development and progression opportunities
- A supportive senior leadership structure
- The opportunity to shape a home, develop a team and positively change a young person’s life
About Arbour Healthcare Group:
We provide specialist residential care for children and young people with complex emotional, behavioural and learning needs, often shaped by trauma and disrupted relationships. Our work is not simply about managing behaviour. It is about understanding the story behind it, creating safety, building trust and helping young people believe that change is possible. Our RESET Care Model means Reassure, Empower, Support, Educate and Transition. It guides how care, leadership and decision-making should show up every day.
The role:
As Registered Children’s Home Manager, you will be responsible for the safe, effective, compliant and financially responsible running of the home. This is a visible, hands-on leadership role. You will lead from the front, remain close to practice and ensure the home provides consistent, child-centred care that meets Ofsted requirements and Arbour Healthcare Group’s standards.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading the day-to-day operation of the home with visibility, purpose and accountability, ensuring it remains safe, nurturing, well-organised and consistently inspection-ready.
- Embedding our RESET Care Model and trauma-informed approach into everyday practice, while leading confidently on safeguarding, child protection and professional curiosity.
- Managing, supervising and developing the Deputy Manager and wider care team, maintaining strong standards across rotas, staffing, supervision, appraisals, training and performance.
- Ensuring care plans, risk assessments and placement plans remain current, meaningful and effective, while driving positive outcomes for young people across education, health, relationships, emotional wellbeing, independence and life skills.
- Building trusted partnerships with families, social workers, schools, health professionals, commissioners and other agencies, and leading calmly and decisively through incidents, safeguarding concerns and crisis situations.
- Managing the home’s budget and resources responsibly, maintaining accurate digital records, leading audits and quality-assurance activity, driving continuous improvement and ensuring the service is always prepared for inspection.
- Participating in the on-call rota and leading a meaningful Progress Project that provides clear evidence of positive change in a young person’s life.
What we are looking for:
- At least two years’ experience working in residential childcare within the last five years
- At least one year’s experience in a senior role, such as Team Leader or Deputy Manager
- A Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services, or a commitment to achieve it
- Strong safeguarding and safer-care knowledge
- A sound understanding of Ofsted and/or CIW regulations and inspection expectations
- Experience leading, supervising and developing staff
- The confidence to manage incidents, risk and crisis situations
- Strong written, verbal and digital skills
- Flexibility to support the needs of the service, including on-call, evenings and weekends where required
If you are an experienced residential childcare leader who wants to build something meaningful and help young people reset the direction of their lives, apply now.
Registered Manager - Children's Residential Homes employer: Arbour Healthcare Group
At Arbour Healthcare Group, we pride ourselves on being an excellent employer dedicated to providing a supportive and nurturing environment for both our staff and the young people in our care. With competitive pay, ongoing training, and clear opportunities for progression, we foster a culture of inclusivity and teamwork, ensuring that every employee feels valued and empowered. Our commitment to employee well-being is reflected in our comprehensive benefits, including meals provided during shifts, a company pension, and regular team events, making us a rewarding place to work.
