Registered Children’s Home Manager (AWDO-P15124) in Lea)

Registered Children’s Home Manager

An excellent opportunity for an experienced or aspiring children’s residential care leader to manage a children’s home and help deliver safe, high-quality, child-centred care and support.

If you’ve also worked in the following roles, we’d also like to hear from you: Children’s Home Manager, Registered Manager, Residential Home Manager, Children’s Residential Home Manager, Deputy Children’s Home Manager, Residential Care Manager, Care Home Manager, Residential Services Manager

SALARY: £44,433 to £47,925 per annum, plus average on-call payments of approximately £6,000 per year + Benefits

LOCATION: Lea, Derbyshire, East Midlands

JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent

WORKING HOURS: 37 hours per week

JOB OVERVIEW

This is a rewarding opportunity to join the organisation as a Registered Children’s Home Manager, leading a dedicated residential childcare team and supporting positive outcomes for children and young people.

As the Registered Children’s Home Manager, you will manage the day-to-day operation of the home, ensuring high standards of care, safeguarding, staff leadership, regulatory compliance, budget control and effective partnership working.

The Registered Children’s Home Manager will also help embed a therapeutic ethos across the home, promoting reflective practice, emotional support, safe boundaries and care planning that supports each child’s physical, emotional and social development.

DUTIES

• Home Management: Manage the operational activities of a children’s residential home, including staffing, budgets, buildings, equipment and resources
• Regulatory Compliance: Fulfil Registered Manager responsibilities and maintain standards in line with relevant legislation, Children’s Homes Regulations, Quality Standards and Ofsted requirements
• Staff Leadership: Lead, motivate and support employees within the home, including recruitment, induction, training, supervision, development and performance planning
• Care Planning: Ensure children and young people receive care, emotional support and appropriate boundaries that respond to their individual needs
• Therapeutic Practice: Embed a therapeutic ethos across the home, supporting reflective practice and informed decision-making
• Quality Assurance: Monitor, review and evaluate the running of the home using key indicators including education, health, progress and reduced criminalisation
• Partnership Working: Work collaboratively with parents, carers, education, health services, police, CAMHS, local communities and other agencies
• Service Development: Contribute to service planning, inspections, training strategies and continuous improvement across residential services
• Risk and Safeguarding: Manage risk in relation to service delivery and promote safe, anti-oppressive and inclusive practice

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

ESSENTIAL

• Previous experience in children’s residential care, including supervising and managing staff in a care setting
• Experience managing budgets, resources and service delivery within a regulated care environment
• Strong safeguarding knowledge, with experience working with partner agencies to support positive outcomes for children and young people
• Good understanding of the Children Act, Children’s Homes Regulations, Quality Standards, Ofsted requirements and the wider legal and policy context of residential childcare
• Strong leadership, communication, organisation, planning, motivation and team development skills
• Ability to assess needs, plan care, manage risk and support children and young people with complex needs
• Flexible approach, with the ability to work in a challenging environment and travel between service locations as required
• Ability to speak fluent English to communicate fully with clients and the public
• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare, or equivalent
• Ability to meet safer recruitment requirements and the fit person requirement of a Registered Manager with Ofsted approval
• If holding a Social Work degree or equivalent, registration with Social Work England within the required timescale

DESIRABLE

• Health and safety experience, including risk assessments
• Knowledge of residential care procedures

This role requires a DBS Check

BENEFITS

• Average on-call payments of approximately £6,000 per year
• Authorised overtime opportunities
• Annual incremental pay progression
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• 27 days annual leave, rising to 32 days with length of service, plus bank holidays
• Comprehensive training, leadership development and qualification support
• Access to employee wellbeing services
• Cycle to Work Scheme and additional employee benefits

JOB REF: AWDO-P15124