Registered Manager - Children's Home in Ilford

Barnardo's is looking for a compassionate, values‑driven Registered Manager to lead Jarvis House, a small, nurturing residential home supporting children at a time when safety, stability, and kindness matter most. Jarvis House supports up to three children through short‑to‑medium‑term placements, including emergency admissions when no suitable alternative is immediately available. It offers a therapeutic, trauma‑informed environment where children can begin to feel safer, happier, healthier, and more hopeful, and where they are supported to heal, grow, and thrive.

This is not just about running a home. It is about creating a calm, structured space where relationships come first, experiences are understood with compassion, and children are supported to prepare for what comes next.

What Jarvis House Offers Children

Each child’s time at Jarvis House is shaped by a sensitive, holistic assessment that helps us understand their experiences, strengths, and needs. Our team works closely with children to help them recover from trauma, build emotional resilience, and develop vital life skills. When children move on, whether to a foster family, a longer‑term placement, or back home, they do so with stronger foundations and greater confidence in themselves.

Your Role

As Registered Manager, you will:

• Lead a small, committed team with warmth, clarity, and consistency
• Create a therapeutic, trauma‑informed environment where children feel safe and supported to thrive
• Hold the balance between structure and nurture, especially during emergency and transition placements
• Ensure high‑quality care, safeguarding, and regulatory compliance
• Embed relational, child‑centred practice in everyday decision‑making
• Support staff through reflective supervision and development
• Work collaboratively with families, social workers, and partner agencies

As Registered Manager, you will keep these voices at the centre of your leadership.

What Children Tell Us Matters

• "I need people who don’t leave when things get hard."
• "Feeling safe helps me think about what comes next."

What We’re Looking For

You’ll be someone who:

• Has experience leading or managing within residential children’s services
• Understands trauma, attachment, and emotionally informed care
• Holds (or is working towards) a Level 5 Leadership and Management qualification
• Leads with curiosity, compassion, and emotional resilience
• Believes that strong relationships are the foundation of great care
• Wants to make a genuine difference in children’s lives

Why Join Barnardo’s?

At Barnardo’s, values are more than words on a page. They shape how we lead, how we support staff, and how we care for children. You’ll be part of an organisation that invests in its people and believes that when staff feel supported, children thrive too.

Pay & Reward Framework

We are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, rolled out in April 2023, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive. The starting salary is between the minimum and mid‑point of the pay band – paying steps are available to reward colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.

Benefits

• Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment.
• Flexible working arrangements are available
• Annual leave entitlement for full‑time colleagues: 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days after 3 years, 29 days after 5 years, and 30 days after 7 years. Part‑time staff receive pro‑rated leave.
• Option to buy up to an additional 5 days annual leave via our Buy Your Leave scheme
• Family‑friendly leave options including maternity, paternity, and adoption pay, plus additional leave options
• Service‑related sick pay from day 1
• Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4 % or 6 % contribution from Barnardo’s; salary sacrifice available
• Death in service cover of 4 × annual earnings for all staff contributing to the Group Personal Pension
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme
• Interest‑free season ticket loans
• Discounts and cashback from high‑street shops, major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays, and more via our Benefit Portal
• 20 % discount at Barnardo’s stores
• Option to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy, etc.
• Free access to a round‑the‑clock employee assistance programme for advice and support
• Access to Barnardo’s Learning and Development offer

About Barnardo’s

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to reflect the communities we work with and put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti‑racist organisation with anti‑racism commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.