Centre Manager Role in Walthamstow

Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Working hours per week: 36 hours

Application Deadline: 19/01/2026

Proposed Interview Date(s): 26/01/2026

Reference: 1972

About Us: Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work. We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents. London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace.

About the role: Leyton Green Road is a Children’s Residential and Respite Service Home. As Centre Manager, you are required to provide strategic leadership and day-to-day management of the Children’s Home, ensuring high-quality care and support for children with learning disabilities and associated needs. The role ensures the smooth running of services, promotes the wellbeing and safeguarding of children, and supports their development and aspirations for adulthood. It also involves overseeing staff, budgets, and resources, maintaining compliance with health and safety standards, and building strong relationships with families, professionals, and the wider community. The post holder will be expected to lead continuous improvement across the service, ensuring it meets regulatory standards and reflects best practice. They will also play a key role in shaping the centre’s vision and culture, fostering a positive and inclusive environment for both children and staff.

• Fulfil all duties and responsibilities of a Registered Manager as required by the Children’s Home Regulations.
• Ensure Children and Young People achieve positive and agreed outcomes in line with their care plans.
• Prepare and present a full range of reports to the appropriate timescales.
• Contribute to the strategic planning and development of services for children with disabilities and complex needs.
• Ensure the unit complies with the Centres' Statement of Purpose.
• Regularly seek the views of service users, parents/carers, social workers and staff employed at the Centre.
• Oversee the supervision of a total of 32 staff members.
• Promote activities for children and ensure the voice of children is heard by utilising various means of appropriate communication tools such as PECS, Makaton etc.

Qualifications and Requirements: To be considered for this position, you should meet the following requirements:

• Have Registered Manager status.
• Have experience and knowledge of managing Children homes in the last 3 years.
• Vast knowledge of Children Homes Regulations, Guidelines and Requirements including ample knowledge with a safeguarding lens.
• Be conversant with Ofsted Inspections and progressing recommendations.
• Ideally conversant with Mosaic case management recording system and proficient in the use of Microsoft tools.

Terms and conditions: The below terms and conditions apply to this role:

• Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks.
• Satisfactory declaration of interest.
• This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/or vulnerable adults.
• Satisfactory DBS check.
• As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English.

How to Apply: Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the ‘Apply’ button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives:

• Promoting equality of opportunity.
• Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage.
• Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels.
• Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent services to all.

Respecting Diversity is a core Council value. To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first.

If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview. The Council’s preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.

Locations: Walthamstow, Greater London, United Kingdom