Childrens Residential Home Registered Manager in Reading

Registered Manager – New Children’s Home (EBD/LD) – Chasetown (WS7)

Salary: £65,000 – £70,000 + performance bonus

An exciting opportunity to take full ownership of a brand-new 6-bed EBD/LD home in Chasetown (WS7). With no residents currently in place, this role offers a rare chance to build a service from the ground up, shape the culture, and embed outstanding practice from day one.

Why this role?

• Lead a brand-new home and put your stamp on every aspect
• Full autonomy to shape staff culture, placement matching, and quality standards
• Highly supportive senior team with ambition for “Outstanding” outcomes

What we’re looking for

We require a strong, confident leader with real depth in compliance and regulations. You must bring the experience and credibility needed to register a new home and guide it through its first inspection.

Essential requirements:

• At least 6+ months experience working within an Ofsted-registered home
• Direct involvement in Ofsted inspections, able to provide URNs with inspection outcomes
• Robust understanding of Children’s Homes Regulations, Quality Standards, and inspection frameworks
• Experience in opening, stabilising or turning around homes (desirable)
• Level 5 Leadership & Management (or close to completion)
• Strong safeguarding, placement planning, and risk assessment skills

Key responsibilities

• Register the home and drive it through pre-registration and initial inspection
• Recruit, develop and inspire a strong staff team
• Embed a trauma-informed, child-focused culture
• Establish robust systems around care plans, quality assurance and governance
• Lead on placement matching and work collaboratively with local authorities
• Ensure the home is safe, compliant, and fully ready for new residents

If you’re motivated by building something exceptional from the ground up and have the regulatory strength to lead a brand-new service toward “Outstanding,” we’d love to speak with you. deborah.hunter@cpl.com