Registered Manager Children's Residential Care in London

Registered Manager: Children's Residential Care

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Location: Slough, Berkshire (SL2 area / Manor Park)

Salary: Up to £65,000 per annum (depending on experience) + Performance Bonus & Annual Incentive Plan

Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm (40 hours/week), flexible management presence + shared senior on-call rota

Key Benefits include: 36 days annual leave (28 days + 8 bank holidays) | Annual performance bonus | Ofsted inspection bonuses | Birthday bonus | Clinical psychology support (bMindful) | Funded Level 5 support | Modernised property & expansive garden | Dedicated house transport

Are you looking for a leadership role where you can shape a brand-new home from the ground up, backed by a market-leading package of up to £65,000 and direct executive partnership?

Whether you're an established Registered Manager looking for a well-resourced provider closer to home, or an ambitious senior Deputy Manager ready for the backing to step up to your first Registered Manager post, we want to hear from you.

Founded in 2019, our organisation is an established, high-quality residential childcare group across the UK. With thriving residential services and an expanding network of specialised homes, we combine the resources, stability, and structure of an established provider with the warmth, agility, and close-knit feel of a family-run organisation.

Our brand-new Manor Park home in Slough is our newest flagship service: a high-specification, fully modernised home registered for up to two young people. Residential children's homes in Slough are exceptionally rare - meaning care managers locally often face lengthy commutes across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, or into West London. Here, you have the unique opportunity to lead a prestigious, high-resource service right in your local community, supported by a pre-assembled team and clinical backing.

Why join the Culina Roc family?

• Market-Leading Reward: An exceptional package of up to £65,000 per annum, plus Ofsted registration and inspection bonuses, annual incentives, and paid birthday leave.
• Cut Out the Commute: A rare, high-calibre residential leadership role located right in Slough (Manor Park), offering quick access without the daily motorway grind to neighbouring counties.
• A Pre-Assembled, Motivated Team: Step into a ready-built staffing structure, including an energetic, experienced Deputy Manager (who loves home cooking and is already designing a garden vegetable patch with the young people!), a dedicated Team Leader, permanent Residential Care Workers, and waking/sleeping night staff.
• Supportive 2:1 Establishment Ratios: Benefit from high staffing ratios (2:1 care while the home is being established and settled) to ensure safety, emotional security, and calm group dynamics.
• Comprehensive Clinical Partnership: Work in direct partnership with our dedicated clinical psychology team, bMindful Psychology, embedding trauma-informed PACE practice across the home.
• Genuine Work-Life Balance: Enjoy 36 days of annual leave, structured weekday hours, and a shared senior on-call rota that protects your personal time.
• Executive Mentorship: Direct, open-door access to an experienced Responsible Individual bringing over 14 years of children's care experience to support and champion your registration.

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Why join our team?

We believe children's residential care should feel like a true home from home - built on unconditional positive regard, emotional security, and ambitious futures. We don't believe in managing young people through rigid rules and control; we lead through connection before correction, using trauma-informed PACE principles (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy).

As a Registered Manager with us, you'll never feel isolated on an island. Our Directors and Responsible Individual maintain a proactive, supportive presence across our homes, ensuring you have the resources, staffing budgets, and executive backing to lead with confidence. We celebrate longevity, invest heavily in internal progression, and ensure our managers are rewarded for care quality, compliance, and team stability.

About Our Home: Manor Park, Slough

Located in a quiet, attractive residential neighborhood in Manor Park, Slough, the home is a traditional three-bedroom property that has undergone a complete, high-specification interior modernisation.

Featuring a bright, welcoming layout with spacious communal living areas, a private manager's office, a modern family kitchen, and comfortable staff facilities, the property boasts a large private rear garden - complete with outdoor play space and plans for a young person's vegetable and kitchen garden. Situated within a vibrant, friendly, and diverse community, the home enjoys immediate access to local parks, amenities, and transport connections.

Registered for just two young people, the service is designed to maintain an intimate, therapeutic atmosphere with zero chaotic group dynamics.

The Role: What you'll be doing

Taking full operational and regulatory ownership of this new two-bed service, you will steer the home through its founding phase, embed high standards of therapeutic care, and maintain ongoing regulatory excellence under the Children's Homes Regulations 2015.

Your day-to-day as a Registered Manager will involve:

• Therapeutic Leadership: Championing a trauma-informed PACE environment, collaborating with bMindful Psychology during monthly consultations, and embedding personalised Behaviour Support Plans.
• Team Development & Mentorship: Line-managing, supervising, and coaching your Deputy Manager, Team Leader, and residential care staff, fostering an open, reflective, and ambitious team culture.
• Founding & Regulatory Excellence: Guiding the home through Ofsted registration, overseeing Regulation 44 visits and Regulation 45 quality reviews, and ensuring continuous inspection readiness.
• Multi-Agency & Community Collaboration: Building strong working partnerships with placing local authorities, social workers, schools, CAMHS, and birth families to champion the best possible outcomes for each young person.
• Operational & Budgetary Oversight: Managing the home's devolved budget, staffing rotas, and health and safety governance with full administrative backing.

Your Experience and Qualifications

Essential:

• The Background: Minimum of 2 years' management experience (at Deputy Manager level or above) within an Ofsted-registered children's residential home within the last 5 years.
• The Qualifications: Hold the NVQ / Diploma Level 3 in Residential Childcare (or equivalent), and hold or be actively working towards the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (we will fund and mentor you if you are completing this).
• The Skills: Proven understanding of the Children's Homes Regulations 2015, Quality Standards, and proactive safeguarding procedures.
• The Logistics: Have the right to work in the UK, and be able to commute reliably to Slough on a daily basis.
• Commitment & Values: A consistent career history, genuine child advocacy, and the professional commitment to build a long-term home and culture.

Desirable:

• Established experience as an Ofsted Registered Manager with a proven track record of achieving 'Good' or 'Outstanding' inspection ratings.
• Full completion of the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare.
• Hold a full, valid UK driving licence.

Your Package and Perks

• Salary: Up to £65,000 per annum (depending on experience).
• Performance & Ofsted Bonuses: Annual performance-related bonus scheme plus dedicated financial recognition awards for successful Ofsted registration and inspection outcomes.
• Birthday & Holiday Perks: Paid Birthday bonus and celebration allowance.
• Generous Annual Leave: 36 days per year (28 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays).
• Clinical Partnership: Dedicated monthly clinical psychology input (bMindful Psychology) supporting team debriefs and bespoke case formulations.
• Environment & Amenities: Modernised high-spec home, large private garden, allocated house transport, and dedicated private management office.
• Pension & Wellbeing: Workplace pension scheme, comprehensive employee wellbeing support, and company-funded Level 5 / CPD pathways.

Our Interview Process

We respect your time and keep our recruitment journey transparent and collaborative:

• Apply: Submit your CV and screening answers.
• Stage 1 (Introductory Screening): An informal telephone/video conversation with our Responsible Individual to discuss your experience, leadership approach, and expectations.
• Stage 2 (Competency & Culture Interview): A face-to-face interview at the home with our Responsible Individual and Company Directors.
• Offer: Conditional hiring decision, subject to safer recruitment compliance checks and references.

How to Apply

If you're ready to bring your leadership, heart, and vision to our Slough service as our founding Registered Manager, we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV.

We are an equal opportunity employer. xiskglj We celebrate diversity and are strictly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; all successful appointments are subject to comprehensive safer recruitment checks, full referencing, and an Enhanced DBS on the Update Service.