At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a residential home, ensuring high-quality care and compliance with regulations.
- Company: Priory, the UK's leading provider of mental health and social care.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, birthday leave, enhanced maternity pay, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Join a supportive team with excellent career growth and training opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in young people's lives while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management for Residential Childcare (or working towards).
The predicted salary is between 42131 - 51493 £ per year.
The Lighthouse is a welcoming 5-bedded residential home in Stroud, supporting females aged 13–18 who are experiencing mental health difficulties. Located just a 10-minute walk from Stroud town centre, with excellent local transport links, we provide a safe, nurturing and therapeutic environment where young people are supported to thrive and make positive progress.
As our Registered Manager, you will be responsible for the leadership, strategic development, and operational performance of the home. Working alongside a highly supportive senior leadership team, you will shape a child-centred, trauma-informed culture and mentor a dedicated team of staff to deliver outstanding outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Operational Leadership: Oversee day-to-day operations, ensuring full compliance with Ofsted regulations and the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015.
- Quality & Safeguarding: Maintain high-quality care plans, risk assessments, and behaviour support strategies while embedding robust safeguarding practices.
- Ofsted Readiness: Lead the home through regulatory inspections with a drive to achieve and sustain ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ ratings.
- Team Development: Recruit, inspire, and retain a high-performing care team through active supervision, development, and strong leadership.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Build effective working partnerships with local authorities, social workers, and external multidisciplinary teams.
What you'll bring to the role
- Qualifications: Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management for Residential Childcare (or currently working towards it).
- Experience: Proven track record at Management or Deputy Manager level within a children’s residential care setting.
- Regulatory Expertise: In-depth knowledge of Ofsted inspection frameworks and children's safeguarding legislation.
- Approach: A values-driven, resilient leader with a deep commitment to trauma-informed and therapeutic care principles.
This position is a leadership role at Priory and during the interview process we will be assessing candidates against our leadership behaviours. These are a set of ten values driven behaviours that define great leadership at Priory. They are integral to driving a positive high performing culture where we strive to deliver the best care and outcomes for the people we support.
What we will give you in return
- Regular career conversations and support.
- Full training and numerous pathways into leadership and qualified clinical positions.
- Birthday Holiday - Your Birthday as an extra days annual leave.
- Enhanced maternity pay.
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and Healthcare Cash Plan (Simply Health Scheme).
- Access to development opportunities.
- Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel.
- Leadership & management development.
- Long service award.
- Refer a friend bonuses.
Shortlisting may begin upon receipt of applications, and the Recruiting Manager may close the vacancy early if enough suitable candidates are identified.
About Priory: Priory is the UK’s leading independent provider of mental health and adult social care. With 12,000 colleagues and a network of 270 services, we support over 24,000 people each year to live their lives as fully and independently as possible. We treat more than 70 conditions – including depression, anxiety, eating disorders and children’s mental health – and provide residential and supported living care for autistic adults, people with a learning disability, Prader–Willi Syndrome, brain injuries and older people.
We are an equal opportunities employer committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process.
Registered Manager – Residential Children’s Home in Stroud employer: Priory
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