Registered Manager – Children’s Home
Location: Rochdale OL11
Salary: £50,000–£60,000 per annum, depending on experience
Home: New specialist pre-permanence children’s home
Salary & Benefits
- £50,000–£60,000 starting salary, depending on experience.
- Performance-related annual bonus.
- Long-term profit share scheme rewarding sustained performance and contribution.
- Generous annual leave.
- Company pension scheme.
- Ongoing professional development and training.
- Support from an experienced leadership team.
- Career progression opportunities within a growing organisation.
- Opportunity to build and shape a new specialist service from the outset.
- Employee discounts and wellbeing benefits.
What We're Looking For
- Significant experience within children’s residential care.
- Strong management experience within an Ofsted-regulated children’s home, ideally as a Registered Manager.
- Proven track record of achieving strong regulatory outcomes, ideally Good or Outstanding Ofsted ratings.
- Strong knowledge of Children’s Homes Regulations, Quality Standards, safeguarding requirements and Ofsted expectations.
- Level 5 qualification in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare, or ability to achieve the required qualification within the regulatory timeframe.
- Experience and suitability to register with Ofsted as the Registered Manager.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to recruit, develop and retain a stable, high-performing team.
- Experience opening and/or registering a new children’s home would be highly advantageous.
- Passion for supporting children with complex needs and helping them progress towards positive long-term outcomes.
Key Roles & Responsibilities
- Lead the development, Ofsted registration and opening of the new Rochdale children’s home.
- Recruit, lead and develop a stable, capable and high-performing staff team.
- Establish a safe, predictable and nurturing environment with consistently high standards of care.
- Ensure strong safeguarding, regulatory compliance and ongoing readiness for Ofsted inspection.
- Take overall responsibility for the day-to-day operation and performance of the home.
- Oversee staffing, occupancy, quality assurance and responsible financial management.
- Support children to develop confidence, emotional regulation, relationships, routines and everyday skills in preparation for fostering.
- Deliver a child-centred pre-permanence service focused on stability, consistency and positive relationships.
- Work collaboratively with local authorities, social workers, fostering professionals, families and other professionals.
- Ensure transitions from residential care into fostering are carefully planned and focused on the individual needs of each child.
- Maintain high standards of care and drive continuous improvement across the service.
- Build a strong culture within the home that supports positive outcomes and long-term stability.
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