Company Description
Solace Care Group provides residential “home away from home” support for children and young people with emotional and behavioral difficulties and mild to moderate learning disabilities. The organisation focuses on safety, happiness, and positive outcomes by delivering tailored care, education, and therapeutic support. Services are designed to promote stability, personal growth, and well-being in a nurturing environment. Team members work collaboratively to create consistent, person-centered support plans that empower children and young people to reach their potential.
Role Description
The Registered Children Manager is a full-time, on-site role based in Ilford, responsible for the day-to-day management of a children’s residential home. This role includes overseeing care plans, ensuring high standards of safeguarding, and maintaining a safe, nurturing environment for children and young people. The Manager will lead and supervise the staff team, coordinate rotas, provide regular supervision, and support professional development. They will ensure compliance with regulatory and organisational policies, manage reporting and documentation, and liaise with external agencies, families, and professionals to support positive outcomes. The role also involves monitoring quality of care, managing referrals and admissions, and contributing to continuous service improvement.
Qualifications
- Proven experience managing or deputy managing a children’s residential service, with strong knowledge of safeguarding and regulatory standards.
- Relevant professional qualification (e.g., Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services or equivalent), or willingness to work toward it.
- Strong leadership, team management, and staff supervision skills, including the ability to motivate, coach, and support a diverse care team.
- Excellent communication, record-keeping, and report-writing skills, with confidence in working with families, local authorities, and external professionals.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement individualized care plans, risk assessments, and behavior support strategies focused on positive outcomes.
- Good organizational and time-management skills, including managing rotas, overseeing daily operations, and responding effectively to emergencies.
- Understanding of emotional and behavioral difficulties and learning disabilities, and commitment to trauma-informed, child-centered practice.
- Basic IT proficiency for care records, reporting, and communication, and familiarity with residential care systems and processes.
- Flexibility to work across the needs of the service, including some evening and weekend responsibilities as required.
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