Children\'s Home Manager - West London in Croydon

Salary up to £65,000 depending on experience and qualifications

40 hours per week Monday to Friday

Permanent Contract

To Start: March 2026

Ealing, W13

Are you a Home Manager looking for your next challenge? We have a fantastic opportunity to join St Christopher's fellowship as a Home Manager for our Outstanding Ofsted rated and CYPN award winning children’s home in West London. You will lead and support a professional team of staff committed to transforming young lives and creating positive outcomes. You will be supported by Deputy Managers, Team Leaders as well as the rest of the team.

Our vision is for every child and young person to be safe, loved and happy, to achieve their potential and have a bright future. St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people. We are proud of our history of providing fostering, children's homes and innovative leaving care services across the UK & Isle of Man. We have a passionate commitment to our young people, placing them at the centre of everything we do. We provide positive life experiences for young people who are unable to sustain a placement in their parental or foster home. We are an equal‑opportunity employer keen to develop an inclusive workforce where people feel they belong. We hope to attract applications from under‑represented groups, including people from different cultures, nationalities, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, disabilities, religions, faith, sex, orientation, childcare responsibilities, and gender‑diverse identities.

About the Role

We have a passionate commitment to our young people, placing them at the centre of everything we do and as the Home Manager; you will be a key player in building and extending this commitment. You will lead and support a team: Deputy Managers, Team Leaders and Residential Workers all committed to transforming lives and creating positive outcomes. In addition, we have an in-house team of Therapists providing support to staff and young people within the home.

St Christopher’s Academy ensures our staff is continually developing. We will support you to map out your career trajectory and help you achieve your professional ambitions.

The successful candidate will have:

• Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare
• Either working towards or has achieved the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare
• Prior experience in residential children’s homes, including at least a year with staff supervision and management responsibility
• A passion for achieving the best possible outcomes for young people
• Excellent leadership and staff management abilities
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
• The ability to deliver at least ‘good’ in the home’s Ofsted inspection
• Sound business awareness and a flair for promoting the service
• Flexibility, drive and resilience

This role will involve some shift work plus some on-call duties in the evening and at weekends. Applicants will be subject to enhanced DBS (police) checks.

In return we offer:

• Salary up to £65,000 per annum, depending on experience and qualifications
• A friendly working environment, a fun, open and honest culture
• 25 days holiday rising to 27 days after 3 years’ service, plus Bank Holidays, pro-rata
• Industry Leading training programme including Young People’s right and participation, CSE, empowerment, mental health, Social Pedagogy
• Contributory pension scheme, Enhanced Maternity and Company Sick Scheme
• UK Life Assurance (Death in service) to the value of 3 times your annual salary
• BUPA Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling, financial advice and legal support
• Interest‑free season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, childcare vouchers
• Bluelight card; discount shopping scheme at hundreds of retailers across the UK
• Discretionary funded training programs
• Employee Awards based on performance and length of service

At St Christopher’s we are committed to the safeguarding of all children and young people in our care. During the recruitment process you will be expected to complete an online application form to ensure we capture essential information to meet legislation, best practice and vetting requirements. Applicants will ideally already be on the DBS Update Service; if this is not the case St Christopher's will carry out a DBS (police) check prior to starting. Your online application must include a supporting statement addressing the criteria stated in the Person Specification. CV’s will not be accepted.

This post has a minimum age restriction of 21 years for roles working directly with children and young people in our residential and supported accommodation Homes in line with the Equality Act ‘occupational requirement’. It is illegal to apply for any role that involves working with children and young people under the age of 18, if you know you are barred from working with children. All shortlisted candidates invited to interview will be asked to submit a Self‑Declaration and Disclosure form which will need to be returned prior to an interview being booked.