Registered Manager – Children's Residential Home
Location: Wolverhampton, West Midlands
Full-time | Permanent
£50,000 - £56,000 plus bonuses
Ready to take the lead and make a real difference in young people's lives?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Registered Manager to lead a children's residential home in Wolverhampton. This is an excellent opportunity for a passionate and motivated individual who can provide strong leadership, drive high standards of care and create a safe, nurturing environment where children and young people can thrive.
The Role
The Registered Manager will take overall responsibility for the day-to-day running and development of the home, ensuring the highest standards of care, safeguarding and regulatory compliance.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Leading, motivating and developing a dedicated residential care team.
- Ensuring the home meets Ofsted regulations, Children's Homes Regulations and Quality Standards.
- Promoting safeguarding and ensuring children and young people's welfare is always the priority.
- Overseeing care plans, risk assessments, placement plans and individual progress.
- Managing staff recruitment, inductions, supervisions, appraisals and training.
- Building positive relationships with families, social workers and external professionals.
- Monitoring the quality of care and driving continuous improvement across the home.
- Ensuring the home operates effectively, maintaining high standards of health and safety.
What They're Looking For
The ideal candidate will have:
- At least 2 years' experience within children's residential care in the last 5 years.
- At least 1 year's experience supervising and managing staff within a care setting.
- Strong leadership and team management skills.
- A good understanding of safeguarding and children's residential care regulations.
- Excellent communication, organisational and decision-making skills.
- A genuine passion for supporting children and young people to achieve positive outcomes.
Desirable:
- Previous management experience within a residential setting.
- Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare, or an equivalent qualification.
The successful candidate must also be able to meet Ofsted's registration requirements, including successfully completing the Fit Person interview.
The Opportunity
This is a fantastic opportunity for a dedicated residential childcare professional to take ownership of a home, lead a team and make a lasting difference to the lives of children and young people.
Important Information
Interested? Please apply with an up-to-date CV. Due to the regulated nature of Children's Residential Care, successful candidates will be required to complete all relevant safer recruitment and pre-employment checks before starting work.
Right to Work: Please only apply if you already have the right to work in the UK for this position. Unfortunately, sponsorship is not available for this vacancy.
Safer Recruitment & Safeguarding: YourRecruit is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Appointments to roles within children's residential services will be subject to appropriate safer recruitment checks, which may include an Enhanced DBS check, verification of employment history, satisfactory references, qualification checks, identity and Right to Work checks, and exploration of any gaps in employment, in line with the requirements of the role and provider.
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