About this role
Registered Children’s Home Manager
Ready to step up from Deputy Manager or take on your next Registered Manager challenge? Lead an established children’s home within a growing residential service, with experienced senior leadership, therapeutic support and genuine career development opportunities.
If you’ve also worked in the following roles, we’d also like to hear from you: Children’s Home Registered Manager, Residential Children’s Home Manager, Children’s Residential Home Manager, Children’s Home Manager, Residential Childcare Manager, Children’s Services Manager, Deputy Children’s Home Manager, Residential Care Manager
Benefits include pension membership, generous annual leave, pay progression, development, wellbeing support and a Cycle to Work Scheme.
SALARY: £54,180 - £57,672 per annum, Grade 12 inclusive of on-call payments + Benefits
LOCATION: Chesterfield, Derbyshire, East Midlands
JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent
WORKING HOURS: 37 hours per week; may include unsocial hours, weekends and Bank Holidays, with on-call responsibilities
JOB OVERVIEW
This is an excellent opportunity to lead a well-established home while helping shape a growing residential service. The Registered Children's Home Manager will champion child-centred, therapeutic practice and high standards of care.
Working with operational leaders and a multidisciplinary network, the Registered Children's Home Manager will oversee quality, safeguarding, resources and staff development while building strong partnerships around each child.
With senior leadership support and developing clinical psychology input, the Registered Children's Home Manager will help improve outcomes for children and young people while contributing to service development.
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DUTIES
Your duties as the Registered Children’s Home Manager include:
Home Leadership and Operations: Manage the home and maintain a responsive residential service, including out-of-hours arrangementsPeople Leadership and Development: Lead recruitment, induction, supervision, performance, training and staff developmentSafeguarding and Outcomes: Maintain child-centred care, safeguarding practice and a focus on positive outcomesQuality Assurance and Compliance: Monitor standards, implement quality assurance and maintain compliance with legislation, Quality Standards and Ofsted requirements, and prepare for inspectionsBudgets and Resources: Manage budgets, buildings, equipment and resources effectivelyPartnership Working: Work with families, education, health, police, communities and other agencies to achieve joined-up outcomesTherapeutic Practice: Embed a therapeutic ethos supporting children’s physical, emotional and social development
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
ESSENTIAL
Previous experience in a role relevant to the residential care of childrenPrevious experience supervising and managing staff in a care settingExperience managing budgets and resourcesExperience working with other agencies to safeguard children and support positive outcomesExperience monitoring and evaluating outcomes for children and young peopleDirect experience supporting children, young people and families with complex needs in a residential settingLevel 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare, or equivalent, held or achievable within the required timescaleKnowledge of the Children Act, Children’s Homes (England) Regulations, Quality Standards and Ofsted requirementsStrong leadership, team-building, organisation, planning and communication skillsAbility to assess needs, plan care, establish appropriate boundaries and support positive changeAbility to travel between service locations across the county and work flexible hours as requiredAbility to work effectively in a challenging environment and in anti-oppressive waysFluent spoken English for the roleRight to work in the UK without visa sponsorshipAbility to satisfy safer recruitment requirements and demonstrate suitability to manage the home DESIRABLE
Knowledge of health and safety, including risk assessmentsKnowledge of local authority residential care procedures
BENEFITS
Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contribution of around 18%27 days’ annual leave, rising to 32 days with length of service, plus bank holidaysAnnual incremental pay progressionAuthorised overtime opportunitiesTraining, leadership development and qualification supportEmployee wellbeing servicesCycle to Work Scheme and additional employee benefitsDeveloping in-house Clinical Psychology service with specialist consultation and therapeutic guidanceEnhanced rates for qualifying night and Bank Holiday working
The successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
HOW TO APPLY
To be considered for this job vacancy, please submit your CV to our Recruitment Team who will review your details. CV’s of Job Applicants meeting this requirement will be submitted to our Client for consideration. By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose.
JOB REF: AWDO-P15291
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