Children's Home Registered Manager

Job Description:

Are you currently an Ofsted Registered Manager and looking for a (very well paid) challenge? Could you take on a real passion project?

• Job Title: Children’s Home Registered Manager
• Home Type: 4 Bedded EBD home
• Location: Coventry, Warwickshire
• Basic Salary: Up to £65,000 (negotiable)  
• Bonuses: +5% of your basic salary & nominal Christmas bonus
• Project: Home in compliance & bed-blocked at 2 young people – real passion project for someone with substantial Ofsted Registered Manager experience

Who will you be working for?

This is an opportunity for an experienced Children’s Home Registered Manager to join a small family run children’s home organisation with one home in the Coventry area. They operate a 4 Bedded EBD home that currently supports two children (13&15) who are both settled and in full-time education. The home is currently going through a managerial change and requires strong leadership to bring the home out of compliance and into stronger times.

The organisation has already appointed a new Responsible Individual with 15+ years of experience within management of Children’s homes and achieved some amazing outcomes with some of the largest providers in the UK. The home has a strong staff team with three qualified seniors and 6 support staff. Once this home is stable, the organisation has a second property you can look to dual register to allow for professional development.

The Package & Benefits:

• Basic Salary: Up to £65,000 p.a (negotiable depending on experience and qualifications)
• Performance Bonuses: All staff receive up to 5% of their basic as an annual bonus
• Additional Christmas Bonus: All staff receive a small bonus around Christmas time to recognise their hard work
• Professional Development: the Director is open minded around qualifications and trainings to aid in your career development
• Pathway for promotion: Following successful turnaround of the current home, open-up the opportunity to dual register the second home nearby for an immediate pay bump and to gain the necessary experience to progress into Senior Management
• Wellbeing & Recognition: Vitality Private Healthcare, Employee Assistance Program, and eligibility for a Blue Light Card!
• Holiday: Negotiable Annual Leave Entitlement

What Will The Role Entail?

As a Children’s Home Registered Manager, you will be the backbone of the home. You will pull from your extensive experience working in children’s homes to manage and lead your passionate team to ensure smooth operation of the home, second-to-none delivery of care for young people, and Ofsted excellence.

The Successful Children’s Home Registered Manager Candidate Will Excel At:

• Running a children’s home to ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ standards, adhering to Ofsted’s Children’s Home Act (2015), Quality Standards, and Safeguarding Procedures
• Managing a staff team, completing supervisions and appraisals, and ensuring trainings are completed in line with Quality Standards
• Developing and reviewing Ofsted required paperwork such as care plans, behaviour support plans, risk assessments, and regulated “Reg” reports & attending and engaging in LAC, EHCP, PEP and Pathway Planning meetings and reviews.
• Communicating effectively with young people, colleagues, families, and external professionals.
• Conducting administrative tasks such as health and safety checks, medication audits, rotas, finances, and taking part in recruitment activities and inductions
• On-call responsibilities; ensuring the home has your expert advice in out-of-hour crises

Requirements for the Children’s Home Registered Manager role:

• Minimum of 2+ years’ experience leading a team specifically within a children’s home environment
• Level 3 or 4 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent)
• Full UK Manual Driving Licence and access to a vehicle
• An understanding of the SCCIF, Children’s Home Act (2015), and Quality Standards, the ability to register as a manager with Ofsted, and pass a Fit Person’s Interview
• A genuine passion for supporting the well-being and healthy development of young people, as well as for your staff team

If you are keen to discuss the Children’s Home Registered Manager vacancy further, have more questions, or this one isn’t quite the right fit, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

Any successful candidates will, as per Safer Recruitment guidelines, undergo an enhanced DBS check, references, and an employment history verification.