Registered Children's Home Manager

Job Description:

Are you looking for an established organisation with strong senior management oversight? It isn’t that much to ask…

• Job Title: Registered Children’s Home Manager
• Unique Therapeutic Community Model with on-site Clinical Team!
• Location: Nuneaton, Warwickshire
• Salary: FLAT £55k per annum, plus up to £6500 in bonuses!
• Private Healthcare
• 30 Days Annual Leave
• On-call: Split between four managers on a rota basis
• Home (rated Good) is fully staffed including a very strong Deputy Manager

Who will you be working for?

This organisation is well established and has been operational for over four years. They currently run four children’s homes, all rated good, within a unique therapeutic community model. Onsite, you will have access to an in-house clinical psychotherapy team, Life Story workers, a sports and activity manager and top-class training providers that deliver their PACE-led model of care. This is in conjunction with a Head Office and Back Office team to support with the pesky recruitment, administration and HR tasks that Registered Managers often get saddled with.

You will be supporting young people that display social and emotional difficulties and traumatic backgrounds, so it’s key that your staff team have bespoke and frequent clinical supervisions, reflective practice and external trainings as per your young peoples’ needs. It’s also important to note that the senior management team have a phenomenal level of residential-childcare specific expertise, previously having built their own careers in residential working for some of the industry leading providers of care for children.

The Package & Benefits:

• Basic Salary: You’ll have a flat £55k p.a salary so you know you are equally valued to the other managers in the company
• Performance Bonuses: Up to £6.5k per annum on top
• Overall package potential: Up to £61,500 per annum, depending on home performance
• Access a Private Healthcare Package
• Entitled to 30 days of annual leave, including bank holidays, per year
• Supportive Community: Since all their homes are located on the same site, you’ll have a great network of managers and senior managers available to you. Their existing registered managers cite this as their favourite part of working for the company
• Stability in role: the home is currently fully occupied, fully staffed (including a strong Deputy Manager), and has just recently achieved “Good” with Ofsted
• Professional Development: Opportunity to complete a fully funded & accredited Level 5 in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare qualification, paid induction program, and continuous training opportunities, including the therapeutic ‘PACE’ approach, and more!
• Pathway for promotion: Show great performance and access realistic opportunities for development into a Dual-Registration, ‘Home Opener’, or Operations/Senior Management role as they continue to grow their brand steadily across the Midlands

What Will The Role Entail?

As a Registered Children’s Home 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 Registered Children’s Home 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 Registered Children’s Home 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 Registered Children’s Home 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.