Registered Children's Home Manager

Registered Children's Home Manager

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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 arrangements
People Leadership and Development: Lead recruitment, induction, supervision, performance, training and staff development
Safeguarding and Outcomes: Maintain child-centred care, safeguarding practice and a focus on positive outcomes
Quality Assurance and Compliance: Monitor standards, implement quality assurance and maintain compliance with legislation, Quality Standards and Ofsted requirements, and prepare for inspections
Budgets and Resources: Manage budgets, buildings, equipment and resources effectively
Partnership Working: Work with families, education, health, police, communities and other agencies to achieve joined-up outcomes
Therapeutic 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 children
Previous experience supervising and managing staff in a care setting
Experience managing budgets and resources
Experience working with other agencies to safeguard children and support positive outcomes
Experience monitoring and evaluating outcomes for children and young people
Direct experience supporting children, young people and families with complex needs in a residential setting
Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare, or equivalent, held or achievable within the required timescale
Knowledge of the Children Act, Children's Homes (England) Regulations, Quality Standards and Ofsted requirements
Strong leadership, team-building, organisation, planning and communication skills
Ability to assess needs, plan care, establish appropriate boundaries and support positive change
Ability to travel between service locations across the county and work flexible hours as required
Ability to work effectively in a challenging environment and in anti-oppressive ways
Fluent spoken English for the role
Right to work in the UK without visa sponsorship
Ability to satisfy safer recruitment requirements and demonstrate suitability to manage the home
DESIRABLE
Knowledge of health and safety, including risk assessments
Knowledge 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 holidays
Annual incremental pay progression
Authorised overtime opportunities
Training, leadership development and qualification support
Employee wellbeing services
Cycle to Work Scheme and additional employee benefits
Developing in-house Clinical Psychology service with specialist consultation and therapeutic guidance
Enhanced 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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