Registered Manager – Children and Young People

Our Client have an exciting opportunity for a Registered Manager to lead a 6 -bed residential children’s home in West London. You will hold overall responsibility for the day-to-day management of the home, ensuring high-quality, therapeutic and child-centred care for children and young people with complex needs and experiences of trauma.

You will provide strong, visible leadership to the staff team, ensuring full compliance with the Children Act 1989 and Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015, while creating a safe, nurturing and homely environment where children can flourish.

What will your responsibilities be?

Reporting to the Responsible Individual, you will:

Manage the daily operations of the 4-bed residential home

Lead, motivate and develop the staff team

Ensure full compliance with Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 and Quality Standards

Safeguard and promote the welfare and rights of children and young people

Oversee care planning, risk management and therapeutic practice

Liaise with Ofsted and other regulatory bodies

Lead recruitment, supervision and staff development

Work in partnership with external agencies and commissioning authorities

Manage budgets, rotas and resources effectively

Participate in the on-call rota and provide operational cover when required

Benefits

Competitive salary with structured pay grades and bonus scheme

28 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Paid sleep-ins

Employer pension contribution (3%)

100% employer-funded training

Free enhanced DBS

Refer-a-friend bonus scheme

Comprehensive induction programme

Clear career progression pathways

Therapeutic training and consultation

Wellbeing support and team-building events

Qualifications and Experience

To be successful in this role you must have:

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (or willingness to work towards)

Significant senior-level experience within a children’s residential setting (Deputy or Registered Manager level)

Strong knowledge of the Children Act 1989 and Children’s Homes Regulations 2015

Proven leadership and staff management experience

Excellent communication and report-writing skills

Sound safeguarding knowledge

Full UK driving licence

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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