Registered Children's Home Manager

Are you an experienced Ofsted Registered Manager looking for an incredible new project to make your own? Register and open this spacious Children’s Home Setting with on-site education!

* Job Title: Children’s Home Registered Manager

* Home Type: 6 Bedded EBD home – therapeutic PACE approach

* Location: Burton-on-Trent, DE13

* Package: £70,000 - £77,500 p/a including bonuses

* 30 days annual leave

* On-call: Currently on a rota basis of 1 in 8 weekends

Who will you be working for?

Join this visionary organisation with six children’s homes and a registered school in the Staffordshire & Derbyshire areas. They are specialists in providing therapeutic care and education for young people that display social and emotional mental health needs, learning disabilities, and physical disabilities. This organisation prides themselves on their large, rural and therapeutic homes that often include animals and tranquil settings and are continuing to innovate with new services on the horizon.

This vacancy would be for an exciting new 6 Bedded SEMH children’s home project with onsite education. The property is very spacious with enough room for each young person to have their own living space. Due to the magnitude of the project, the successful Registered Manager would have at least two Deputies underneath them, and enhanced support from the Responsible Individual, who will only cover two homes, rather than the normal 5 or 6, to be able to provide more hands-on support.

The Package & Benefits:

* Basic Salary: £70,000 - £75,000 p.a

* Ofsted performance bonus of up to £2500 for Outstanding

* Overall package potential: Up to £77.5k per annum!

* Wellbeing & Recognition: Membership for a local luxury golf and country club, Private Healthcare, Employee Assistance Program, and eligibility for a Blue Light Card!

* Holiday: 30 days of paid annual leave, including bank holidays.

* Professional Development: 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

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 as an Ofsted Registered Manager with a “Good” or better track record

* Level 3 or 4 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent)

* Level 5 in Leadership & Management (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