Job Description:

Register a brand-new children’s home under the leadership of an SMT with 60+ years in the sector! DDP informed and Outstanding track records… Build the foundations from day one!

• Job Title: Registered Children’s Home Manager
• Staggered registrations: 2 x 2 Bedded EBD homes – therapeutic DDP approach
• Location: Cleobury Mortimer, DY14
• Basic Salary: Up to £55k p/a (£60k once dual registered)
• Annual Bonuses: Up to £3500 p/a (£7000 p/a once dual registered)
• Registration bonuses of £500 per home!
• Overall Package: Up to £58.5k, rising to £67k per annum!
• 36 days annual leave!

Who will you be working for?

Apply to learn more about this fantastic new organisation with a vision for truly therapeutic DDP-led practice within their brand-new children’s homes. You will start off registering a single 2 Bedded EBD home in the historic, semi-rural area of Cleobury Mortimer and then dual register a second in a nearby location, built around you. This property has a historic 1970s architecture feel in a gorgeous idyllic village. The stunning exterior has been preserved, but the internal has been totally refurbished and modernised – have your input from day one about how you’d like to personalise this exciting new project and build your own team from scratch!

This organisation is led by a board of directors who have over 60 years’ experience working within Children’s Residential, achieving Outstanding outcomes and consulting at the highest level across the country. They are keen to promote DDP qualifications and become an accredited organisation, with a lot of innovative expansion plans already in the works for the future. If you are looking for an opportunity to be backed by seriously impressive senior leaders within the sector, reach out for more information.

The Package & Benefits:

• Basic Salary: Up to £55,000 p/a (Rising to £60k once dual registered)
• Performance Bonuses: Up to £3500 p/a (Rising to £7000 p/a once dual registered) based on Ofsted and Performance Appraisals
• One-off Registration Bonuses of £500 per home
• Overall package potential: Up to £58,500 p/a, rising to £67,000 per annum!
• Professional Development: Opportunity to complete the Level 5 in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (if not already qualified), Accredited qualification in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy, paid induction program, and other exciting training opportunities with fantastic wider group connections
• Pathway for promotion: Show great performance and access realistic opportunities for development into Operations/Senior Management/Responsible Individual roles
• Holiday: total of 36 days of paid annual leave
• Full Head Office Support within the wider group to aid with HR, recruitment, payroll and other back office functions

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.