Job Description:

The Registered Manager leads, manages, and develops a children's residential home to ensure:

• Care is safe, nurturing, trauma-informed.
• The home is fully compliant with legislation and regulatory frameworks.
• A therapeutic and relational environment exists for children to feel safe, understood, and supported.
• Staff operate with values-led practice, meeting or exceeding Ofsted standards.

1. Operational Management
   • Day-to-day running of the home, ensuring legislative, contractual, health, and educational compliance.
   • Monitoring children's needs, particularly those with complex needs.
   • Managing budgets and resources effectively.
   • Maintaining house paperwork accurately.
2. Staff Leadership & Development
   • Coaching, supervising, and supporting staff to ensure high-quality care.
   • Leading recruitment, training, and ongoing development of staff.
   • Embedding ethical standards, equality, diversity, and health & safety practices.
3. Child Care & Support
   • Safeguarding children and promoting wellbeing.
   • Managing complex behaviors, crisis intervention, and structured routines.
   • Providing holistic care: physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual, and social needs.
   • Building trust and relationships to guide positive responses.
4. Collaboration & External Liaison
   • Working with external agencies to develop and implement care plans.
   • Liaising with colleagues on on-call duties and supporting wider operational needs.
5. Compliance & Continuous Improvement
   • Interpreting and implementing changes in legislation.
   • Ensuring the home consistently meets or exceeds Ofsted and accreditation standards.

Essential Qualifications & Experience:

• Experience in senior or strategic roles in children's residential care.
• Level 3 Diploma in Children's Residential Services (or equivalent).
• NVQ/Diploma Level 5 in Leadership & Management (or willing to complete within 18 months).
• GCSEs in Maths and English (Grade C or above, or equivalent).
• Strong knowledge of regulatory and legislative requirements, including safeguarding and Children's Homes regulations.
• Proven ability to lead and manage staff teams, including conducting supervisions.

Skills & Attributes:

• Excellent communication (verbal & written).
• Calm, approachable, adaptable, and non-judgmental.
• Strong organisational skills, able to work independently and collaboratively.
• Knowledge of Child Protection & Safeguarding.

Desirable:

• Experience as Deputy or Registered Manager.
• Social Work Qualification or equivalent.
• First Aid or other relevant transferable skills.

Barker Ross Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.