Job Description:

🚀 NOW RECRUITING | REGISTERED MANAGER – CHILDREN'S RESIDENTIAL HOME

📍 Norbury, South London | SW16
💷 £55,000–£60,000+ per annum

READY TO LEAD A NEW HOME AND MAKE A LASTING DIFFERENCE?

We are seeking an experienced, therapeutically minded Registered Manager to lead a new 3-bed children's residential home in Norbury, South London.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a committed organisation and play a key role in establishing, developing and shaping a high-quality residential service.

The home will support children and young people aged 8–17 with emotional and behavioural difficulties, with a strong focus on trauma-informed and therapeutically informed care.

You will have the opportunity to build and inspire a staff team, establish a positive home culture and help children overcome early life experiences, develop healthy relationships and achieve positive outcomes.

Working closely with the Responsible Individual, owners, psychologists and therapists, you will help embed therapeutic approaches into everyday practice.

We will also consider an experienced Deputy Manager ready to take the next step into a Registered Manager position.

💷 SALARY & BENEFITS

• Salary of £55,000–£60,000+, depending on experience and qualifications.

• Strong support from the owners and Responsible Individual.

• Company bonus scheme and additional incentives.

• Generous annual leave.

• Employee Assistance Programme.

• Personalised professional development plan.

• Specialist therapeutic training and qualifications.

• Long-term career progression opportunities.

🎯 EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone with:

• Minimum five years' experience in children's residential care or a relevant setting.

• At least two years' experience supervising and managing staff.

• Level 3 qualification in Children's Residential Care or equivalent.

• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare.

• A recent Ofsted inspection history of Good or Outstanding, where applicable.

• Strong understanding of therapeutic practice, trauma-informed care and PACE.

• Excellent knowledge of safeguarding, child protection and regulatory requirements.

• Proven leadership, communication and team development skills.

THE ROLE – KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the day-to-day operation and development of the 3-bed children's home.

• Ensure compliance with the Children's Homes Regulations and Quality Standards 2015.

• Deliver high standards of safeguarding, care and support.

• Lead, motivate, supervise and develop the residential staff team.

• Ensure the Statement of Purpose is embedded in everyday practice.

• Promote positive outcomes for children through individualised, therapeutic care.

• Work in accordance with Ofsted's Social Care Common Inspection Framework (SCCIF).

• Work alongside the Responsible Individual, psychologists and therapists to develop and embed the organisation's therapeutic training programme.

• Participate in the management on-call rota.

🌟 WHY THIS OPPORTUNITY?

This is an opportunity to do more than manage a children's home. You will help create a positive, therapeutic environment from the outset, shape the culture of the service and influence the quality of care delivered to children.

You will have the support of an organisation that recognises the importance of investing in its managers, staff and the children in its care.

📩 INTERESTED? LET'S HAVE A CONFIDENTIAL CONVERSATION.

Contact Mick Hull – Fieldview Care Recruitment Solutions