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Why Registered Managers Choose Wilderness Way?
Because we do things differently.

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Why Registered Managers Choose Wilderness Way?
Because we do things differently.

Hear Kirsty's story in our short video: Watch the Reel

Our homes are small, specialist and high impact - built on relationships, not routines. We give our leaders the tools, support and freedom to create real, lasting change for children who need it most click apply for full job details

Residential Registered Manager
Location: Slyne, Lancaster
Salary: £50,000 per annum with the potential to earn up to £55,000 through bonuses
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Specific Hours: 40 hours per week

Are you an experienced, ambitious leader ready to take the next step in your residential career?

Bay View Childcare, which is part of the Polaris Community, is looking for a child-focused Registered M click apply for full job details

Residential Registered Manager
Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: Up to £45,427.20 per annum (dependent on holding a Level 5 qualification)
Location: Southampton
Specific Hours: 40 hours per week

Benefits of Working for Budwood

• A generous holiday package of 33 days annual leave
• Meals provided while on duty
• Company pension
• Access to our Exchange Employee Discount Scheme
• Access to wellbeing programmes via click apply for full job details

Why Registered Managers Choose Wilderness Way?
Because we do things differently.

Hear Kirsty's story in our short video: Watch the Reel

Our homes are small, specialist and high impact - built on relationships, not routines. We give our leaders the tools, support and freedom to create real, lasting change for children who need it most click apply for full job details

Registered Manager - New Children's Home (LD & EBD)

Sheldon, Birmingham 55,000- 60,000 + OFSTED Bonus

Delphi Care Solutions are delighted to be supporting an exciting new children's residential provider in the appointment of their founding Registered Manager.

Opportunities like this rarely come to market.

This is a chance to take the lead on a brand-new children's home, shape the culture from day one, recruit your own team, establish best practice, and create a service you can be genuinely proud of.

The home, located in Sheldon, Birmingham, will support up to three young people with Learning Disabilities (LD) and Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties (EBD) within a spacious four-bedroom setting designed to provide a safe, therapeutic, and nurturing environment.

For the right person, this is far more than a Registered Manager position. It is an opportunity to build a service, influence future growth, and play a pivotal role in the development of an ambitious provider with long-term aspirations.

The Opportunity

As the founding Registered Manager, you will be instrumental in leading the home through registration, recruitment, mobilisation, and ultimately occupancy.

You will have the autonomy to build your team, implement high standards from the outset, and create a culture centred around positive outcomes for children and young people.

Working closely with the Responsible Individual, you will receive support while maintaining the freedom to lead the service as your own.

We're Interested in Speaking to Managers Who Can Demonstrate:

• Previous success within children's residential care.
• Strong knowledge of Children's Homes Regulations and Ofsted requirements.
• Experience supporting children with EBD and/or Learning Disabilities.
• Leadership experience at Deputy or Registered Manager level.
• A passion for achieving exceptional outcomes for children.
• Confidence developing teams and driving service quality.
• Experience contributing towards or achieving Good or Outstanding Ofsted outcomes.

What's on Offer?

55,000 - 60,000 salary

OFSTED bonus scheme:

5% of base salary for a Good rating

7.5% of base salary for an Outstanding rating

Opportunity to build and shape a brand-new service

Influence over recruitment and culture

Future progression opportunities as the organisation grows

Supportive leadership team committed to delivering high-quality care

Why This Role?

Many Registered Manager roles involve inheriting problems.

This opportunity allows you to build the service your way from the very beginning.

If you've ever wanted the chance to create an exceptional home, implement your own standards, and leave a lasting legacy for children and young people, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for.

For a confidential discussion, please contact Lauren Allen at Delphi Care Solutions.

Registered Manager - Children s Residential Home

Thornton Heath
Up to £70,000 + bonus
New 3-bed therapeutic EBD children s home

We are recruiting an experienced Registered Manager - Children s Residential Home to lead a new 3-bed therapeutic home in Thornton Heath.

This is not simply a new home with the word therapeutic attached to it.

The provider has developed a structured therapeutic framework designed to shape how the home operates from day one, how staff understand behaviour, how they respond to young people and how learning is carried into care planning, supervision and everyday practice.

At the heart of the model is one simple principle:

Every behaviour has a story.

The Registered Manager - Children s Residential Home will lead a team that is encouraged to look beyond the behaviour itself and understand what may be happening underneath it, including trauma, attachment, emotional regulation, fear, unmet need and communication.

A genuine therapeutic model

Before placements begin, staff will complete foundation training in:

• Trauma, attachment and behaviour as communication
• Building therapeutic relationships
• Connection, consistency and boundaries
• Co-regulation and de-escalation
• Creating an emotionally and physically safe home
• Reflective practice and staff wellbeing

The training is practical and reflective, using realistic residential scenarios, discussion, role play and case formulation.

Once a young person is placed, the therapeutic approach becomes more individualised.

The Registered Manager - Children s Residential Home will work alongside the team to ensure training is linked directly to the young person s presentation, strengths, risks, communication needs and lived experience.

Learning will then be embedded into:

- Therapeutic care plans

- Risk and safety planning

- Staff responses

- Key work

- Reflective supervision

- Incident learning

- Team development

The aim is to create a home where the therapeutic model can actually be seen in practice, not simply referenced in policies or training records.

The role

As Registered Manager - Children s Residential Home, you will take responsibility for the leadership, culture and day-to-day management of the service.

You will:

• Lead the home through registration and into operation
• Recruit, develop and retain a strong staff team
• Create a safe, stable and child-centred culture
• Maintain high standards of safeguarding
• Ensure compliance with the Children s Homes Regulations 2015 and Quality Standards
• Embed therapeutic and relationship-based practice throughout the home
• Ensure care plans and risk assessments remain meaningful and current
• Use supervision and reflective practice to develop staff
• Review incidents and use learning to improve practice
• Work closely with the Responsible Individual and wider professional network
• Ensure the voice of each young person remains central to the home

What we are looking for

We are looking for a Registered Manager - Children s Residential Home with strong experience in residential childcare and the confidence to build and lead a new service.

You will ideally have:

• Strong experience within a residential children s home
• Previous leadership or management experience
• A good understanding of safeguarding and regulatory requirements
• Knowledge of the Children s Homes Regulations and Quality Standards
• Level 5 Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare, or be working towards it
• Experience supervising and developing staff
• A reflective, child-centred approach to leadership
• An understanding of trauma-informed and relationship-based care
• The confidence to challenge poor practice and maintain high standards

You will also have the support of an experienced and supportive Responsible Individual, giving the Registered Manager - Children s Residential Home the backing to establish the service properly and build the right culture from the beginning.

This is an opportunity to lead a new home where therapeutic care is intended to influence everything from staff training and supervision to daily interactions with young people.

Important Information

Apply: Please send an up-to-date CV. Successful candidates will complete all required safer recruitment and pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced DBS where applicable.

Right to Work: Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available.

Safeguarding: Checks may include DBS, references, employment history, qualifications, identity, Right to Work and employment gaps, in line with the role requirements.

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Due to application volumes, we may not respond individually. If you have not heard from us within 7 days, you have not been shortlisted, but we may consider you for future suitable roles.

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Registered Manager Children s Residential Home

Location: Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham
Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 per annum
Bonus: Performance-related bonuses
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Home: Brand-new 3-bed EBD children s home
Sponsorship: Not available

We are recruiting an experienced Registered Manager to lead a brand-new 3-bed children s residential home in Sutton Coldfield.

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a new home from registration and set-up through to opening and its first Ofsted inspection.

You will be joining an established children s residential care provider that already operates two homes, both rated Good by Ofsted, with experienced senior leadership and ongoing plans for growth.

The organisation offers strong support, career progression, mandatory training, professional development and a performance-related bonus package.

The Role

As Registered Manager, you will:

Lead the registration, set-up and opening of the new home

Manage the home in line with its Statement of Purpose

Ensure compliance with the Children s Homes Regulations 2015

Maintain strong safeguarding and safer care practice

Prepare the home and staff team for Ofsted inspection

Recruit, lead, supervise and develop the residential care team

Maintain safe and effective staffing levels

Ensure children receive safe, high-quality and child-centred care

Oversee care planning, risk assessments, safeguarding and audits

Monitor staff performance and support professional development

Work closely with Local Authorities, education professionals and external agencies

Manage budgets and operational requirements

Drive continuous improvement across the service

Work towards achieving a Good or Outstanding Ofsted rating

About You

We are looking for an experienced children s residential care professional who is confident leading a home and developing a team.

You should have:

Strong experience within children s residential care

Previous supervisory or management experience

Good knowledge of the Children s Homes Regulations 2015

Strong understanding of safeguarding and safer care practice

Experience leading, supervising and developing staff

Experience working with care plans and risk assessments

Confidence managing performance, conflict and challenging situations

Strong communication and organisational skills

The resilience and leadership skills required to manage a busy children s home

Qualifications

Ideally, you will hold:

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare

Candidates currently working towards the qualification may also be considered.

A Designated Safeguarding Lead Level 3 qualification is also required.

Salary & Bonus Package

Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 per annum, depending on experience.

Additional bonuses include:

• £1,500 for achieving a Good Ofsted rating
• £2,500 for achieving an Outstanding Ofsted rating
• £1,250 placement bonus for Child A
• £1,250 placement bonus for Child B
• £1,250 placement bonus for Child C

Ofsted and placement bonuses are subject to qualifying criteria and length of service requirements.

Why Join?

This is a strong opportunity for an experienced Registered Manager who wants to put their own stamp on a children s home from the very beginning.

You will have support from experienced senior management and the Responsible Individual, together with financial and legal support.

The organisation also offers:

• Career progression
• Full mandatory training
• Support with professional qualifications
• Performance-related bonuses
• Senior management and RI support
• The opportunity to lead a brand-new home from registration

Safer Recruitment

The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

The successful candidate will be required to complete appropriate safer recruitment and pre-employment checks, including:

• Enhanced DBS
• Employment references
• Right to Work checks
• Qualification verification
• Employment history and exploration of any gaps

Right to Work

Please only apply if you already have the right to work in the UK for this position.

Unfortunately, sponsorship is not available.

Interested?

Please apply with an up-to-date CV.

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Care First UK is proud to be partnering with an established children's care provider to recruit an experienced and passionate Registered Manager for a residential children's home in West Sussex.

This is an exciting opportunity for an accomplished Registered Manager, or an experienced Deputy Manager ready for progression, to lead a dedicated team and make a meaningful difference to the lives of children and young people.

As Registered Manager, you will be responsible for the overall management and performance of the home, ensuring the highest standards of care, safeguarding, and compliance are consistently achieved.

Working closely with senior leadership, you will lead and inspire a committed care team, promote a positive and nurturing environment, and ensure children and young people receive outstanding support tailored to their individual needs.

• Lead the day-to-day operation of the Children's Residential Home.
• Ensure compliance with Children's Homes Regulations 2015, Quality Standards, and Ofsted requirements.
• Recruit, supervise, develop, and support residential care staff.
• Drive service quality, continuous improvement, and best practice.
• Champion safeguarding and promote positive outcomes for young people.
• Manage budgets and resources effectively.
• Oversee care planning, risk management, and quality assurance processes.
• Build strong relationships with Local Authorities, Social Workers, families, and external agencies.
• Prepare for and support Ofsted inspections.
• Ensure all policies, procedures, and records are maintained to the highest standard.

We are keen to speak with candidates who possess:

• Previous experience within a Children's Residential Home.
• Experience as a Registered Manager or an experienced Deputy Manager seeking progression.
• Strong understanding of Children's Homes Regulations 2015 and Quality Standards.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.
• Experience supporting children and young people with complex emotional, behavioural, and mental health needs.
• Proven ability to work effectively with multi-agency professionals and stakeholders.

• Excellent safeguarding and child protection knowledge.
• Strong leadership and people management skills.
• Effective communication and relationship-building abilities.
• Sound understanding of care planning, risk assessment, and regulatory compliance.
• Strong organisational, financial, and IT skills.

• Passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people.
• Resilient, compassionate, and child-focused.
• Professional, adaptable, and solutions-oriented.
• Committed to delivering exceptional standards of care.

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Supportive and experienced leadership team.
• Ongoing professional development and training.
• Career progression opportunities.
• An opportunity to lead a service that genuinely changes lives.

If you are an experienced Registered Manager, Children's Home Manager, Residential Care Manager, or a Deputy Manager ready to take the next step in your career, Care First UK would love to hear from you.

For a confidential discussion about this opportunity, please contact Care First UK today.

Registered Manager Children's Residential Home

Location: Derby
Salary: £55,000 £60,000 per annum
Hours: Full-time, Permanent

Role Overview

An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced Registered Manager to lead and oversee the day-to-day operation of a children's residential home in Derby.

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the home provides a safe, nurturing and supportive environment where children and young people are protected, safeguarded and supported to achieve positive outcomes.

The Registered Manager will provide strong leadership to the staff team, ensure high standards of care and compliance are maintained, and promote the physical, emotional and developmental needs of the children and young people living in the home.

Key Responsibilities

• Take overall responsibility for the effective day-to-day management and operation of the home.
• Ensure the home operates in accordance with its Statement of Purpose and Function.
• Maintain high standards of care and work towards achieving and maintaining an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding.
• Provide effective supervision, support, leadership and direction to staff.
• Act as a positive role model, demonstrating integrity, optimism, compassion, resilience and determination.
• Ensure the physical and emotional needs of children and young people are protected, safeguarded and promoted at all times.
• Ensure care, education and risk management plans are implemented effectively and regularly reviewed.
• Ensure appropriate staffing levels and staff deployment are maintained in line with the individual needs and risk management plans of each child.
• Allocate duties and responsibilities effectively across the staff team.
• Monitor staff performance and identify opportunities for improvement and development.
• Manage day-to-day staffing, supervision and operational requirements.
• Maintain effective communication with children, young people, families, staff, professionals and external stakeholders.
• Ensure the home remains compliant with relevant legislation, regulations, safeguarding requirements and local authority procedures.
• Use internal auditing, monitoring and inspection frameworks to identify and implement areas for improvement.
• Manage budgets and resources effectively.
• Deal with conflict and challenging situations professionally and effectively.
• Make informed decisions and provide clear direction to the staff team.
• Promote a positive, supportive and child-centred culture throughout the home.

Essential Skills & Experience

The successful candidate will ideally have:

• Previous experience working within children's residential care, including supervisory or management experience.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of the Children's Homes Regulations (England) 2015 and relevant safeguarding legislation.
• Experience managing staff, allocating responsibilities and overseeing day-to-day operations within a residential setting.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• The ability to lead, motivate and develop an effective staff team.
• The ability to monitor and improve performance and maintain high standards of care.
• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to make informed decisions and lead by example.
• Experience managing budgets and resources.
• The ability to manage conflict and challenging situations effectively.
• A high level of resilience and the ability to remain calm and professional under pressure.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will be expected to hold, or be willing to work towards:

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare or an equivalent recognised qualification.

Designated Safeguarding Lead Level 3 or equivalent.

Compliance Requirements

The successful candidate will be required to:

Complete an Enhanced DBS check.

Provide satisfactory employment references.

Maintain any relevant professional registrations and qualifications.

Demonstrate a commitment to safeguarding children and young people.

Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation, regulations and best practice.

Important Information

Interested? Please apply with an up-to-date CV. Due to the regulated nature of Children's Residential Care, successful candidates will be required to complete all relevant safer recruitment and pre-employment checks before starting work.

Right to Work: Please only apply if you already have the right to work in the UK for this position. Unfortunately, sponsorship is not available for this vacancy.

Safer Recruitment & Safeguarding: YourRecruit is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Appointments to roles within children's residential services will be subject to appropriate safer recruitment checks, which may include an Enhanced DBS check, verification of employment history, satisfactory references, qualification checks, identity and Right to Work checks, and exploration of any gaps in employment, in line with the requirements of the role and provider.

Know someone suitable? YourRecruit operates a paid referral scheme, so if this role isn't right for you but you know someone who may be interested, please get in touch.

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we may not be able to respond individually to every applicant. If you have not heard from us within 7 days, unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for this particular vacancy. We would, however, be pleased to consider you for other suitable opportunities.

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