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Registered Children's Home Manager

Ready to step up from Deputy Manager or take on your next Registered Manager challenge? Lead an established children's home within a growing residential service, with experienced senior leadership, therapeutic support and genuine career development opportunities.

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Registered Manager - Children's Home

Location: Hartlepool
Salary: £50,000-£55,000 per annum
Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
Contract: Permanent, Full Time

We are looking for an experienced Registered Manager, or a strong Deputy Manager ready to step up, to lead a brand-new children's residential home in Hartlepool click apply for full job details

Registered Manager New Children's Home Provision

Lanchester, County Durham £60,000 - £69,000 + Bonus Permanent, Full-time

Build something exceptional from the ground up

£60,000 - £69,000 salary + performance bonuses 31 days' annual leave + birthday day Wellness allowance Funded qualifications On-call payment Company vehicle where required Career progression

We're looking for an experienced Registered Manager to lead an exciting new children's residential care provision in Lanchester, County Durham.

This is a rare opportunity to build and shape a service from the ground up, rather than taking over an established home.

Our provision comprises three individual, modern barn-conversion homes, each providing a single-occupancy home for a young person, set within beautiful and tranquil countryside. The three homes will operate under one Ofsted registration.

You'll have the opportunity to build your team, establish the culture, shape practice and create a service where children feel safe, secure and able to thrive.

Why this opportunity?

• This isn't simply another Registered Manager role.
• You'll be joining at the beginning of the journey, with the opportunity to help establish a brand-new provision and have a genuine influence on how it develops.
• Working closely with an experienced Responsible Individual and Director, you'll help shape:
• The culture and values of the service
• Recruitment and development of your team
• Standards and practice across the homes
• Safeguarding and quality assurance
• Relationships with children, families and professionals
• The preparation and development of the service for Ofsted
• The long-term success of the provision
• The children we support are aged 7 17 and may have experienced loss, instability or trauma. Our approach is trauma-informed and PACE-based, helping children rebuild trust, confidence and hope.
• If you're an experienced children's residential leader who enjoys building, developing and making things happen, this could be an opportunity to make a real difference.

About the role

As Registered Manager, you'll take overall responsibility for the development, leadership and day-to-day management of the provision.

You'll be responsible for:

• Leading the service through Ofsted registration and ongoing regulatory compliance
• Recruiting, leading, coaching and developing a strong staff team
• Creating a positive and consistent team culture
• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
• Overseeing admissions, care planning, transitions, education, wellbeing and independence
• Building strong relationships with families, local authorities and other professionals
• Managing staffing, training, budgets, health and safety and quality assurance
• Ensuring records and care plans are accurate and maintained to a high standard
• Championing trauma-informed and PACE-based practice
• Using ClearCare to maintain effective records and oversight
• Working closely with the Responsible Individual and Director on the strategic development of the provision
• Participating in the on-call rota

What you'll get in return

We want our people to feel valued, supported and rewarded for the work they do. As Registered Manager, you'll receive:

• £55,000 £65,000 salary, depending on experience
• Performance-related bonuses, including rewards linked to strong Ofsted outcomes and successful occupancy
• 31 days' annual leave, including bank holidays, plus an additional day off for your birthday
• Paid on-call allowance
• Fully funded professional qualifications and ongoing development
• Wellness allowance and Employee Assistance Programme
• Company vehicle where required, plus mileage
• Meals provided when working on shift
• Blue Light Card and access to a range of employee discounts
• Employee referral bonus
• Company social events
• Donate Match, helping you support a charity of your choice with company matching
• Genuine opportunities to progress into Senior Registered Manager, Area Manager or Responsible Individual roles

About you

We're looking for a confident and experienced children's residential care leader who is ready to take ownership of a new service.

You'll bring:

• 5+ years' experience working with children in residential care
• At least 2 years' management experience
• Experience working within LD and/or EDB children's services
• Experience as a Registered Manager or senior leader within a children's residential setting
• A track record of achieving at least a Good Ofsted outcome
• Level 5 qualification in Children's Residential Care (or an equivalent recognised qualification)
• A full UK driving licence
• Strong knowledge of Ofsted requirements, the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and relevant legislation and guidance
• Most importantly, you'll be someone who can lead with confidence, build strong relationships and create a culture where good practice becomes the norm.

Safeguarding

• Safeguarding is at the heart of everything we do. You will need to demonstrate a strong understanding of safeguarding and multi-agency working when supporting children with complex needs.
• All appointments are subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and our full pre-employment screening and safer recruitment process.

Ready to build something exceptional?

If you're looking for your next Registered Manager opportunity and want the chance to build and lead a brand-new children's residential provision from the ground up, we'd love to hear from you.

Location: Lanchester, County Durham, DH7

Salary: £55,000 £65,000 per year + bonus

Contract: Permanent, full-time

Registered Manager - Children's Care Home

T3AM Global are recruiting on behalf of a newly established children's care home in Tooting, South West London, which forms part of a larger and well-respected care group.

The group has a strong reputation for delivering high-quality, person-centred care across multiple services and is continuing to invest in new homes as part of its wider growth plans.

This is a rare opportunity for an experienced Registered Manager to take ownership of a brand-new home from the outset, with the backing, resources and support of an established care organisation behind you.

You will have significant autonomy to shape the service, build your own team and establish the culture and standards of the home, while working directly with the Managing Director and senior leadership team.

As Registered Manager, you will play a pivotal role in establishing and running the new service from the ground up.

Reporting directly to the Managing Director, you will have the autonomy to lead the home according to your professional vision while ensuring the highest standards of care, safeguarding, compliance and outcomes for young people.

You will take responsibility for:

Leading the setup, registration and successful opening of the new children's care home
Recruiting, developing and leading a high-performing residential care team
Ensuring full compliance with Ofsted, safeguarding requirements and regulatory frameworks
Implementing effective operational systems, care plans and quality standards
Creating a safe, supportive and nurturing culture for children and young people
Working closely with the Managing Director, senior leadership, local authorities and external professionals
Taking overall ownership of the home's performance, development, growth and reputation

It is ESSENTIAL for the successful candidate to have the following:

Proven experience as a Registered Manager within a children's residential care setting
Strong understanding of Ofsted requirements, safeguarding and children's residential care standards
Experience leading, developing and motivating residential care teams
Strong operational, organisational and leadership capabilities
A passion for creating safe, supportive and nurturing environments for children and young people

Other DESIRABLE qualities/skills include:

Experience setting up, registering or turning around a children's home
Experience working within a multi-site care group or growing organisation
Knowledge of local authority frameworks and commissioning processes
Ambition to progress into multi-site leadership or Directorship
Experience contributing to the wider growth and development of residential care services

This is an opportunity to lead from the front in a brand-new children's residential service and genuinely make the home your own.

50,000- 70,000 salary, depending on experience
Equity options available
Company car available
Direct access to and involvement with the Managing Director
Significant autonomy to shape and develop the new service
Opportunity to recruit and build your own team
Clear route to Directorship and senior leadership as the group continues to expand

Location: Tooting, South West London

For more information on this role, please contact us directly or submit your CV via this advert.

Alternatively, email or call (phone number removed).

We aim to respond to all successful applications within 5 working days. If you do not hear from us, your application has unfortunately not been successful on this occasion - but we will keep your details on file for future opportunities.

T3AM Global is an equal opportunities employer and is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

We have an opportunity for a Registered Manager to join our team to ensure exceptional care and a nurturing environment for our young people in our childrens home.

As a Registered Manager, you will support young people in the many different aspects of daily life within our homes including:

• Manage a warm and friendly home that is a safe and supportive environment for our children and young people to achieve positive outcomes authentic to them
• Ensure compliance with the Childrens Homes Regulations and deliver high-quality care.
• Lead and inspire a motivated team, providing guidance and support.
• Manage budgets, resources, and the home environment.
• Safeguard young people and liaise with professionals to achieve positive outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement and ensure the home's statement of purpose is fulfilled.

If you're passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people and enabling them to shape their own future, then we want you to be part of our team.

What we re looking for from you:

• Extensive experience in children's residential care management.
• Experience working in a LD/EBD home is desirable.
• A strong understanding of relevant legislation and safeguarding procedures.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and organizational skills.
• A commitment to providing a nurturing and empowering environment.
• You hold an NVQ/QCF Level 3 Diploma for the Children's and Young People's Workforce
• You also hold your QCF Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management in Residential Children's Services or be willing to undertake this qualification as part of the role.
• Hold a full UK driving license

Why work for us?

• We are offering a £7500 welcome bonus for this role!
• Access to Tastecard, Bluelight card and MyGym discounts!
• Real Living Wage employer
• Competitive pay rates
• Christmas bonus
• Generous Refer a Friend Scheme
• Financial wellbeing service
• Life Assurance
• Ongoing training and professional development plus High quality CPD opportunities
• Comprehensive induction programme including face-to-face training, online modules, shadowing, and local induction period.
• Face-to-face therapeutic training and support for all colleagues via our SHINE programme.
• Employee assistance programme free, confidential support.
• Looking after your wellbeing - supporting you need to feel good about what you do. We re in this together.
• Supportive management and senior leaders.

Job Type: Full time

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £50,000 £75,000 per annum

Location: Birmingham

About the Role

We are seeking a dedicated, ambitious, and compassionate Ofsted Registered Children's Home Manager for our beautifully furnished brand-new 4/5-bed EBD home based in the heart of Birmingham.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to be at the very start of something special. As the founding Registered Manager, you will have the chance to shape the culture, values, and success of a completely new service before it opens its doors. If you are looking for a role where you can truly make your mark, build a team around your vision, and create an outstanding home from day one, this opportunity offers exactly that.

As part of a successful and growing group of children's residential homes, you will not be doing this alone. We have a highly present and visible Responsible Individual who is committed to providing hands-on support throughout the registration process, opening phase, and beyond. You will benefit from strong leadership, guidance, and operational support while maintaining autonomy to establish a home that reflects your passion and expertise.

This role offers the opportunity to become the face of the home's future success and play a key role in developing another outstanding residential service within our organization.

Additional bonuses are available for achieving KPI targets and securing an OFSTED Good or Outstanding inspection rating.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the daily operations of the children's care facility, ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and standards.
• Lead quality assurance and continuous improvement processes, including Regulation 45 reports, audits, improvement plans, and responses to Regulation 44 audits and local authority assurance visits.
• Monitor incidents, complaints, performance indicators, and outcomes for children.
• Develop and implement engaging programmes that support children's physical, emotional, and educational development.
• Manage staff induction, supervision, appraisal, performance, and development in line with safer recruitment practices and company policy.
• Ensure staffing levels, training, and research-based practice support high-quality care delivery.
• Maintain effective communication with parents, caregivers, and external agencies to ensure collaborative approaches to child welfare.
• Conduct regular assessments of children's progress and well-being, adapting programmed as necessary to meet individual needs.
• Ensure that safeguarding policies are always adhered to, creating a safe environment for all children.
• Manage administrative tasks related to the operation of the facility, including record keeping and reporting.
• Represent the home professionally in meetings and multi-agency settings, building strong relationships with local authorities, commissioners, and safeguarding partners while upholding organizational values, policies, and professional standards.
  

About You

• A recognized Ofsted qualification (e.g. Level 3 Diploma in Childcare or NVQ Level 4 Children and Young People) and Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare.
• Minimum of 1 years experience in a managerial role within a childcare setting.
• Minimum of 2 years' experience within a residential childcare setting.
• Strong knowledge of child development theories and best practices.
• Excellent leadership skills with the ability to inspire, motivate, and develop a team.
• Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written.
• A commitment to ongoing professional development and learning.
• A thorough understanding of safeguarding legislation and procedures.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus: £1,500 £2,500
• Additional performance bonuses for meeting quarterly KPIs
• OFSTED Good/Outstanding inspection bonus
• Dedicated support from an experienced and highly visible Responsible Individual
• Opportunity to lead and shape a brand-new service from registration through to opening
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Wellbeing Programme
• Continuous professional development and training opportunities
• Annual leave allowance that increases with service
• Team reward allowance to recognize and celebrate staff achievements
• Refer a qualified staff member scheme RSWs, Seniors, Team Leaders and Deputies (£250 £1,000)

Apply Now

If you are an experienced care professional looking to take the next step in your leadership career, we would love to hear from you. Apply today to join a forward-thinking organization where you can make a meaningful impact on the lives of those receiving care while developing your own career within health and social care.

At Olive Recruit, we are committed to fostering a workplace culture that embraces diversity and promotes inclusivity. Our core values, Integrity, Impact, Inclusivity, and Innovation, guide our efforts to create an environment where every employee feels valued, respected, and empowered to excel.

As a recruitment agency, we prioritise sourcing and placing diverse candidates with our clients, recognising that diverse perspectives are essential for business success and inclusive work environments.

We take great pride in celebrating the unique backgrounds and experiences of our team members and candidates. By embracing these different perspectives, we not only create a great place to work but also better serve our clients. Your individuality is what makes our team strong.

Join us in championing our values and building a workplace where everyone can thrive.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. All colleagues are expected to share this commitment and participate fully in safeguarding training and processes.

The successful applicant will undergo a free enhanced disclosure from the disclosure barring service & other compliance checks required.

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.

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