Children’s Home Registered Manager

Children’s Home Registered Manager
Permanent
Location: South East  
Salary: up to £50,000 per annum

We have a fabulous opportunity for two child focused, passionate and experienced Registered Managers to join our new children’s residential service in South East  . Whether you are currently a Deputy Manager or Team Leader in a Children’s Home, or an experienced Registered Manager looking for a new challenge, we would love to hear from you.

Working closely with the Residential Operations Manager, in this highly rewarding role you will play an integral part in developing and managing one of our new children’s homes, to build a service that centres around our children and young people. 

We are looking for a Registered Manager who really listens and cares about what our children have to say. Someone who knows that every child is different and is keen to really understand each and everyone of them. 
Through your strong management, our children will receive the highest quality care. You will lead and inspire a committed staff team, to create a home that is not only safe and comfortable, but one that truly feels like home for our children; a home where staff go above and beyond and our children are made to feel important. 

In return, you will be supported by a leadership team who share these commitments and recognise the importance of continuous professional development. As well as access to high quality training through our social care academy, each of our three bed homes will have a designated clinical support team, so you also will benefit from regular clinical supervision. We will ensure you are given the support, guidance and training you need to bring this vision to life, to enable our children to reach their full potential and succeed in their journey to adulthood, no matter what.

The Offer to You
We are proud to offer our employees a supportive working environment, where valued team members thrive.  We also offer:

• A competitive salary that includes a typicals payments for working an on call rota
• A wide range of support to those willing to relocate to join our team, including up to £6,500 towards the cost of moving house (to qualify, candidates must live more than 25 miles away from their new place of work).
• Access to high quality training via our Children’s Social Care Academy, to support your ongoing continuous professional development. We understand that the more support you receive from us, the better equipped you are to do your job, fulfil our mission and help those children who need it most. 
• Local government pension with 6.8% (subject to annual review/change) section contribution.
• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years of service. 
• The opportunity to buy up to 10 days of additional leave per year. 
• An extensive wellbeing offer, including access to our free 24 hour employee assistance programme
• Generous staff benefits including staff discounts.

About You
To be successful in this role, you will have: 

• OFSTED Registration as a Residential Care Manager, OR significant experience working in a residential children’s care home to secure OFSTED Registration as a Residential Care Manager within 6 months of appointment
• Level 5 Diploma Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Young people’s services (or equivalent) OR commitment to successfully complete within 3 years of appointment.
• Experience of managing/leading a team within a residential Childrens home setting.
• A sound knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation, including The Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015  
• The ability to develop and maintain good working relationships and work collaboratively with a range of agencies 
• The tenacity and resilience required to drive forward continuous improvement to deliver the exceptional care our children and young people deserve.

This role is ideally located for those travelling from London, Watford, Maidstone, Canterbury, Margate, Canterbury, Dover, Folkstone, Hastings, Eastbourne, Winchester, Chelmsford.
 
We recruit across all areas of Qualified Social Work. If you are a Social Worker and this is not the role for you, contact us about other roles including IRO (Independence Reviewing Officer), BIA (Best Interest Assessor), MASH, Children in Need, Duty and Assessment, Child Protection, LAC, Children’s Social Work, Residential Care Practitioner, Adult Social Work, Registered Manager, Children’s Residential Homes, Service Manager, Head of Service, Team Manager and Assistant Team Manager.