Children's Home Registered Manager

Compass Community; Canvey Island; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package up to £5,000

Annual bonuses up to £16,000

26–28 days annual leave

MediCash health/wellbeing cash back

Group Life Assurance

Job summary

Compass Community is seeking an experienced Childrens Home Registered Manager to lead and inspire a dedicated team, ensuring outstanding care for children in a home-like environment. The role focuses on safeguarding, wellbeing, and high-quality outcomes, with support from psychology, education services and IT/HR resources.

The successful candidate will have a minimum of 5 years in residential care, 2+ years in staff supervision, NVQ Level 3, and Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for

Qualifications

• Proven leadership and people-management skills in residential childcare.
• Experience supervising and developing teams in a children’s home setting.
• Evidence of Ofsted rating improvements and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire the home team to provide outstanding care.
• Ensure safety and high standards of living for children in the home.
• Drive continuous improvement and performance targets to achieve Good/Outstanding Ofsted.

Skills

Leadership

Staff supervision

People management

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Children and Young People's Workforce

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (England)

Job description

Are you a Life Changer? Do you want to lean in and transform the life of a child? Compass Community puts children first through our therapeutic, innovative approach. Integrity, Courage and Care shape how we work. We listen deeply, challenge each other and fixing what needs fixing, together. This is the work. And we’d like you to be part of it. As Compass grows, so do the opportunities for talented Children’s Home Registered Managers. We’re looking for enthusiastic, determined leaders who can make a real difference and help every house feel like a home. This opportunity will see you lead and inspire your own team. With your guidance, the team will ensure that the children living within the home have outstanding care, great role models and a safe place to call home. We want the very best people managing our children’s homes, which is why we are offering a £5,000 relocation bonus to anyone willing to move to take up this role. This role offers a competitive base salary of £51,731 - £59,606, with the opportunity to earn up to £16,000 in annual bonuses, paid quarterly. Bonus eligibility is based on home occupancy and achieving a "Good" or "Outstanding" Ofsted rating.

We Are Looking For Someone Who

• Has a minimum of 5 years’ experience in a position relevant to the residential care of children.
• At least 2 years in a role supervising and managing staff.
• Has their NVQ Level 3 In Children and Young People's Workforce.
• Has their Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (England).
• Has achieved a “Good” or “Outstanding” grade within recent Ofsted Inspections.

What makes Compass different?

• A designated psychologist within each homes and community.
• A dedicated education service.
• Industry-leading training and support with renowned psychologists.
• Direct therapeutic work with children.
• A member of Community of Communities.
• Child-centred budgets and homes decorated to the highest standard.
• Supportive and reliable on-call system.
• A wide range of organisational support from IT, HR and Marketing and bespoke database systems, giving you the time to do what is important within your home.

Why work for Compass?

• A competitive salary which includes a range of performance-related bonuses.
• Up to £5,000 relocation package if you relocate in order to take this role.
• Annual leave starts at 26 days, in addition to bank holidays, and increases to 28 days following two years of continuous service (Capped at 28 days).
• Receive an additional 3.5 days of leave (one for your birthday, one for health and wellbeing, one to volunteer and a half day for festive celebrations).
• Receive £200 (2 years), £400 (5 years) and £600 (10 years) service awards, plus up to £500 special recognition award for outstanding practice.
• Receive support through your Ofsted inspections.
• Training options for therapeutic training qualifications.
• Engagement days, individual team building and house holidays.
• An experienced staff team of your choice with a Deputy Manager, Seniors and Support Workers.
• With MediCash, receive cash back for medical and wellbeing appointments such as dental treatment/check-ups, optical care, physiotherapy and more.
• Group Life Assurance Scheme: upon successful completion of you probation review, 3 times your annual salary will be provided to your designated beneficiary, should you die whilst employed at Compass.

The successful applicants will be appointed subject to references and enhanced DBS check.

Compass is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We have excellent internal frameworks including REACH and GRACE which all contribute towards your day-to-day job role.

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