Children's Home Registered Manager

Catch22; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a passionate Registered Manager to lead a children's home dedicated to providing exceptional care. This role involves guiding a team to foster strong relationships with young residents and ensuring their safety and well-being. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to shape the future of the organization as it expands, while promoting a relationship-based model of care. If you are a confident leader with a commitment to improving the lives of young people, this is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in the community.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Registered Manager or Deputy Manager in a Children's Home.
• Ability to lead and empower staff for high-quality care.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of service development and team management.
• Engage with local agencies and support the growth of new homes.

Skills

Leadership

Team Management

Risk Assessment

Relationship-Centered Care

Experience with Young People

Education

Level 5 in Leadership and Management

Job description

Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust is a charity creating life-changing, education-focused children’s homes, to ensure that children in care have the same opportunities as everyone else.

We believe that children growing up in residential care should go on to achieve great things, and lead fulfilling lives. We believe that social pedagogy, and a focus on education, people, and place, is the best approach to supporting young people.

In February 2022, we opened our first children's home in Sutton, which can support up to six 12-17 year olds with emotional, social, and behavioural difficulties. It is an award-winning state of the art building, and sets a new standard for children's homes in the UK. You can read more about the home here and see a virtual tour of the building here.

Job Description

As the Registered Manager of our children’s home, you will lead on all aspects of service development to continually improve the home, role modelling good practice, and embedding a relationship-based model of care in the home.

You'll be leading a team of 12, setting a clear vision and empowering practitioners to build strong relationships with young people, ensuring that the children who live in our home are kept safe, have the tools to help them thrive, and are supported in their plans for their futures. You'll also have the opportunity to use your expertise and experience to support our growth as we look to open new homes (we're currently developing plans for our 2nd and 3rd homes).

The Registered Manager leads on engagement with local partner agencies and commissioners, allowing you the opportunity to grow and develop your network across the local children's social care sector.

Qualifications

About you

We are looking for someone with the following skills and experience:

• Recent experience as a Registered Manager or experienced Deputy Manager in a Children's Home
• A confident leader, with the ability to line manage staff in a way that brings out the very best in them.
• Experience of leading teams, and role modelling good practice, that results in consistently high quality, relationship-centred care.
• Confident in making difficult decisions, assessing and managing risk, and navigating the complex and always-changing residential care environment.
• Experience of working effectively with young people, with a range of social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties.
• Level 5 in Leadership and Management (this is desirable. If you don't have this currently, we can support you to achieve)
• Practice in our home is based on social pedagogy, so previous experience of working in a home with a relationship-based model of care would be beneficial, but isn't essential.

Additional Information

Salary: £45,000 – £60,000 per annum
Hours of work: Full time, 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday
Contract: Permanent

Application Process

Please take time to complete your CV, with your employment history in full, providing explanations of any gaps. Please also include a cover letter, in the 'Message to Hiring Manager' box, that outlines:

• Why you are interested in working for Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust.
• How you meet the requirements in the person specification.

*Interviews will be held on a rolling basis and we may appoint before the closing date for applications, so candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. We will not be able to consider any applications that only provide a CV.

Safer Recruitment

At Lighthouse Pedagogy Trust, we safeguard all children and young people in our care. As part of our recruitment process, we conduct rigorous checks and vetting of all applicants, in line with legal and regulatory requirements and best practices.

Everyone who works in our homes will be responsible for safeguarding young people and putting their safety and wellbeing first.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (police records) check, including overseas police checks where necessary. Please note that this post is exempt from the limitations of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, and as such, all previous cautions and convictions will need to be disclosed as part of any application.

About the company

Catch22 is a social business. We design and deliver services that build resilience and aspiration in people and communities across the UK.