Children's Home Registered Manager

Rosewood Care Group; Oldham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A residential care provider is seeking a Registered Manager for Holden House in Oldham, England. The successful candidate will lead and manage a children's home, ensuring high-quality care in accordance with regulations. Responsibilities include leading staff, overseeing care plans, and ensuring compliance with safeguarding protocols. Applicants must have substantial experience in children's residential care, effective leadership skills, and relevant qualifications. This full-time role offers a competitive salary between £50,000 and £60,000 per year.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years' experience in a children's residential care setting.
• At least 1 year of experience supervising and managing staff in a care role.
• Experience working with children with Learning Disabilities and Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Provide strong and visible leadership to staff.
• Ensure the home meets Good or Outstanding Ofsted standards.
• Oversee the development and review of care plans and multi-agency collaboration.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Decision-making

Incident management

Coaching

Education

GCSE English and Maths

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare

Relevant Level 3 or 4 qualification in Children's Care Services

Job description

Job Title:

Registered Manager

Home:

Holden House - Rosewood Care Group

Responsible to:

Responsible Individual

Regulatory Body:

Ofsted

Service Type:

Children's Home - Learning Disabilities (LD) and Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties (EBD)

Purpose and Summary of the Role

The Registered Manager of Holden House will be responsible for the overall leadership, management, and development of the home, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, safe, and child-centred care in line with the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and the Quality Standards.

Working closely with the Responsible Individual and Directors of Rosewood Care, the Registered Manager will provide strong, values-led leadership at a critical stage of service delivery, embedding a culture of safeguarding, therapeutic care, and continuous improvement. The post holder will lead by example, promote positive staff morale, and ensure that children and young people with LD and EBD experience stability, consistency, and opportunities to thrive.

The Registered Manager is accountable for achieving and maintaining Good or Outstanding Ofsted outcomes and for ensuring that practice across Holden House reflects trauma-informed, inclusive, and evidence-based care.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Leadership and Management

Provide strong, visible leadership to staff, modelling professional, ethical, and child-focused practice at all times. Lead, manage, and support the Deputy Manager and wider staff team, ensuring clarity of roles, accountability, and professional development. Foster a positive, stable staff culture with high expectations, reflective practice, and shared responsibility for outcomes. Act as the Designated Safeguarding Lead for the home.

Quality of Care and Outcomes

Ensure the home meets all aspects of the Social Care Common Inspection Framework (SCCIF) to a Good or Outstanding standard. Ensure children's needs are comprehensively assessed and met, including care, emotional wellbeing, health, education, communication, sensory needs, and community engagement. Promote children's rights, dignity, privacy, and participation, ensuring their wishes and feelings meaningfully inform care planning and decision-making. Ensure a safe, nurturing, homely environment that supports regulation, independence, and emotional security.

Safeguarding and Risk Management

Ensure robust safeguarding systems are in place and consistently applied. Oversee behaviour support planning, risk assessments, missing-from-care procedures, and DoLS (where applicable), ensuring proportional and lawful practice. Ensure incidents, restraints, safeguarding concerns, and notifiable events are managed appropriately, recorded accurately, and reported within regulatory timescales. Work effectively with LADO, Local Authorities, health professionals, and other agencies.

Care Planning and Multi-Agency Working

Oversee the development, implementation, and review of care plans, behaviour support plans, and education and health planning. Ensure effective multi-agency collaboration with social workers, schools, health professionals, and families. Maintain strong, transparent communication with parents/carers and placing authorities.

Staffing, Recruitment, and Development

Ensure safe recruitment practices are followed in line with legislation and Rosewood Care policies. Ensure appropriate staffing levels at all times, including rotas, on-call arrangements, sleep‑ins/waking nights, and contingency planning. Ensure staff receive regular supervision, appraisals, and training, including mandatory and specialist LD/EBD training. Support staff development, performance management, and wellbeing.

Governance, Compliance, and Finance

Ensure all Rosewood Care policies and procedures are implemented effectively in practice. Maintain high standards of record‑keeping, reporting, and data management. Establish and maintain effective monitoring systems, including audits, Regulation 44/5 engagement, and quality assurance reviews. Manage delegated budgets responsibly, ensuring financial controls and value for money.

On-Call and Wider Responsibilities

Participate in the on-call rota as required. Contribute to organisational development, sharing good practice across Rosewood Care homes as the organisation grows. Undertake any other duties consistent with the role as reasonably required.

Health and Safety

Take reasonable care for the health, safety, and welfare of yourself, children, staff, and visitors. Ensure compliance with health and safety legislation, fire safety, infection control, COSHH, and environmental risk management.

Person Specification - Registered Manager

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent). Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (or willingness to complete within an agreed timeframe). Relevant Level 3 or 4 qualification in Children's Care Services. Full UK driving licence. Enhanced DBS clearance. Willingness to undertake Ofsted Fit Person interview.

Desirable

Recognised qualification in managing challenging behaviour (e.g. CPI, Team Teach). Previous experience as a Registered Manager. Commitment to further professional development.

Experience

Essential

Minimum of 2 years' experience in a children's residential care setting within the last 5 years. Minimum of 1 year of experience supervising and managing staff working in a care role. At least 4 years' experience working with children with Learning Disabilities and/or Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties. Experience of safeguarding, incident management, and multi-agency working.

Knowledge

Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and Quality Standards. SCCIF and Ofsted inspection processes. Children Act 1989, Children and Families Act 2014, SEND Code of Practice. Safeguarding, child protection, and risk management. Equality, diversity, and inclusive practice.

Skills and Abilities

Strong leadership, communication, and decision-making skills. Ability to write clear, accurate reports and maintain high-quality records. Ability to analyse incidents, data, and performance to drive improvement. Effective time management and flexibility to meet service needs, including on-call duties. Ability to coach, mentor, and develop staff teams. Ability to translate policy into consistent, high-quality practice.

Job Type: Full-time
Pay: 50,000.00-60,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person