Children's Residential Registered Manager

TDA care solutions; Stockport; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

TDA care solutions is seeking a Children's Residential Registered Manager to lead a designated home, ensuring safe, nurturing and high-quality care for children. You will drive regulatory compliance with The Children’s Homes Regulations and Ofsted expectations, promote safeguarding, and foster a culture of continuous improvement among staff and leadership.

You will be accountable for implementing care plans, risk assessments, and staff development while maintaining a compassionate,

Qualifications

• Appropriate Level 5 leadership and management qualification for residential childcare.
• Commitment to achieve the required qualification within regulatory timescales.
• Experience working in or managing a children’s home is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the designated children’s home ensuring safeguarding and regulatory compliance.
• Provide safe, nurturing care and improve outcomes for children.
• Ensure Ofsted readiness and compliance with regulations and standards.

Education

Level 5 leadership and management qualification for residential childcare

Commitment to achieve the required qualification within regulatory timescales

Job description

Children's Residential Registered Manager

Be responsible for the effective leadership, management and regulatory

compliance of their designated children’s home.

The Registered Manager is responsible for ensuring children receive safe, nurturing, kind, aspirational and consistently high-quality care that improves their experiences and outcomes.

The ambition is clear: we aim for every home to be Outstanding. Good is the minimum acceptable standard.

This ambition is not solely about an Ofsted judgement. It means creating homes where children feel safe, valued, listened to and cared about; where staff are proud of the care they provide; where leaders are visible and inspiring; and where there is a constant desire to learn, develop and improve.

The Registered Manager is expected to lead with kindness, integrity, curiosity, courage and accountability. They must inspire others through their own behaviour and create a culture where high expectations are balanced with support, compassion and recognition.

The Registered Manager will be accountable for ensuring the home operates in accordance with:

• The Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015, Supported Accommodation Regulations 2023, and associated Quality Standards.
• The Guide to the Children’s Homes Regulations, including the Quality Standards.
• Relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance.
• SCIF / SCCIF and Annex A.
• The home’s Statement of Purpose.
• Children’s care plans, placement plans, risk assessments and associated plans.
• Choices Homes for Children and Thera Care policies, procedures, protocols and practice guidance.
• Relevant health and safety, equality, data protection, safer recruitment and employment requirements.
• Requirements and expectations of Ofsted and other relevant statutory bodies

QualificationsEssential / Regulatory Requirement:

• Appropriate Level 5 leadership and management qualification for residentialchildcare, or commitment to achieve the required qualification within applicableregulatory timescales.
• Relevant qualification and experience meeting regulatory requirements formanagement of a children’s home.Appointment will be subject to the organisation’s safer recruitment requirements, including an enhanced DBS check and appropriate barred-list check where applicable, satisfactory references, verification of employment history, right-to-work checks, qualification verification and any other checks required by legislation, regulation or company policy.Appointment is also subject to the individual being able to demonstrate and maintain the fitness, experience and competence required to manage a children’s home and to obtain and maintain Ofsted registration.