Impact-Driven Registered Manager, Children's Home (LD)

Family Care Group; Leominster; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Leadership development

Employee assistance programme

Pension

Job summary

Family Care Group in Leominster, Herefordshire, seeks a Registered Manager to lead a 2-bedroom children's residential home for learning disabilities and complex needs. You will provide inspirational leadership, deliver child-centered care, and ensure regulatory compliance.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams to create a warm, safe, therapeutic environment, promote safeguarding, and achieve outstanding outcomes under the Children’s Homes Regulations and Ofsted.

Qualifications

• Experience managing or deputising within a children's residential home.
• Thorough understanding of the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and Quality Standards.
• Experience supporting children with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs.
• Strong safeguarding knowledge and experience managing safeguarding concerns.

Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire and develop a high-performing residential team.
• Create a positive culture built around safeguarding, inclusion and outstanding childcare practice.
• Ensure compliance with Children's Homes Regulations 2015, Quality Standards and Ofsted requirements.
• Recruit, supervise, develop and retain a skilled workforce.
• Manage staffing levels, rotas and participate in the on-call management system.
• Lead safeguarding investigations, serious incident management and statutory notifications.
• Oversee high-quality care planning, risk assessments, behaviour support plans and placement planning.
• Ensure communication methods are adapted to meet individual needs, including PECS, Makaton, visual supports and assistive communication where appropriate.
• Promote Positive Behaviour Support approaches and minimise restrictive practices.
• Work collaboratively with therapists, psychologists, clinicians, schools, social workers and families to achieve excellent outcomes.
• Monitor children's progress across education, health, emotional wellbeing, communication, independence and social development.
• Complete Regulation 45 reports, quality improvement plans and quality assurance audits.
• Lead the home through Ofsted inspections and continuous service improvement.
• Manage budgets, resources and operational performance effectively.

Skills

Team leadership

Childcare experience

Safeguarding

Trauma-informed practice

Communication

Regulatory compliance

People development

Education

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare

Full UK Driving Licence

Job description

Family Care Group in Leominster, Herefordshire, seeks a Registered Manager to lead a 2-bedroom children's residential home for learning disabilities and complex needs. You will provide inspirational leadership, deliver child-centered care, and ensure regulatory compliance.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams to create a warm, safe, therapeutic environment, promote safeguarding, and achieve outstanding outcomes under the Children’s Homes Regulations and Ofsted.