Ofsted Registered Manager

Changing Lives Care Group; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A children’s care organization seeks a Registered Manager for its homes in the East Midlands to ensure quality, individualised care for young residents. The role requires overseeing placements for young people with emotional and behavioral needs while ensuring compliance with regulations. Responsibilities include managing staff training, safeguarding, and service delivery. Applicants must have relevant leadership qualifications and extensive experience in childcare environments. This position offers a competitive salary and numerous employee benefits.

Benefits

Progressive pay scale

Company pension scheme

Free meals on shift

Wellbeing support

Birthday leave

Qualifications

• Must hold a Level 5 Leadership & Management qualification.
• At least 5 years’ experience in children’s homes required.
• Full UK driving licence essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead the management of the Children’s Home.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory frameworks.
• Oversee placements and coordinate with healthcare professionals.

Skills

Experience working with young people with ASC

Knowledge of childcare legislation

Supervision and training experience

Understanding of safeguarding practices

Management of HR issues

Education

Level 5 Leadership & Management – Children & Young People

Job description

Accountable To

Operations / Area Manager

Location

Nuneaton, Burton, Derby or Leicestershire

Hours

09 : 00 to 17 : 00

Shifts

Monday to Friday

Salary

Up to £50,000k per annum + Bonus

Who are we?

We provide residential placements for children / young people aged 8-18yrs. We are approved, registered and inspected by Ofsted. We are specifically situated in highly desirable locations, our homes are located in close proximity to all transport links and a vast array of local amenities. Our homes are registered at a low occupancy level allowing them to operate to the best standards; ensuring quality child / young person‑centred individualised care in order to meet the developmental needs of all of our residents. It is universally accepted that children and young people are more likely to grow and flourish emotionally, intellectually and physically in a family environment, our homes are a perfect example of this.

Job Summary

To work with the Senior Management Team to promote the values and ethos of Changing Lives Care Group LTD in the management of all aspects of the Children’s Home, taking responsibility for the implementation of all young people’s placements to support their emotional and mental wellbeing. To take the lead in the development, implementation, monitoring and review of standards across the home, ensuring exceptional levels of care for all young people and ongoing compliance with regulatory frameworks. To establish and maintain a competent, motivated and confident staff team, providing supervision and development of the residential care staff. To be the responsible person for managing child protection concerns, complaints and health and safety in order to ensure that the needs of all young people are met.

The post holder will be the ‘Registered Manager’ for the Children’s Home as specified in the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and they will be responsible for managing all aspects of running the Home. The Home will provide assessment and medium to long-term placements for young people with emotional and behavioural needs. Therefore, the Registered Manager will be required to oversee the placements, working with internal care staff, healthcare professionals (e.g. psychologists and occupational therapists) and educational staff, as well as external partner agencies to achieve the needs and targets of the individual young people.

Key Result Areas

• Managing service delivery
• Managing People
• Teaching, Training & Supervision
• Managing Finance
• Managing Resources
• General

Person Specification

• Level 5 Leadership & Management – Children & Young People
• Experience of working with young people with ASC, mental health and or emotional and behavioural difficulties
• Knowledge of childcare legislation
• Full UK driving licence
• Clean updated DBS
• At least 5 years’ experience working within children’s homes
• Experience of managing HR related issues
• Experience in the delivery of staff training
• Sound knowledge around safeguarding and best practices

What you’ll get

• Progressive pay scale with clear progression plans
• Company pension scheme
• Refer a friend scheme
• Dedicated learning and development programmes including fully funded Level 3 and 5
• Free meals, snacks and drinks on shift for all residential staff
• Comprehensive induction programme, highly praised by all of our new recruits
• Friendly, small passionate teams
• Free enhanced DBS
• Wellbeing support - Enhanced Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – 24 / 7 access to support and free counselling sessions
• Opportunities for overtime
• Birthday leave
• Birthday bonus
• Annual appraisal bonus
• Completion of qualification bonus
• Inspection bonus
• Additional annual leave scheme
• Probation completion bonus

Changing Lives Care Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone in our care and therefore this post is subject to an enhanced DBS check