Registered Children's Home Manager

NHS; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in Rotherham seeks a Registered Children's Home Manager to lead and manage residential homes for children. The role requires substantial experience in social care, compliance with children's home regulations, and a commitment to fostering high-quality care. Responsibilities include ensuring children's safety, promoting their welfare, and working collaboratively with various agencies. Competitive salary offered with excellent benefits.

Benefits

Membership of Local Government Pension Scheme

30 days annual leave

Extensive training programs

Support for professional development

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in managing social care settings.
• Knowledge of laws relating to looked after children.
• Experience with Restorative and trauma-informed practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage children's homes according to regulations.
• Ensure high-quality care for children and young people.
• Collaborate with agencies to provide integrated services.

Skills

Leadership

Management

Child safeguarding

Collaborative working

Therapeutic approach

Education

Level 7 qualification or Level 6 with post qualifying experience

Level 3 Diploma in Residential Child Care

Job description

• Provide leadership and management of childrens homes in the borough
• Ensure homes comply with all standards and legislative requirements
• Provide opportunities for children and young people to influence the decisions that affect them and the service they receive
• Promote a therapeutic approach with both children and young people and staff
• Foster a commitment to continuous growth and development for their staff team
• Work systemically with a range of agencies to ensure a joined-up service centred on the child
• Monitor and develop standards in line with Childrens Home Regulations and work towards ensuring all homes being Good or Outstanding

Main duties of the job

To act as theRegistered Manager of a residential home for children and young people and to ensurethat high quality care within the homes is provided and maintained. Tocontribute to the protection and safeguarding of children at all times. To promote education, health and wellbeing of Children and Young People.

About us

This is an excellent time to work within Rotherham. We arepassionate about the place and the people who live, work and visit here. We aredelivering major regeneration and housing, as well as creating new jobs andopportunities for our residents. Rotherham is a real 'central UK' location withexcellent road and rail links and is ideally placed near the scenic countryside of the Peak District, whilst also being conveniently located next to thevibrant city of Sheffield.

Our vision for Rotherham is that we come together as acommunity, where we seek to draw on our proud history to build a future we canall share. We respect decency, dignity and seek to build a town whereopportunity is extended to everyone, where people can grow, flourish andprosper, and where no one is left behind.

We offer an excellent pay and benefits package whichincludes membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, as well as a rangeof health and wellbeing and other benefits.

Job responsibilities

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Registered Childrens Home Manager

Rotherham South Yorkshire

Job Reference REQ21380

Salary details:£47,181 - £54,495 and excellent benefits

Interview date 3rd November 2025.

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Are you an experienced, innovative, solution oriented, systemic working,child focused Registered Manager, keen to work alongside partners and particularly our children and young people to develop a new model of residential intervention in Rotherham? This post could be for you

Rotherham Council has made a strategic decision to make a significant investment in childrens residential services. This will ensure more of our looked after children are placed in Rotherham, close to their local communities, family and schools.

We plan to use current best practice and evidence-based models to develop a range of new children`s homes, that are small, replicate family life and seek step down to family-based options wherever possible.

We want our residential homes to be an `intervention not a destination`.

We are looking for a Registered Childrens Home Manager who has previous experience of dual registering two childrens homes or significant experience and capacity to step up to dual registration.

Registered Managers in Rotherham will:

• Provide leadership and management of childrens homes in the borough
• Ensure homes comply with all standards and legislative requirements
• Provide opportunities for children and young people to influence the decisions that affect them and the service they receive
• Promote a therapeutic approach with both children and young people and staff
• Foster a commitment to continuous growth and development for their staff team
• Work systemically with a range of agencies to ensure a joined-up service centred on the child
• Monitor and develop standards in line with Childrens Home Regulations and work towards ensuring all homes being Good or Outstanding

Key benefits of working at Rotherham Councils Children and Young Peoples service are:

• Strong support and clear direction from Senior Managers
• Extensive training programme, to develop and professionalise our residential managers and residential practitioners. This will include the Signs of Safety operating model (15-day programme) and Restorative Practice approaches
• Residential services that have access to and work closely with our high quality in house therapeutic service
• Innovative Edge of Care Services and a strong Early Help offer which is reducing demand and supporting professionals to think systemically and develop creative options to support children and young people
• Looked After Children are prioritised for CAMHS assessment and intervention
• The opportunity to make a real difference to the children, young people and families
• Investment in you as a manager involving support, supervision, training and opportunity for professional development and progression.
• Local Authority pension and 30 days annual leave.

About you

We are seeking a talented, inspirational and innovative Manager who can:

• Innovate to help re-define childrens residential services
• Promote a learning and coaching culture
• Develop the skills and practices of our Social Care team to provide an outstanding service to children and young people
• Add value and make the most of available resources.

Our vision is for the children and families of Rotherham to routinely experience and describe the services they receive from us, as outstanding and we intend to do that by putting the child first in everything we do.

By leading our residential teams, you will play a crucial role in developing their skills and practice and our collective commitment to an ethos of excellence, integrity, trust, and transparency. Joining us at a time of change with regard to developing our provision provides you an opportunity to be involved and influence the service design and development of practice in line with best practice and evidence-based approaches.

About Yorkshire

Rotherham and the wider South Yorkshire region is a great place to live and a stones throw from some of the UKs finest towns and cities and is home to some of the most beautiful countryside in Britain. Easy to reach from Sheffield or Leeds, there are plenty of places to see, things to do and property is excellent value for money - all within a 2-hour train journey from London.

If you have any questions regarding this opportunity and/or would like a conversation about this new role, please [e-mail] or [e-mail].

This post involves working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at

www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

This post operates under a Career Grade/Grading Assessment Scheme, with starting salary and progression through the grades being linked to experience, qualifications and level of work being undertaken.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit ourwebsite.

This sentence may contain an extraneous note about pay; if present in the source, retain only essential legal statements. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview.

Until 31st March 2026 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a monthly deduction from each pay period over the full financial year. In recognition of implementing this temporary measure, those who experience a pay reduction will be awarded three additional days leave (pro rata for part-time).

Confirmation of this appointment is also subject to a medical assessment.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Level 7 qualification e.g. Post Graduate Certificates and Diplomas, or Level 6 qualification e.g. Bachelor Degrees, Graduate Certificates and Diplomas; plus post qualifying experience
• Or
• Evidence of the equivalent level of knowledge gained through work experience
• Level 3 Diploma in Residential Child Care or the equivalent. Or will have completed within 2 years of starting work in the role. Failure to complete the Level 3 Diploma or equivalent within 2 years will prevent the post holder from assuming this post, with immediate effect. Therefore, may result in your contract of employment being terminated.

Experience

• Substantial experience of working and managing in a social care setting with children and young people.
• Knowledge and experience of law and practice relating to looked after children and legal status applied to children with the Childrens Act
• Knowledge of best practice and relevant research in child placement services.
• Knowledge of Restorative and trauma informed practice.
• Good knowledge of Childrens Homes Regulations and Safeguarding frameworks.
• Experience of working at a senior management level in a residential setting.
• Experience of working with children, young people and families with complex needs.
• Experience of management of and supervision of staff.
• Experience of managing budgets.
• Experience of working in partnership with other agencies, children and young people and parents
• Experience of performance management, quality assurance systems
• Experience of carrying out audits/checks and implementing improvement measures as required
• knowledge and understanding of local authority processes, policies and procedures
• Utilising a range of ICT systems and applications

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.