Registered Children's Home Manager - Complex Health Needs and Disabilities

Bradford Children and Families Trust; Bradford; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative opportunity awaits for a passionate Residential Children’s Home Manager eager to lead a dedicated team in providing exceptional care for disabled children. This role offers the chance to create a nurturing environment where children can thrive, develop new skills, and enjoy enriching experiences. With the home's focus on transformation and improvement, you will play a key role in shaping the future of care services. Join a committed organization that values the well-being of children and offers generous support, professional development, and a fulfilling career path. Your leadership will inspire both staff and children, making a lasting impact in their lives.

Benefits

Generous employer contributions in Local Government Pension Scheme

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Access to Occupational Health and counselling services

Professional development opportunities

Enhanced annual leave entitlement

Real living wage as minimum pay

Access to Blue Light Card discounts

Supportive staff networks

Qualifications

• Must have Level 5 diploma or be willing to complete it within 18 months.
• Experience in managing residential care for children with complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a residential home for disabled children.
• Provide exceptional care and short break experiences.

Skills

Leadership and Management

Experience with looked after children

Staff management and supervision

Crisis management

Communication skills

Understanding of complex health needs

Education

Level 5 diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare

Tools

BCFT electronic systems

Job description

Job Introduction

About Our Home

Are you looking for a new and highly rewarding challenge? Are you driven to ensure that children and young people experience high quality care and fun experiences?

Are you passionate and ready to lead and shape a home for up to five disabled children and young people who may have complex health and behavioural needs?

We are thrilled to offer a unique and exciting opportunity for an experienced and passionate Residential Children’s Home Manager.

We want our children to thrive, develop new skills, enjoy different experiences, establish friendships and grow in confidence.

The home is set in its own grounds and has secure parking available. The home benefits from sensory rooms and a therapy pool. The gardens are spacious and are currently under re-development.

About the role

We are recruiting for an innovative Registered Manager to lead the home as we continue on our transformation and improvement journey. You will be experienced, dedicated, highly professional, and caring, with the passion to provide exceptional care and short break experiences for our children.

Children's Social Care in Bradford is changing, developing, and improving and we are investing in our children’s homes.

What our children say they want

• Someone with a warm and caring personality
• Adults who can play with them
• Watching television and doing any hobbies that they like
• Someone who doesn’t see the role as a job and will instead understand this is their home

What we expect from you

• Level 5 diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (England) (or working towards it). If you have an equivalent qualification, you must be willing to undertake (and complete within 18 months) the Level 5 diploma once in post.
• Experience of working with looked after children and young people, in a residential setting.
• Experience of managing and supervising staff.
• The knowledge, experience and confidence to successfully register with Ofsted.
• The ability to manage challenging and stressful situations, remain calm whilst inspiring your children and team through difficult situations.
• The ability to maintain good monitoring of Quality and Assurance across your service.
• The ability to provide inspirational leadership to your team, supervising and leading your team while maintaining good communication at all levels.
• A good understanding of Children with Complex Health Needs and Disabilities Services.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team including commissioners and external professionals/parents.
• The confidence and ability to lead an Ofsted inspection, aspiring to achieve a GOOD or Outstanding outcome.
• The ability and willingness to learn to use BCFT electronic systems.
• The ability to nurture and support your team to achieve excellence for the children.
• The flexibility to ensure that your service is appropriately supported during evenings, weekends, and bank holidays. This may require you to be hands-on to support your team as required by the needs of the service. You may also be required to undertake some sleep-in duties in order to support your team and children.

What you can expect from us

• The opportunity to give children and young people a childhood that they deserve
• Enhancements for sleep ins, waking nights, bank holidays are paid in addition to salary
• Regular supervision to support development
• Generous employer contributions in a Local Government Pension Scheme
• Competitive salary and pay progression structure
• Real living wage as the minimum rate of pay
• Supportive carer and parental policies
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Access to Occupational Health and confidential counselling services
• Supportive staff networks
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
• Professional development and support to work towards a qualification in Residential Childcare
• Career progression
• Enhanced annual leave entitlement

Location: Bradford, BD4

Next Steps

For an informal discussion about this role please contact Rachel Walker via email.

Closing Date: 25th February

Interview Date: 6th March

Bradford Children and Families Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment.

If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history prior to interview.

An Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check including a check against the Children’s barred list, will be carried out on preferred candidates.

• Salary: PO6 £49,764 - £52,805 + Retention Bonus
• Frequency: Annually
• Job Reference: bradfordcft/TP/653/148
• Contract Type: Full Time / Permanent
• Job Category: Corporate Parenting
• Business Unit: Residential, Fostering & Placements
• Location: Bradford, United Kingdom
• Posted on: 05 February, 2025