Registered Home Manager - Exciting New Children's Service!

SuperHiring; Eastbourne; Vor Ort; GBP 45.000 - 60.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Above-average salary

Private healthcare

Gym membership stipend

Rotas: 1 Day On / 2 Days Off

CPD training

Zusammenfassung

SuperHiring is seeking an experienced Registered Manager to lead a high-need therapeutic children’s home in central Eastbourne, caring for young people aged 11–18 with learning disabilities, complex mental health challenges, trauma and high-risk behaviours.

You’ll be responsible for Ofsted compliance, care quality, and safe operations within a forward-thinking provider committed to staff wellbeing and professional development.

Qualifikationen

• Experience managing (or deputising in) a children’s residential setting with high-risk or EBD/mental health needs.
• Excellent understanding of safeguarding, Ofsted standards, and risk management.
• Proven leadership skills and a therapeutic, values-driven approach.
• Full UK driving licence (essential due to rural location).

Aufgaben

• Be fully responsible for the home’s Ofsted compliance, care quality, and safe operations
• Build and lead a skilled team of support workers, Team Leaders and Deputies
• Drive trauma-informed, therapeutic practice at every level of the home
• Maintain a culture of high expectations, emotional safety, and accountability
• Develop and monitor care plans, risk assessments, audits and serious incident reviews
• Build strong partnerships with social care, CAMHS, schools and families
• Create an environment where staff are supported, valued, and retained
• Actively contribute to service growth, quality assurance, and safeguarding strategy

Kenntnisse

Residential care experience

Leadership skills

Safeguarding knowledge

Risk management

Full UK driving licence

Ausbildung

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management (Residential Childcare)

Jobbeschreibung

Registered Home Manager - Exciting New Children's Service! (BBBH213) Eastbourne, England

Registered Manager – Children’s Residential Home (Mental Health, LD & High-Risk Behaviours)
Location: Central Eastbourne

Shift Pattern: 9:00am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday

Salary: £Competitive + Bonus + Full Benefits | Ofsted-Regulated

We’re recruiting an exceptionalRegistered Managerto lead a small, high-need therapeutic children’s home incentral Eastbourne, supporting young people aged 11–18 with learning disabilities, complex mental health challenges, trauma, and high-risk behaviours.

This is a rare opportunity to take full ownership of a service whereclinical practice meets leadership vision— ideal for experienced Registered Managers or ambitious Deputies ready to take that next step.

You’ll oversee a well-resourced, psychologically informed environment, supported by a forward-thinking provider committed to therapeutic excellence and staff well being.

The Young People You’ll Support May Present With:

• Self-harm, including ligatures and risk of serious injury
• Suicidal ideation, dissociation, and crisis dysregulation
• Histories ofCSE (Child Sexual Exploitation)and trafficking
• Sexualised behaviour, aggression, and boundary issues
• Substance misuse andoverdose risks
• Conditions including PTSD, emerging personality disorder, ADHD, autism, and attachment trauma

Your Role as Registered Manager

• Be fully responsible for the home’s Ofsted compliance, care quality, and safe operations
• Build and lead a skilled team of support workers, Team Leaders and Deputies
• Drive trauma-informed, therapeutic practice at every level of the home
• Maintain a culture of high expectations, emotional safety, and accountability
• Develop and monitor care plans, risk assessments, audits and serious incident reviews
• Build strong partnerships with social care, CAMHS, schools and families
• Create an environment where staff are supported, valued, and retained
• Actively contribute to service growth, quality assurance, and safeguarding strategy

What We’re Looking For

• Experience managing (or deputising in) achildren’s residential settingwithhigh-risk or EBD/mental healthneeds
• Excellent understanding ofsafeguarding, Ofsted standards, and risk management
• Proven leadership skills and a therapeutic, values-driven approach
• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management (Residential Childcare)– or willingness to complete
• Strong working knowledge of legislation: Children’s Homes Regs, Quality Standards, Working Together to Safeguard Children, etc.
• Emotional intelligence, professional resilience, and confident decision-making
• Full UK driving licence(essential due to rural location)

What You’ll Receive

• Salary significantly above national average, with access to bonus scheme
• Private healthcare and 24/7 GP access
• Monthly gym membership stipend
• Structured “1 Day On / 2 Days Off” rota model for all shift staff
• Support from experienced senior leadership and clinical advisors
• 36+ days of CPD training per year, plus peer support and leadership mentoring
• Internal promotions pipeline to Operations/Regional roles
• Pension scheme and protected time for management duties

Safer Recruitment Commitment

This provider is committed to robust safeguarding and Safer Recruitment practices. Offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS, referencing, and full identity and background checks.