Registered Manager

Oxfordshire County Council; England; On-site; GBP 61,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary

Relocation Support

Annual Leave

Flexible Working

Good and Outstanding

Job summary

Oxfordshire County Council in Oxfordshire is seeking a Registered Manager for new Children’s Homes opening in 2026. You will lead a dedicated team, ensure high-quality residential care, and implement restorative, relational practice.

The role offers a generous salary (£60,955 - £64,482), relocation support up to £8,000, up to 33 days leave, and flexible working options, with a commitment to staff development and safeguarding.

Qualifications

• Within the last five years, worked for at least two years in a position relevant to the residential care of children.

Responsibilities

• This role involves delivering integrated and individualized interventions to promote the best outcomes for children and their families.
• You will lead the residential team, ensuring high standards of care in the children's homes.
• You will work to implement the Family Safeguarding Plus model and safeguarding practices.

Job description

Together, we are shaping Children’s Social Care for the future. Every day, our staff are helping to transform the lives of children and young people in Oxfordshire.

In our Children’s Homes we are committed to delivering lasting change, by helping our children, and their families in Oxfordshire to thrive and succeed. We know the importance of building relationships, empowering people, and building on strengths and this is reflected in our restorative, relational and Social Learning Theory based practice.

Everyday you’ll be challenged in a new way, by supporting our children and young people, in an organisation that is free thinking, flexible, and helps children and young people achieve their ambitions.

We believe that together, our differences make us stronger, and that diversity is the foundation for innovation. Here, you can create a unique career for yourself while raising the bar for the future of Children’s Social Care.

The children’s homes work in line with the Family Safeguarding Plus model, a strength based, multi-agency approach using Motivational Interviewing as a core communication approach and shared risk assessments where teams engage in group supervision which allows for diverse perspectives and improved collaborative decision making.

About the Role

We’re looking for a new Registered Manager to play an integral role working alongside our dedicated team during this exciting time of growth as we open new Children’s Homes in 2026 with the aim to enable more Oxfordshire children to remain in Oxfordshire when they become Children We Care For.

This is a rare opportunity for you to make this role your own and to create a safe and nurturing environment where children can thrive. With the support from our leadership team, you can be creative and bold in how you bring our homes to life, as we continue to live into our value of daring to do it differently!

This is an amazing opportunity to join us to deliver integrated and individualised interventions to promote the best outcomes for children and their families.

About you

As an enthusiastic and highly motivated Registered Manager, you will have:

• Within the last five years, worked for at least two years in a position relevant to the residential care of children.
• Worked for at least one year in a role requiring the supervision and management of staff working in a residential childcare setting.
• Knowledge of managing residential children’s homes regulations.
• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (England) or equivalent or be willing to work towards this and complete within the first 18 months of working for Oxfordshire County Council.

Rewards and benefits

• Salary: £60,955 - £64,482 per annum, which includes salary, annual leave, employer pension, annual pay award increase, employee volunteering scheme, and sick pay. When you are unwell and unable to work, we provide occupational sick pay.
• Relocation Support: Up to £8,000 to assist with your move when joining us.
• Generous Annual Leave: Up to 33 day’s holiday per annum (pro rata), plus bank holidays with an option to ‘buy’ additional days.
• Flexible Working: We cultivate a flexible working culture to help you balance your work and personal life and offer technology to support agile working (where role permits). We are open to discussing your needs and how we can accommodate them, so please feel free to reach out.
• Good and Outstanding