Registered Manager

Bright Selection Ltd; Hemsworth; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-related bonus up to £16,00

25 days annual leave

Birthday/volunteering leave

Medicash healthcare

Pension scheme

Electric vehicle salary sacrifice

Blue Light Card

Awards and recognition

Training and career progression

Job summary

Bright Selection Ltd is seeking an experienced Registered Manager to lead the turnaround of an eight-bed children’s residential home supporting young people who have experienced childhood trauma. You will provide strong leadership, safeguarding excellence, and drive regulatory improvements to return the home to full operation.

The role involves managing a dedicated staff team, overseeing care planning, budgets, quality assurance, and working with regional management to deliver sustained

Qualifications

• At least three years' experience as a Registered Manager in children’s residential care.
• History of delivering Good or Outstanding Ofsted ratings.
• Strong safeguarding, regulatory, and compliance knowledge.
• Level 5 Leadership and Management or Level 3/4 Children and Young People’s Workforce/Residential Childcare.
• Experience managing service improvement and cultural change.

Responsibilities

• Lead the turnaround and day-to-day management of the home.
• Drive safeguarding practices and regulatory improvement plans.
• Lead, support and develop the staff team.
• Oversee care planning, budgets and quality assurance.
• Collaborate with regional management and clinical teams.
• Create a safe, child-focused environment.

Skills

Safeguarding

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Team development

Change management

Education

Level 5 Leadership and Management

Level 3/4 Children and Young People’s Workforce/Residential Childcare

Job description

Salary: £49,000 £56,500 plus up to £16,000 annual bonus

Bright Selection is recruiting for an experienced Registered Manager to lead the turnaround of an eight-bed children s residential home supporting young people who have experienced childhood trauma.

This service requires a confident and resilient manager with excellent safeguarding knowledge who can provide strong leadership, drive regulatory improvements and safely return the home to full operation. The successful candidate will be supported by an experienced Regional Operations Manager and Senior Registered Manager.

The role will include:

• Leading the turnaround and day-to-day management of the home
• Implementing and maintaining robust safeguarding practices
• Driving the home s regulatory improvement plan
• Leading, supporting and developing an established staff team
• Overseeing care planning, compliance, budgets and quality assurance
• Working closely with senior operational and therapeutic teams
• Creating a safe, stable and child-focused environment

Essential requirements:

• At least three years experience as a Registered Manager within children s residential care
• A successful history of managing a service rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted
• Strong safeguarding, regulatory and compliance knowledge
• Level 5 Leadership and Management or Level 3/4 Children and Young People s Workforce/Residential Childcare
• Experience supporting children with complex trauma or emotional and behavioural needs
• The leadership skills required to manage service improvement and cultural change

The role is predominantly Monday to Friday, 9am 5pm, although flexibility will be required according to the needs of the service. There is a shared local on-call rota, approximately one week in every six to eight weeks, with regional management support available.

Benefits include:

• Performance-related bonus of up to £16,000
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Additional leave for your birthday, volunteering, health and wellbeing, and festive shopping
• Medicash healthcare benefits and therapeutic support
• Pension scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Blue Light Card
• Awards and recognition
• Training and career progression opportunities

This is an opportunity for an accomplished Registered Manager to take ownership of a service requiring strong leadership and make a measurable difference to its future.