Registered Manager - Children's Homes

Witherslack Group; Hinckley; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading provider of specialist education and care as a Registered Manager in Hinckley. This rewarding role involves managing a children's home, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for young people with social, emotional, and mental health needs. You will lead a dedicated team, oversee operations, and work closely with clinical professionals to achieve positive outcomes. With a commitment to celebrating small victories, you will make a significant impact on the lives of young individuals, helping them navigate their childhood and grow into well-rounded adults. This is an opportunity to thrive in a purpose-led organization that values diversity and personal growth.

Benefits

7 weeks’ holiday

Private Health Insurance

Medical cover

Training through Care Academy

Flexible benefits package

Meals provided at work

Wellbeing tools and advice

Progression opportunities

Recommend a friend scheme

Long-term incentive plan

Qualifications

• Experience managing an Ofsted rated Good or Outstanding children’s home.
• A committed and enthusiastic leader with a passion to make a difference.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operations in the home and ensure compliance with Ofsted.
• Support young people's development and create a safe, nurturing environment.

Skills

Management of children's home

Leadership

Commitment to child welfare

Understanding of Ofsted requirements

Driving license

Education

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare

Job description

Registered Manager - Children's Homes

Apply locations: Hinckley

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted 18 Days Ago

Time left to apply: End Date: December 31, 2024 (9 days left to apply)

Total package: Up to £66,550 per annum

PLUS 30% bonus accrued each year

Those huge small victories

Working in our Children’s Homes means being a part of a young person’s day to day life. This means being there for the highest highs and lowest lows. As a Registered Manager, you will make sure that the home environment can support this by ensuring both your staff and the young people feel secure, safe, and motivated. There will be challenges along the way but there will also be the smallest moments which feel like a huge small victory!

Our homes accommodate young people with social, emotional, and mental health needs, and our aim is to create the best possible outcome for the young people in our care. This is all made possible because our service is holistic and touches on every aspect of our young people’s developmental needs. From our Psychologists and Occupational Therapists to many other clinical team members who feed into the overall picture, we achieve positive outcomes by having the most joined-up service in SEND.

Get out what you put in

By managing the day to day operations in the home and taking ownership of Ofsted requirements, you enable our young people to get their childhood back and create pathways to become well-rounded adults – an incredibly rewarding role to have. You will actively be involved with new referrals and be safe in the knowledge that you will be providing a home in the UK's leading provider of specialist education and care.

What we do for you

We know you’re going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the care sector. With us, you’ll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people – plus you’ll get:

• Salary: Base salary of 4-5 bed - £46,333 - £56,955
• Bonuses: Bonus of 10% of salary reviewed annually, £2,500 on call bonus (approx. 10 weekends per year) and Attendance allowance £1,400
• You also receive a long-term incentive plan – a bonus of 30% of salary accrued each year and paid as a future lump sum
• Training: A full 4-week induction on our Care Academy
• Holiday: You’ll work hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with 7 weeks’ holiday
• Progression: If career development is your thing, most of our regional managers have been promoted from within our group
• Flexible benefits package: meaning you can increase/decrease your holiday allowance, pension, and life insurance
• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance
• Private Health Insurance and Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an optician or dentist appointment
• Meals provided while you’re at work
• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities
• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus every time

Bring your whole self to work

Here at Witherslack Group, we celebrate everyone’s differences as that’s what makes us the best at what we do. Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds, and with different needs – and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage, and inspire our young people to be themselves. We’ll give you the chance to build an exciting career in a fast-growing organisation, where you’re free to achieve your potential. Here’s what we need from you:

• Experience managing an Ofsted rated Good or Outstanding children’s home
• A committed and enthusiastic leader with a passion to make a difference
• Level 5 Diploma qualification in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (England)
• A full UK driving licence which you’ve held for at least 12 months

Join the UK’s best special education and care provider

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

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Children’s Support Worker / Residential Support Worker / Care Worker / Career in Care / Working with Children / SEMH

About Witherslack

We are the highest Ofsted-rated provider in the country for special education and care. Our teams are fulfilled by the idea of making even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

There’s lots of ups and downs, and to some of our young people, just sitting through a lesson can be a big win. We call these huge small victories and whilst they may seem small on the surface, they add up to make a big difference.

We live and learn with children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs, communication difficulties (such as Autism, Asperger’s Syndrome, or speech, language and communication needs), ADHD or complex learning needs. We have the most joined-up model in SEN, the best environments and we are proud of what we do.

Mission: We are the leading provider of specialist education and care for children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs, communication difficulties (autistic spectrum conditions; speech, language and communication needs), ADHD and complex learning needs.