Registered Manager, Children's Residential Service - Leeds | Care in Mind

Care in Mind; Leeds; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Enhanced pension

Healthcare plan

Life assurance

Onsite parking

Job summary

Care in Mind is launching a pioneering three-bed children’s residential home in Leeds. The Registered Manager will lead staffing, regulatory compliance and delivery of trauma-informed care for children with complex needs, ensuring outcomes are achieved with families and communities.

You will oversee budgets, quality assurance, safeguarding and partnership work with authorities, schools and clinical teams to deliver exceptional care and maintain the highest standards.

Qualifications

• Current or previous Registered Manager experience in children’s residential care.
• At least two years’ recent experience in children’s residential services.
• Experience managing and supervising teams within a residential setting.
• Experience working in Ofsted-regulated services.
• Strong knowledge of Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 and Quality Standards.
• Sound safeguarding knowledge and looked-after children legislation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the launch and ongoing operation of a three-bed children’s home.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and high standards of care and quality.
• Manage staffing, rotas, supervision, and performance.
• Oversee budgets, payroll, and financial controls.
• Collaborate with local authorities, schools, CAMHS and other stakeholders.
• Promote staff wellbeing and reflective practice while maintaining safeguarding.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Team supervision

Budget management

Staff development

Regulatory compliance

Safeguarding knowledge

Education

Level 3 Diploma

Level 5 Diploma

Job description

Registered Manager, Children's Residential Service - Leeds | Care in Mind

Company: Care In Mind

Salary: £53,176.50 - £60,469.50 Per Annum Dependant on Skills And Experience.

Registered Manager - Children's Residential Service

Leeds

Lead the launch of an innovative new specialist children’s home

Care in Mind is proud to be launching an exciting new three-bedded Ofsted-registered children’s residential home in Leeds, following the award of a seven-year partnership contract with Leeds City Council. This pioneering service will provide specialist, trauma-informed care for children and young people with complex mental health needs, helping them remain close to their families, schools and local communities whilst accessing expert therapeutic support.

We are looking for an exceptional Registered Manager to play a pivotal role in establishing and leading this new service from day one. This is a unique opportunity to combine the excitement of developing a new home with the support, expertise and reputation of an established specialist provider.

You will hold overall responsibility for the leadership, management and regulatory compliance of a three-bed residential home supporting children with complex mental health needs and behaviours that challenge.

You will lead an experienced staff team, ensure the home achieves the highest standards of care and quality, and work collaboratively with internal clinical teams, local authorities, schools, CAMHS and other stakeholders to ensure exceptional outcomes for children and young people.

Essential experience and qualifications:

• • Current or previous experience as a Registered Manager within children’s residential care.
• • At least two years' recent experience working in children’s residential services.
• • Experience managing and supervising teams within a residential setting.
• • Experience working within Ofsted-regulated services.
• • Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent).
• • Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare, or willingness to achieve this qualification (fully funded).
• • Strong understanding of Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 and Quality Standards.
• • Sound knowledge of safeguarding, child protection, and legislation relating to looked-after children.

You’ll also bring:

• • Outstanding leadership and people management skills.
• • Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities.
• • Experience recruiting, developing and retaining talented teams.
• • Confidence managing budgets, quality assurance processes and regulatory inspections.
• • The ability to remain calm and effective under pressure.
• • A strong commitment to staff wellbeing, professional development and reflective practice.
• • A genuine passion for supporting children and young people experiencing complex mental health challenges.

What We Offer

In addition to the opportunity to lead a flagship new service, we offer an excellent benefits package including:

• • 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service
• • Birthday leave
• • Enhanced pension and sick pay
• • Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits
• • Healthcare Cash Plan
• • Life Assurance
• • Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• • Employee Assistance Programme
• • Extensive learning and development opportunities
• • Investors in People Silver accredited employee
• • Blue Light Card discounts
• • Refer a Friend Scheme
• • Free onsite parking and much more.

Ensure competency and understanding of all staff in implementing care plans that are collaborative and have the young person at the centre of their care.

To take full responsibility for the competence and capability of the residential team, managing performance effectively.

Understand and know the residential teams’ strengths and weaknesses, offering support and guidance when necessary.

Maintain appropriate boundaries with all staff and young people/children.

Always lead by example, be honest and transparent when things are not going well and when things go well, sharing good practice.

To facilitate regular team meetings and ensure good attendance and contribution of all staff.

Creative and effective management of the staff rota, ensuring that the staffing requirements for the home are met and the service is safe.

Monitor and review overtime, making good use of the bank team to fill deficits.

To build a strong, skilled, and resilient team that feel empowered to support the young people through regular supervision and appraisal.

Be responsible for the effective recruitment of suitable and skilled employees to work within the team. To work towards the Staffing Model, ensuring the correct number of staff in each discipline.

Ensure robust staff inductions, and probationary reviews are taking place within agreed timescales and any concerns are discussed with the senior residential team and dealt with promptly.

To ensure that all internal employees are booked on mandatory and refresher training to support organisational compliance with internal and external standard requirements.

To regularly monitor teams training compliance levels for mandatory and supplementary training, proactively highlighting concerns to the Learning and Development team. Where possible to undertake problem solving to overcome barriers and challenges faced with learning and development.

To be always professional, dressing smart and using appropriate language in all environments.

To oversee the implementation of development plans for all staff.

To be a caring and thoughtful manager who is willing to support the staff team, ensuring their own wellbeing.

To manage sickness absence robustly and in a supportive manner.

To retain overall responsibility for ensuring that payroll is completed each month.

To work with the People services team in relation to employee relations concerns, being proactive and timely, producing well-presented investigations and reports that are of a high standard.

To take full responsibility for the high standard of the home, reporting any works required to the Technology and Estates department in a timely manner in accordance with the repairs and maintenance processes.

To take ownership and pride in the upkeep of the home ensuring all health and safety checks and tasks are completed as required. To ensure the home has a warm and inviting atmosphere and has been made homely for the children.

To oversee all cleaning and maintenance tasks as outlined within the residential maintenance processes by carrying out a weekly around of the home and following up on all required actions.

Liaising with the Quality & Assurance department, ensuring the effective review of all residential audits and action plans.

To ensure all actions as outlined by the quality assurance department are actioned in a timely manner.

To complete the Reg 45 on a monthly basis and ensure submission to Ofsted within timescales.

To support Reg 44 visits and respond to all reports ensuring actions are addressed within timescales

To be responsible for monitoring the house budgets with weekly finance checks and action plans in place to review use of budgets, efficiency and cost savings analysis.

To provide a comprehensive reports on home costings and actions.

To be an active and encouraging Manager, establishing, and maintaining effective communication with all stakeholders.

To oversee the young people’s financial arrangements, ensuring staff competence in recording any transactions.

To work alongside the Strategy and Pathways Team, building and maintaining all stakeholder relationships in relation to referral generation and ongoing relationships with current home and commissioning teams of the children.

To record all contact with stakeholders on the home clear care records ensuring regular meetings are set up and attended with each stakeholder of the home.

To be responsible for your own development and well-being, ensuring you attend staff support monthly.

To comply with Care in Mind’s Equal Opportunities Policy

Recognise and appropriately challenge any incidents of racism, bullying, harassment or victimisation.

To always maintain confidentiality, in accordance with the agreed policy.

Ensure adherence to Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) protocols to maintain a safe and hygienic environment for young people and staff.

It is the responsibility of all staff to read and work to the company safeguarding policy, to complete the Safeguarding training commensurate with their job role, and to report any genuine concerns to the designated safeguarding officer/lead on site, or a senior member of staff.

The tasks and responsibilities shown above are not exhaustive and should be regarded only as a guide. The post-holder will be expected to undertake any reasonable activities according to the needs of the business at the time. These will be subject to periodic review and may be amended to meet the changing needs of the business and the interests and skills of the post-holder. The post-holder will be expected to participate in this process, and the company would aim to reach agreement to any changes.

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