Registered Manager: Family Assessment Services Leader

Brook Street; Reigate; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual bonus

Generous leave

Ongoing training

Career progression

Leadership team

Service development

Job summary

Brook Street is recruiting a Registered Manager to lead a Family Assessment Service, ensuring high-quality parenting assessments and safeguarding compliance. You will manage a multidisciplinary team, maintain regulatory standards, and collaborate with Local Authorities, Courts, and Cafcass to deliver reliable, defensible assessments.

You will oversee reports, risk analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring a safe, therapeutic environment for families and children.

Qualifications

• Level 5 Diploma or equivalent in leadership/management for residential childcare or related field.
• Social Work qualification is desirable but not mandatory.
• Advanced safeguarding qualification/training is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective leadership and management to the assessment team.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and maintain safeguarding systems.
• Oversee delivery of high-quality parenting/parent capacity assessments.
• Monitor KPIs, occupancy, and service outcomes; drive improvements.
• Coordinate with Local Authorities, Courts, Cafcass and other partners.

Skills

Leadership & management

Safeguarding knowledge

Risk management

Report writing

Stakeholder management

Regulatory compliance

Children's social care experience

Education

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management (Residential Childcare/Health & Social Care)

Social Work qualification (desirable)

Safeguarding qualification/training (advanced)

Job description

Brook Street is recruiting a Registered Manager to lead a Family Assessment Service, ensuring high-quality parenting assessments and safeguarding compliance. You will manage a multidisciplinary team, maintain regulatory standards, and collaborate with Local Authorities, Courts, and Cafcass to deliver reliable, defensible assessments.

You will oversee reports, risk analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring a safe, therapeutic environment for families and children.