Registered Manager - Home 1

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Training and development

Competitive pay and pension

Job summary

Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is looking for a Registered Manager to lead a new children's home in Barnsley as part of the Children in Care Sufficiency Strategy 2026-2030. You will shape service delivery from the ground up, recruit a skilled team, ensure regulatory compliance, and partner with agencies to deliver high-quality care for looked-after children.

This is a pivotal role with scope to influence future homes and service development. Closing date is 25 September 2026.

Qualifications

• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management in Residential Childcare or equivalent required.
• Substantial experience in social care with children and young people, including management level.
• Experience managing staff and budgets.
• Experience in partnership working with agencies, children, young people and parents.
• Experience leading change in the work environment.
• Knowledge of safeguarding policies and Ofsted requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and overall management of the children's home in line with regulations.
• Develop staffing rota and recruit teams with safe recruitment practices.
• Supervise staff and manage performance reviews and training.
• Develop and implement the home’s service plan and budget management.
• Represent the service externally and build relationships with agencies and the community.
• Chair planning meetings and case reviews and prepare reports as needed.
• Report to the Service Manager for the residential portfolio and influence service development.

Skills

Leadership

Budget management

Staff supervision

Partnership working

Change management

Safeguarding knowledge

Education

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management in Residential Childcare (or equivalent)

Job description

Position reference:50146682

Working Arrangements : Monday to Friday, flexibility will be required

The successful candidate will be required to speak English to an appropriate standard.

This post requires an Enhanced DBS Check

If you are currently living overseas or have lived overseas in the last five years please be aware, if you are the preferred candidate for the post, you will be required to apply for an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in. If you experience difficulty in obtaining an overseas criminal record check please email [e-mail]

When applying, please ensure you are prepared to start work with all the necessary legal documents, such as a valid visa, relevant to the type of work you will be undertaking. Please be aware that our organisation does not possess a Home Office license and, as a result, is unable to provide sponsorship for anyone seeking a visa as a skilled or temporary migrant worker.

Pensions Regulations have provisions to reduce pension payments in certain circumstances of those who return to work within local government service. If you are in receipt of a pension upon commencing employment with the authority, this may affect your pension entitlements and you should therefore seek advice from the relevant Pensions Authority.

At Barnsley Council you can start a career that makes a real difference to people’s lives, helping our council and residents to be the best they can be.

We're an award-winning council and one of the biggest employers in the borough, supporting around 243,000 people. We put people at the heart of everything we do, and that includes our employees. As part of the team, we offer lots of benefits and rewards to support you to thrive and grow, like flexible working, employee discounts, support for your health and wellbeing, and opportunities for training and development to grow your career and develop your skills.

There's so much happening in our thriving borough, and now's the perfect time to join our excellentChildren in Careteam as we work to make Barnsley the place of possibilities.

• We're an award-winning team and one of the biggest employers in the borough supporting around 243,000 people.
• Working at Barnsley Council means being part of a team that makes a real difference to people’s lives, where you can develop the skills you need to make change happen.
• If you join the team you'll receive great pay alongside an excellent pension scheme. With flexible working we'll also support your work/life balance, helping you to adjust your hours and take time off when you need it.
• We'll help you to develop your career and grow your skills with opportunities for training and development.
• Key to our success is working with our residents, partners, businesses and organisations and building these partnerships to bring about change in Barnsley.

About the Post:

Barnesley is expanding its children's residential offer as part of the Children in Care Sufficiency Strategy 2026 to 2030, opening three new homes to give more of our children in care a home in Barnsley rather than an out of area placement.

We're recruiting our first Registered Manager to lead one of these homes from the ground up, the first of three appointments across the programme. You'll be closely involved in getting the service ready to open, not just running it once established, and your experience will help shape how the other two homes are set up as they follow.

What you'll be doing

You'll provide leadership and overall management of the home, ensuring it meets all standards and legislative requirements including The Children's Homes (England) Regulations. You'll develop the staffing rota, recruit your team in line with safe recruitment practice, and manage staff through regular supervision, PDRs and training. You'll produce and implement the home’s service plan, manage the home's budget, and make sure record-keeping systems are in place and properly maintained.

You'll represent the service in internal and external settings, build working relationships with other agencies and the local community, and participate in planning meetings and case reviews, including chairing them and preparing reports where needed. You'll report to the Service Manager for the residential portfolio, alongside the teams developing the other two homes, so there's genuine scope to influence how the wider service takes shape.

What we’re looking for

• A Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management in Residential Childcare (or equivalent), or a commitment to work towards this.
• Substantial experience working in a social care setting with children and young people, including at management level within a residential setting
• Experience managing and supervising staff, and managing budgets
• Experience working in partnership with other agencies, children, young people and parents
• Experience managing change in the work environment
• Sound knowledge of the SCCIF and relevant legislation, national policy on looked after children, and Ofsted requirements for residential care
• Knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures, and of children and young people’s developmental and emotional needs

Why this role

You'd be the first Registered Manager on a new programme, with real input into how the home operates rather than fitting into something already fixed. It's a chance to build a team and a service around the children who’ll live there, and to help set the standard the other two homes follow.

Closing date: 25 September 2026.

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