North West Regional Manager

Brook Street; Noordwes; Hybrid; ZAR 1,195,000 - 1,461,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Leadership development

Development opportunities

Job summary

Brook Street is seeking a North West Regional Support Manager for Residential Children's Services. You will provide high-level leadership across seven homes, support Registered Managers, and ensure consistent, safe, and therapeutic care for children and young people.

Hybrid work is available depending on workload. The role emphasizes audits, interim management, staff coaching, safeguarding compliance, and driving continuous improvement to strengthen services in the North West.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience in residential children’s services.
• Ability to coach, mentor and raise standards with empathy.

Responsibilities

• Provide parachute leadership to Registered Managers and interim management as needed.
• Conduct audits and use findings to drive best practice, stability, and continuous improvement.
• Support staff teams to maintain safe, nurturing, and therapeutic environments for children.

Skills

Leadership experience

Coaching/mentoring

Empathy

Education

NVQ Level 5 in Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care

Job description

North West Regional Support Manager (Residential Children's Services)

Location: (North West coverage)

Salary: £60,000 per annum

Hybrid work included (depending on workload)

If you're passionate about children's residential care and you thrive in a leadership role that makes a real difference, this newly created opportunity is for you.

Our client is investing in leadership development and internal progression, and they're now hiring Regional Support Managers to provide high-level support across

7 homes in the North West-helping teams deliver

consistent, safe, and therapeutic care.

What you’ll be doing:

• Providing "parachute support" to Registered Managers when additional leadership, capacity, or expertise is needed
• Carrying out audits and using what you find to drive

best practice, stability, and continuous improvement

• Stepping in with

interim management cover for homes without a Registered Manager, to protect continuity of care

• Supporting and guiding staff teams to maintain

safe, nurturing, and therapeutic environments for children and young people

• Spotting risks early and implementing clear action plans to strengthen services
• Supporting with

home registration only in exceptional circumstances (not an initial expectation)

What you’ll bring:

• A

relevant professional qualification (e.g., NVQ Level 5 in Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care or equivalent)

• Extensive leadership experience in

children's residential services, including managing or supporting the management of residential homes

• Strong working knowledge of

safeguarding regulations,

Ofsted requirements, and relevant legislation

• A solid understanding of therapeutic environments and child-centred care practices
• Proven ability to coach, mentor, and raise standards with empathy and confidence

Additional information:

• Desirable: trauma-informed care and therapeutic approaches

What’s in it for you?

Salary of

£60,000, plus a supportive, forward-thinking organisation with development at the heart of what they do.

You’ll also benefit from reward and recognition, benefit and discount programmes, and salary sacrifice options including an

electric vehicle scheme and

holiday trading with the chance to make a meaningful impact every single day.

Ready to strengthen leadership across multiple homes and help deliver stability for children and young people?