Registered Manager – Children’s Residential

Registered Manager – Children’s Residential Home

Sheffield

£47,000–£55,000 DOE + up to £5,000 annual bonus

Build the kind of home you would be proud to lead.

Alderwing Care is looking for an experienced and ambitious Registered Manager to lead the development of a new children’s residential home in Sheffield.

This is an opportunity to help shape the home from the outset — influencing recruitment, culture, practice, standards and the way children are supported.

You will work closely with the provider and Responsible Individual, with the professional autonomy and support needed to build a service that is safe, well-led and genuinely child-centred.

We are looking for someone who understands that a successful children’s home is built around stable relationships, a strong staff team, thoughtful placement matching and consistently high standards of care.

As Registered Manager, you will:

• Lead the home in accordance with the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015, Quality Standards and Ofsted requirements.
• Take responsibility for the safe, effective and child-centred operation of the home.
• Help shape the home’s culture, systems and practice from the outset.
• Lead the recruitment, induction, supervision, development and performance of the staff team.
• Promote a strong safeguarding culture and ensure concerns are identified, responded to and escalated appropriately.
• Ensure children receive individualised care that reflects their needs, wishes, plans and outcomes.
• Maintain effective care planning, risk management, recording and quality-assurance systems.
• Develop positive working relationships with children, families, social workers, local authorities and other professionals.
• Ensure the home is prepared for Ofsted inspection and that regulatory requirements are consistently met.
• Work with the Responsible Individual and provider on monitoring, service development and continuous improvement.
• Contribute to placement matching and admission decisions, with the welfare and compatibility of children remaining central to decision-making.
• Build a stable, motivated team and create a culture where staff feel supported, accountable and able to develop.

We are looking for someone with:

• Significant experience working within children’s residential care
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• Experience managing or supervising staff within a residential childcare setting.
• A strong working knowledge of safeguarding, the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 and the Quality Standards.
• The experience required to satisfy Ofsted’s requirements for a Registered Manager.
• Level 3 qualification in Residential Childcare or an accepted equivalent.
• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare, an accepted equivalent,
  or willingness and eligibility to complete the required qualification within the regulatory timeframe
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• Strong leadership, communication and decision-making skills.
• The ability to develop staff through effective supervision, coaching and performance management.
• Confidence working with Ofsted, local authorities, social workers and other professionals.
• Strong safeguarding judgement and the ability to make balanced decisions under pressure.
• A commitment to creating a stable, nurturing and child-centred home.

• Previous experience as a Registered Manager or Deputy Manager in a children’s home.
• Experience of an Ofsted inspection within a children’s residential setting.
• Experience achieving or maintaining a Good or Outstanding Ofsted judgement.
• Experience opening, registering or developing a new children’s home.
• Experience recruiting and developing a residential childcare team.
  
  Experience contributing to Statements of Purpose, workforce planning, policies and quality-assurance systems.

• £47,000–£55,000 salary,…