Registered Manager

Registered Manager – Children's Residential Home

Location: Westhoughton, Greater Manchester (Bolton area)
Salary: From £50,000 per annum – flexibility for the right candidate
Hours: 40 hours per week
Service: New 2-bed EBD Children's Residential Home

We are recruiting on behalf of our client for an experienced Registered Manager to lead a brand-new 2-bed children’s residential home in Westhoughton, Greater Manchester
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This is an exciting opportunity to take responsibility for a new service from its early stages, playing a key role in the registration and opening of the home, building and developing a new staff team and establishing a positive culture from day one
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Our client is an established and growing children's residential care provider with a strong track record across its existing services. The organisation places a significant emphasis on achieving positive outcomes for children and young people, maintaining stable homes and developing strong, consistent leadership teams
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This position would particularly suit an experienced Registered Manager who enjoys the challenge of developing a new service and wants to work for an organisation where senior leadership remains actively involved in the day-to-day quality and development of its homes.

The service will be a new 2-bed EBD children's residential home based in Westhoughton, near Bolton.

As Registered Manager, you will have the opportunity to shape the service, establish its culture and develop a strong team around the needs of the children and young people placed within the home.

Our client recognises that building a successful new home and staff team takes time and is looking for a manager who can provide the experience, consistency and leadership required to develop a stable service with excellent standards of care
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As Registered Manager, you will take overall responsibility for the effective management and development of the home, including:

• Leading the registration, mobilisation and development of the new service
• Taking responsibility for the day-to-day management of the children's home
• Recruiting, developing and leading a brand-new staff team
• Establishing a positive, child-centred culture within the home
• Ensuring children and young people receive high-quality, individualised care and support
• Maintaining compliance with the Children's Homes Regulations and Quality Standards
• Ensuring the service remains fully prepared for Ofsted inspections
• Maintaining high standards of safeguarding and child protection
• Providing effective supervision, leadership and performance management to the staff team
• Ensuring appropriate care planning, risk assessments and safeguarding procedures are maintained
• Working effectively with local authorities, social workers, families and other professionals
• Monitoring the quality of care and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement
• Ensuring effective staffing, rotas and operational oversight
• Working closely with the Responsible Individual and wider senior leadership team
• Promoting stability, consistency and positive long-term outcomes for the children and young people within the service

Our client is specifically looking for an experienced Registered Manager rather than a Deputy Manager looking to take their first Registered Manager position.

Applicants should ideally have:

• Previous experience as a Registered Manager within children's residential care
• Experience of opening, registering or mobilising a new children's residential home
• Experience of building, managing and developing a new staff team
• Strong experience supporting children and young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) and complex needs
• A strong working knowledge of Ofsted, Children's…