Registered Manager Children's Residential Care

Registered Manager:
Children's Residential Care

Location: Heald Green, South Manchester (SK8 area)

Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum (depending on experience + performance benefits)

Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am 5:00pm, flexible management presence + on-call rota

Key Benefits include:

• Ofsted inspection awards (up to £2k)
• 1 protected admin day/week
• Birthday + Xmas shopping days off
• £1k annual CPD allowance
• £300 annual wellbeing allowance
• Loyalty bonuses & rising leave
• Funded Level 5
• En-suite staff facilities

Are you looking for a leadership role where relational, person-centred care comes first? Whether you're an established leader or an ambitious Deputy Manager ready for the backing to step up to your first Registered Manager post, we want to hear from you.

SM Care was founded by leaders with a distinguished background in the police force who entered residential childcare for all the right reasons - bringing unwavering integrity, child advocacy, and genuine heart.

We believe caring for young people is about building deep, lasting connections. Here, you'll have a genuine clean slate: the rare autonomy, clinical backing, and executive partnership needed to shape a true therapeutic culture, ethos, and living environment from day one.

• A New Provider with a Fresh Vision: Shape the culture, ethos, and standards of our founding service from the ground up, putting your personal stamp on our provision.
• A True Therapeutic Ethos: Work directly alongside our psychotherapists to embed a person-centred, reflective living community throughout the home.
• Supportive Partnership: Lead in close collaboration with our Responsible Individual consultant and directors, ensuring constant guidance and zero isolation.
• Continuous Professional Development: Access funded Level 5 support for a stepping-up Deputy Manager and dedicated leadership mentoring tailored to your career goals.

We know that children's residential care requires deep resilience, empathy, and heart. Our homes are vibrant, safe places where children feel secure, wanted, and empowered to process past trauma alongside adults who truly advocate for them.

As a Registered Manager with us, you'll never have to carry the weight of leadership on your own. Our founders and Responsible Individual are right beside you with an open door, genuine backing, and a warm, reflective culture where we problem-solve, learn, and celebrate progress together.

Located in Heald Green, South Manchester, our brand-new residential service is a high-specification, welcoming home designed to provide stability, comfort, and space for young people with complex emotional and social needs. Featuring en-suite staff bedrooms and office, it offers a secure, homely base for our children while giving you and your team the comfortable, professional spaces you need to lead effectively.

You'll hold full operational leadership of this new home, establishing high-quality care practice, regulatory compliance, and a nurturing therapeutic ethos.

Your day-to-day as a Registered Manager will involve:

• Therapeutic Leadership: Championing a person-centred, relational approach, working with psychotherapists to formulate live Behaviour Support Plans and Risk Assessments.
• Team Development & Culture: Recruiting, supervising, and delivering reflective practice sessions to maintain high expectations across your care team.
• Regulatory Excellence: Leading on Regulation 45 quality reviews, managing Ofsted inspection readiness, and overseeing the service budget and resources.

Essential:

• The Background: Proven, established track record as a leader (at Deputy Manager level or above) in a children's residential care setting (minimum 2 years' relevant experience within the last 5 years).
• The Qualifications & Compliance: Already hold or be actively working towards the NVQ Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (or equivalent), and be prepared to complete an Enhanced DBS check.
• The Logistics: Hold a full, valid UK driving licence.

Desirable:

• Established experience as a Registered Manager, or already fully qualified with the NVQ Level 5 Diploma.

• Competitive Salary & Leadership Bonuses: Up to £55,000 per annum (depends on experience) + Annual Leadership Recognition Award (focused on care quality, safeguarding, and team stability never occupancy alone).
• Ofsted & Quality Recognition: £250…