Registered Children's Home Manager. Education & Training

Registered Children's Home Manager

• Location: Tewkesbury / 2 bed EBD home
• Salary: £53,300 (negotiable based on experience)
• Hours: 40 per week, Full-Time
• Line Manager: Responsible Individual

We are a family-run provider of integrated services for children who have experienced trauma, often resulting in emotional and behavioural difficulties. Our provision includes both long‑term and crisis‑intervention placements, focused wholly on delivering quality care that embraces the concept of family values.

We are seeking an experienced and dedicated Registered Children's Home Manager lead our 2‑bed EBD home. You will be responsible for providing leadership, managing staff, and ensuring exceptional care is delivered in line with our family values and all regulatory standards.

• Leadership & Management: Provide guidance, motivation, and creativity to the staff team; manage rotas, holidays, timesheets, sickness, and oversee the staff training plan, supervision, and annual appraisals.
• Child Welfare & Development: Support children/young people to enjoy and achieve, develop positive relationships, gain resilience for adulthood, and participate in decision‑making.
• Compliance & Administration: Ensure full compliance with the Children's Homes Regulations 2015 and Quality Standards; apply to Ofsted for registration within 28 days of employment; manage the home’s financial budget; oversee placement plans and risk assessments; and maintain accurate records.
• Safeguarding: Recognise, respond, record, and refer all safeguarding concerns; manage risk assessments and behaviour management plans; and liaise with the Designated Safeguarding Lead.
• Communication: Lead Home and Team Meetings, and maintain professional liaison with external agencies (e.g., Local Authorities, YOS, Police).

• Attainment of the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (or equivalent).
• Thorough working knowledge of the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015.

• 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• 10 days company sick pay (per annum)
• Private Medical Insurance – Axa Healthcare
• Employee Assistance Programme – Health Assured
• On‑call responsibilities on a rota basis

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.