Job Title: Registered Manager – Children’s Home
📍 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk
💷 Salary: £47,500 - £55,000 + up to £18,000 in bonuses
⏰ Working Hour: Full-time / Shift pattern
💰 Hourly Rate: Not specified
🛏️ Number of Sleeps Required: As required
🏠 Service: Children’s Home
👧🧒 Service Users: YPs – SEMH, EBD, Trauma, Behavioural & Emotional Difficulties
🎓 Qualifications Required:
NVQ Level 3 in Children and Young People’s Workforce
Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (England)
📅 Experience in Years Required:
Minimum 5 years in residential care of children
At least 2 years in a supervisory/management role
Achieved “Good” or “Outstanding” Ofsted rating in previous inspections
📄 Employment Type: Permanent
Number of Beds: Small residential children’s home
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk
Type of YPs: SEMH, EBD, Trauma, Behavioural & Emotional Difficulties
Ofsted Rating: Good / Outstanding
Ratio of Staff to Children: High staff-to-child ratio
✨ Experienced, enthusiastic, and determined Registered Manager
✨ Strong leadership and team-building skills
✨ Able to inspire and support a team of Deputies, Seniors, and Support Workers
✨ Committed to delivering outstanding, child-centred care
Lead and manage your own children’s home and team
Ensure children have a safe, nurturing, and supportive environment
Oversee Ofsted compliance and home operations
Support staff with development, training, and wellbeing
Work closely with psychologists, education services, and other specialists
Large, national residential care provider
Over 30 homes across the UK
Therapeutic, trauma-informed, and child-focused approach
Robust organisational support including IT, HR, and Marketing
🚀 Progression Opportunity: Training options for Level 7 and therapeutic qualifications
🎁 Benefits:
Up to £5,000 relocation package if relocating for the role
Performance-related bonuses up to £18,000 per year
224–248 hours holiday plus 3.5 additional days
£200 (2 years), £400 (5 years), £600 (10 years) service awards
Up to £500 special recognition award
Support with Ofsted inspections
Team engagement days, house holidays, and team-building activities
MediCash scheme for medical/wellbeing reimbursements
Group Life Assurance: 3x annual salary on successful probation
🌱 Ethos & Culture: Inclusive, therapeutic, and child-centred, supported by REACH and GRACE frameworks
📌 Sponsorship is not available
If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and young people and would like to join a professional, dedicated team, apply today.
👉 Click the apply button or contact us for more information.
📧 For more information or to book a confidential chat:
job@sgscare.co.uk
Mission statement...
To help SMEs get the talent they need to help grow their businesses.
Our promise…
Deliver a Passionate Manager, at a Realistic Price, who can hit the ground running, within 21 days; allowing you to continue to build, consolidate and progress your business.
So who are we…
We help SMEs in the Children’s Service Sector, who struggle to find highly skilled and experienced Middle and Senior Management within Budget.
