Job Description

This role is the legally accountable Children's Registered Manager and paying up to £65K DOE, for an Ofsted-regulated children's home, providing leadership and oversight to ensure the home consistently meets (and aims to exceed) the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and the Quality Standards The post leads a specialist 3-bed provision for children and young people with learning disabilities, embedding a therapeutic, child-centred culture and ensuring safe, stable care that supports development and life skills.

What you'll do

• Maintain regulatory compliance and readiness for inspection (including SCCIF alignment).
• Lead safeguarding practice, ensuring robust procedures are applied consistently and reviewed.
• Oversee referrals and admissions assessments and ensure plans are in place, accurate and current.
• Coordinate and monitor placement/pathway plans and progress, working within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Provide strong people leadership: recruitment, induction, supervision, appraisals, and managing absence.
• Ensure effective engagement with families, advocates, placing authorities, and other external agencies.

What success looks like

• Children experience a safe, consistent, sensory-aware environment with care tailored to individual needs.
• Plans, risk assessments and records are current, followed in practice, and stand up to scrutiny.
• Staff are appropriately trained, supported and supervised to manage challenging behaviour effectively.
• The home operates with clear governance, regular audits/reviews, and timely reporting to the Responsible Individual.