🧑🏫 Registered Manager – Children’s Residential Home
📍 Location: Wesham, Preston, Lancashire
💷 Salary: £44,982 – £50,605 per annum (DOE) + 10% discretionary bonus
📅 Contract Type: Permanent
🛌 Sleep-ins: Not required
🚫 Sponsorship: Not available
Join a high-quality children’s residential home supporting young people with Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties (EBD) and Learning Disabilities (LD), often shaped by experiences of trauma, neglect, CSE, CCE, and PSB.
Homes range from 2–3 beds
High staffing ratios – typically 1:1
Services span Cumbria, Lancashire, Yorkshire, St Helens, and Scotland
Ofsted ratings vary, with ongoing focus on continuous improvement
We’re looking for a passionate and driven Registered Manager to lead a therapeutic children’s home. You’ll champion a nurturing, safe, and structured environment where young people can thrive. You’ll be a confident leader with strong safeguarding knowledge, capable of embedding therapeutic practices and motivating teams.
To be considered, you must have:
✅ A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a children’s residential home (within the last 5 years)
✅ At least 1 year’s experience in a supervisory or leadership role (within the last 5 years)
✅ Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management (England) or SCQF Level 10 (Scotland), or be willing to work towards it
❗ Applicants with only CQC experience or without Ofsted-regulated children’s home experience cannot be considered
This is more than just a job — it’s a career pathway in an organisation that truly invests in you.
👣 Career Progression & Development
Clear pathways into Cluster Manager, Area Manager, Quality Assurance, Clinical and L&D roles
Industry-leading induction & training, including Therapeutic Parenting and +Proactive strategies
Funded qualifications and ongoing CPD
🎁 Benefits Package Includes:
Private Medical Insurance
Medicash (Dental, Optical, Counselling, 24/7 GP, Gym Discounts)
Life Assurance x2
33 Days Annual Leave
Pension Scheme (Scottish Widows)
Enjoy Benefits platform – salary sacrifice options for tech, cars & more
Blue Light Card
Funded DBS/PVG & professional memberships
Referral bonuses
💜 Company Ethos:
The company operates like a family — built on accountability, collaboration, compassion, and ambition. You’ll be joining a team that believes every child deserves a happy home where nurture is present and hope is possible.
SGS is recruiting on behalf of one of the UK’s most respected and expanding providers of therapeutic residential care:
Over 22 years of experience
56 homes across the North and Scotland
Integrated services including independent schools and therapeutic support teams
Excellent reputation for staff retention and support
If you're ready to step into a role where your leadership truly makes a difference — apply now!
Click Apply or email us at job@sgscare.co.uk to arrange a confidential chat.
👨👩👧👦 SGS – Specialists in Children’s Home Recruitment & Retention 🏡
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.
