Job Description

Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Registered Manager Social Worker to join its client’s Children & Young People team, based in West London.

Our Client have an exciting opportunity for a Registered Manager to lead a 4-bed residential children’s home in West London. You will hold overall responsibility for the day-to-day management of the home, ensuring high-quality, therapeutic and child-centred care for children and young people with complex needs and experiences of trauma.

You will provide strong, visible leadership to the staff team, ensuring full compliance with the Children Act 1989 and Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015, while creating a safe, nurturing and homely environment where children can flourish.

What will your responsibilities be?

• Manage the daily operations of the 4-bed residential home
• Lead, motivate and develop the staff team
• Ensure full compliance with Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 and Quality Standards
• Safeguard and promote the welfare and rights of children and young people
• Oversee care planning, risk management and therapeutic practice
• Liaise with Ofsted and other regulatory bodies
• Lead recruitment, supervision and staff development
• Work in partnership with external agencies and commissioning authorities
• Manage budgets, rotas and resources effectively
• Participate in the on-call rota and provide operational cover when required

Benefits:

• Competitive salary with structured pay grades and bonus scheme
• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Paid sleep-ins
• Employer pension contribution (3%)
• 100% employer-funded training
• Free enhanced DBS
• Refer-a-friend bonus scheme
• Comprehensive induction programme
• Clear career progression pathways
• Therapeutic training and consultation
• Wellbeing support and team-building events

Qualifications and Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have;

• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (or willingness to work towards)
• Significant senior-level experience within a children’s residential setting (Deputy or Registered Manager level)
• Strong knowledge of the Children Act 1989 and Children’s Homes Regulations 2015
• Proven leadership and staff management experience
• Excellent communication and report-writing skills
• Sound safeguarding knowledge
• Full UK driving licence

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.

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