Job Title: Registered Manager – Children’s Home 👩💼🏡
Location: Locks Heath, Southampton
Salary: From £52,328 per annum (dependent on experience and qualifications)
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Employment Type: Permanent
Service: Children’s Residential Home
Service Users: Young People (YPs) aged 8–17 with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (EBD) and trauma-related backgrounds
Qualifications Required: Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management (Children and Young People’s Services) or willingness to complete within 12 months
Experience in Years Required: Minimum 2 years as a Deputy Manager or Registered Manager in an Ofsted-registered setting
Location: Locks Heath, Southampton
Type of YPs: EBD, trauma, neglect, attachment difficulties
Ofsted Rating: Good (aiming for Outstanding)
A compassionate and dedicated Registered Manager with a proven track record of leading residential teams to deliver high-quality care and achieve positive outcomes for children and young people. You will be an experienced leader who thrives in a nurturing environment and is passionate about embedding a strong safeguarding and therapeutic culture.
A well-established and growing provider of children’s residential services, committed to supporting children who have experienced trauma, neglect, and disruption in their early lives.
Family-run and child-centred organisation
Currently operating multiple homes across the South Coast
Expansion plans for additional provisions in 2025
Strong focus on staff wellbeing and development
✨ Progression Opportunity: Clear career development into Operational or Regional roles
🎓 Qualification Support: Funded Level 5 and leadership training
💰 Bonus Scheme: Excellent performance-related bonuses
💙 Culture & Ethos: Nurturing, supportive, and child-focused – “every decision is made with the child at the heart.”
🌟 Benefits Include:
Competitive salary
Comprehensive induction and ongoing CPD
Pension scheme
Regular supervision and reflective practice
Opportunities to influence and shape new services
Sponsorship is not available for this role.
If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and young people and would like to join our client’s professional and dedicated team, they encourage you to apply today.
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📩 For more information or to book a confidential chat, please contact us at 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.
