Location: Bedfordshire & North Hertfordshire
Salary: Part-Time or Full-Time – Dependent on Experience
Part-Time (1 Home | 25 hours p/w): £30,000 – £35,000 p/a
Full-Time (2–3 Homes | 40 hours p/w): £50,000 – £60,000 p/a
Working Hours: Part-Time or Full-Time (up to 40 hours per week)
Service: Children’s Home
Service Users: YPs – Looked After Children
Qualifications Required: NVQ Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services (or equivalent)
Experience in Years Required: Minimum 2 years in a management capacity
Employment Type: Permanent
🚫 Sponsorship is not available
Number of Beds: Small children’s homes
Location: Bedfordshire & North Hertfordshire
Type of YPs: Looked After Children with social, emotional and behavioural needs
Ofsted Rating: Working towards / maintaining Good or Outstanding
Ratio of staff to children: Strong management oversight and structured staffing
We are seeking an experienced and committed Responsible Individual to have overall responsibility for up to three small Children’s Homes This role is pivotal in ensuring high-quality care, strong leadership, and regulatory compliance across services.
Key Responsibilities include:
Supervising, coaching, and managing up to three Home Managers
Supporting services to achieve and maintain Good or Outstanding Ofsted ratings
Identifying staffing shortfalls and implementing recruitment plans
Supporting recruitment processes across residential services when required
Leading services in an aspirational and inspiring way for both children and staff
Producing monitoring reports, statistical data, and evaluations within agreed deadlines
Ensuring the needs of children remain paramount in all decision-making
Maintaining professional relationships with multi-agency partners, Regulation 44 Visitors, Ofsted Inspectors, families, and other stakeholders
Minimum 2 years’ experience in a management capacity
Experience working within residential children’s services
Supervision and leadership experience
Level 5 qualification in Leadership & Management
Strong working knowledge of:
Children’s Homes Regulations and Quality Standards 2015
Single Social Care Inspection Framework (SSCIF)
Children Act 1989, 2004, Children and Families Act 2014
Care Standards Act 2000
Working Together to Safeguard Children
Safeguarding, child protection, equality & diversity
Care and placement planning, risk and review processes
Education, health, social, emotional and psychological needs of looked after children
Commitment to keeping up to date with research and best practice within residential care
A specialist provider of small children’s homes
Strong commitment to safeguarding and high-quality outcomes
Values-led organisation with a focus on development, support, and continuous improvement
Clear development pathway with structured leadership responsibility
Ongoing investment in leadership and management training
Flexible part-time or full-time options
Competitive salary dependent on experience
Salary increments following probation, appraisals, and training milestones
Fully funded and supported professional development
Supportive and collaborative senior leadership culture
Child-centred, aspirational, and outcome-focused
Strong safeguarding culture
Equal opportunities employer
This role is subject to enhanced DBS checks and thorough safeguarding screening, including robust employment references.
If you are passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people and want to play a strategic leadership role across children’s residential services, we encourage you to apply today.
📧 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.
