🛡️ Consultant Responsible Individual (RI) – Residential Children’s Home 🛡️
📍 Location: Steeton, West Yorkshire
⏰ Hours: 1 day per week (Consultancy basis)
💷 Pay: From £300 per day
🏠 Service: Children’s Home
👧🧒 Service Users: YPs up to 18 years | Trauma, SEMH, Complex Needs
🎓 Qualifications Required: Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management, Level 3/4 Diploma in Residential Childcare
📅 Experience in Years Required: Proven senior experience in residential children’s services; Registered Manager experience required; RI experience or eligibility required
📄 Employment Type: Freelance / Zero Hours Contract
Number of Beds: 3
Location: Steeton, West Yorkshire
Type of YPs: Trauma, SEMH, Complex Needs
Ofsted Rating: N/A – oversight of multiple homes
Ratio of staff to children: High staff-to-child ratio
Experienced Consultant Responsible Individual (RI) with senior leadership experience
Registered Manager experience essential
Proven knowledge of Children’s Homes Regulations, Quality Standards, and Ofsted compliance
Strong safeguarding, child protection, and governance expertise
Ability to provide professional supervision, guidance, and challenge to managers
Strong judgement, decision-making, and organisational skills
Ability to motivate, influence, and promote a culture of continuous improvement
Full UK Driving Licence
🚫 PLEASE NOTE: Applicants who have not worked in residential children’s homes will not be considered – please do not apply.
Sponsorship is not available.
North West Youth Services – values-led, forward-thinking, therapeutic care provider
Medium-sized organisation with multiple residential homes
Collaborative leadership structure including CEO and Registered Managers
Focus on trauma-informed care, child-centred practice, and continuous quality improvement
Progression Opportunity: Influence service development and shape high-quality therapeutic provision
Professional Development: Ongoing opportunities for CPD and professional growth
Benefits Include:
Company events
Flexitime
Health & wellbeing programme
On-site parking
Ethos: Therapeutic, child-centred, governance-focused
Culture: Supportive, professional, collaborative, and values-driven
If you are passionate about making a meaningful impact on the lives of children and young people and have the experience to provide strategic oversight in residential care, they encourage you to apply today.
To apply for this rewarding opportunity, click the apply button or contact us for more information.
📧 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.
