Children Registered Manager

We are recruiting on behalf of our client for an experienced and passionate Children Registered Manager to lead a newly established therapeutic children’s home supporting young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs.

This is a unique opportunity for a dedicated Children Registered Manager to shape the culture, practice, and success of a brand-new 3-bed therapeutic service. The successful Children Registered Manager will play a pivotal role in creating a safe, nurturing, and trauma-informed environment where children and young people can recover from adversity, build resilience, and achieve positive outcomes.

The service is committed to delivering high-quality therapeutic care that promotes emotional wellbeing, stability, independence, and long-term success for every young person supported.

About the Role

As a Children Registered Manager, you will hold overall responsibility for the leadership, management, and regulatory compliance of the home, ensuring the service operates in line with Children’s Homes Regulations, Quality Standards, safeguarding legislation, and Ofsted requirements.

You will lead the development of a therapeutic and trauma-informed culture, ensuring children receive personalised support that promotes safety, emotional growth, education, and positive life outcomes.

Working closely with staff, therapists, families, social workers, and external professionals, you will oversee all aspects of care delivery, safeguarding, staffing, quality assurance, and service development.

This role is ideal for an experienced children’s home leader who is passionate about trauma-informed practice and excited by the opportunity to establish and grow a new service from the ground up.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day management and operation of the children’s home, ensuring high-quality care and positive outcomes for young people
• Register with Ofsted as the Registered Manager and maintain registration requirements at all times
• Develop and embed a therapeutic, trauma-informed culture that promotes emotional safety, resilience, and recovery
• Ensure compliance with Children’s Homes Regulations 2015, Quality Standards, safeguarding legislation, and Ofsted requirements
• Maintain effective safeguarding systems and respond appropriately to incidents, concerns, and allegations
• Lead, recruit, supervise, and develop a high-performing staff team through coaching, training, and performance management
• Ensure care plans, risk assessments, and behaviour support plans are personalised, regularly reviewed, and outcome focused
• Build strong partnerships with social workers, education providers, therapists, families, and other professionals
• Monitor quality assurance, audits, and service performance to drive continuous improvement and achieve positive inspection outcomes
• Manage staffing levels, rotas, admissions, transitions, and placement matching processes
• Oversee budgets and resources effectively to ensure sustainable and efficient service delivery
• Participate in the on-call rota and provide leadership support outside normal working hours when required

About You

• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (or equivalent), or willingness to complete within required timescales
• Relevant qualification in Health & Social Care, Childcare, Leadership, or a related field
• Minimum 5 years’ experience within residential childcare services
• Minimum 2 years’ management experience within a children’s residential home
• Proven track record of managing services rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted
• Strong experience supporting children with SEMH needs, complex trauma, and emotional or behavioural challenges
• Excellent knowledge of Children’s Homes Regulations, Quality Standards, safeguarding legislation, and Ofsted frameworks
• Strong understanding of trauma-informed care, therapeutic approaches, and restorative practice
• Excellent leadership, communication, organisational, and decision-making skills
• Ability to build positive relationships with young people, families, professionals, and stakeholders
• Full UK driving licence

Desirable

• Experience opening, developing, or expanding children’s residential services
• Knowledge of PACE, attachment theory, and restorative approaches
• Experience supporting children affected by exploitation, self-harm, or neurodiversity
• Experience working within therapeutic or psychologically informed environments

Benefits

• Performance-related bonus scheme
• Opportunity to lead and shape a brand-new therapeutic service
• Ongoing professional development and leadership training
• Supportive senior leadership and governance structure
• Career progression opportunities within a growing organisation
• Employee wellbeing initiatives and support programmes
• Workplace pension scheme
• Enhanced annual leave entitlement
• Opportunity to make a lasting impact on the lives of children and young people

Apply Now

If you are an experienced Registered Manager who is passionate about therapeutic care, trauma-informed practice, and achieving exceptional outcomes for young people, we would love to hear from you.