Registered Manager

Salary: £51,000–£59,600 plus up to £16,000 annual bonus
Bright Selection is recruiting for an experienced Registered Manager to lead a well-established five-bed children’s residential home supporting young people with learning disabilities, autism, non-verbal communication needs and behaviours that may challenge.

The home is fully occupied, rated Good by Ofsted and has no current operational concerns. It benefits from a stable staff team, good staff retention and an experienced Deputy Manager who has worked at the service for approximately four years.
This is an opportunity to take over a settled home and continue building on its strong foundations while maintaining high standards of care, safeguarding and regulatory compliance.

The role will include:

• Leading the day-to-day operation of the home
• Maintaining the home’s Good Ofsted rating and driving continued improvement
• Ensuring robust safeguarding and regulatory compliance
• Leading, developing and supporting the established staff team
• Overseeing personalised care planning and positive outcomes for young people
• Managing budgets, rotas, recruitment and quality assurance
• Working closely with regional management and therapeutic services

Essential requirements:

• At least three years’ experience as a Registered Manager within children’s residential care
• A successful history of managing a service rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted
• Experience supporting children with learning disabilities
• Strong safeguarding and regulatory knowledge
• Level 5 Leadership and Management or Level 3/4 Children and Young People’s Workforce/Residential Childcare
• A consistent and child-focused leadership approach

The role is predominantly Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm, although flexibility will be required according to the needs of the home. There is a shared local on-call rota, approximately one week in every six to eight weeks, with regional management support available.

Benefits include:

• Performance-related bonus of up to £16,000
• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays
• Additional leave for your birthday, volunteering, health and wellbeing, and festive shopping
• Medicash healthcare benefits and therapeutic support
• Pension scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Blue Light Card
• Awards and recognition
• Training and career progression opportunities

This is an excellent opportunity to join a stable and successful service with an established team, strong regional support and opportunities for future progression.

For further information or a confidential discussion, please apply or contact Lisa at Bright Selection.

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