Registered Manager in Canvey Island, Essex

Registered Manager – Children’s Residential Home
Location: Canvey Island, Essex
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.