Registered Manager in Wallasey
Posted by Leaders in Care
Salary: £60,000–£63,000 per annum
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week with flexibility required
Are you an experienced and passionate Registered Manager looking for the opportunity to lead a small, high-quality children’s home?
We are recruiting for a dedicated Registered Manager to lead a 2-bed EBD children’s home in Wallasey, Wirral. This is a pivotal leadership role for someone committed to delivering safe, nurturing, therapeutic and child-centred care for children and young people with emotional and behavioural needs.
You will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the home, ensuring outstanding care, strong safeguarding practice, regulatory compliance and positive outcomes for every child. Working closely with the Responsible Individual, you will create a stable, reflective and ambitious environment where children feel safe, listened to and supported to thrive.
The role As Registered Manager, you will:
- Lead, motivate and develop a residential care team, including Deputy Managers, Senior Support Workers and Residential Support Workers.
- Ensure the home operates in line with the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015, Quality Standards, Ofsted requirements and the home’s Statement of Purpose.
- Maintain high standards of safeguarding, risk management, care planning and behaviour support.
- Ensure children’s views, wishes, identity and rights are central to all care and decision-making.
- Oversee admissions, placement matching, transitions and endings to ensure the home can safely meet each child’s needs.
- Drive positive outcomes across education, health, relationships, independence, wellbeing and preparation for adulthood.
- Maintain robust oversight of incidents, missing-from-care episodes, complaints, restraints, safeguarding concerns and regulatory notifications.
- Complete and respond to Regulation 44 monitoring, and lead high-quality Regulation 45 reviews and improvement planning.
- Ensure safe staffing levels, effective rotas, safer recruitment, supervision, appraisals, training and workforce development.
- Build positive working relationships with social workers, placing authorities, families, education providers, health professionals and other external agencies.
- Manage the home’s budget, resources, premises and health and safety arrangements effectively.
You will ideally have:
- At least two years’ experience within the last five years in children’s residential care.
- At least one year of supervisory or management experience within a care setting.
- Experience as a Registered Manager, Deputy Manager or senior leader within a children’s home.
- A Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare, or an equivalent qualification; applicants working towards this may be considered where they can meet regulatory timescales.
- Strong knowledge of the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015, Quality Standards, safeguarding procedures and Ofsted expectations.
- Experience of care planning, risk assessment, placement matching, quality assurance and service improvement.
- Confidence in managing safeguarding concerns, allegations, missing episodes, Regulation 40 notifications and multi-agency working.
- Experience in staff supervision, performance management, recruitment, training and team development.
- Strong written skills, including the ability to produce clear regulatory reports, audits and improvement plans.
- A full UK driving licence.
- £60,000–£63,000 per annum
- The opportunity to lead a small 2-bed EBD home and make a meaningful difference to children’s lives.
- A senior role with autonomy, support and the opportunity to shape a high-quality service.
- Ongoing leadership development and professional progression.
- A supportive, values-led organisation focused on safeguarding, inclusion and positive outcomes.
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