You’ll lead an EBD home in Tottenham, providing stable, therapeutic, relationship‑based care for children aged 8–17. This role suits an experienced Registered Manager who thrives in a fast‑paced environment, understands the realities of EBD behaviours, and can build a high‑performing team around consistent boundaries, emotional warmth, and trauma‑informed practice.
You’ll have full operational responsibility for the home, ensuring compliance, safeguarding excellence, and a culture where staff feel supported and children feel safe, heard, and valued.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Culture
* Provide strong, visible leadership that models trauma‑informed, child‑centred practice.
* Build and maintain a positive, resilient team culture with high expectations and high support.
* Recruit, train, mentor, and develop staff to deliver outstanding care.
* Lead by example in managing challenging behaviour, crisis situations, and complex emotional needs.
Safeguarding & Compliance
* Act as the Ofsted Registered Manager, ensuring the home meets Outstanding/Good inspection standards.
* Maintain full compliance with Children’s Homes Regulations, Quality Standards, Working Together, and all statutory guidance.
* Oversee robust safeguarding practice, ensuring timely reporting, escalation, and multi‑agency collaboration.
* Ensure all policies, risk assessments, and behaviour support plans are up to date and implemented consistently.
Operational Management
* Manage the home’s budget, staffing rota, resources, and occupancy levels.
* Ensure high‑quality recording, reporting, and data management across all systems.
* Lead on referrals, matching, and placement stability planning.
* Maintain the home environment to a high standard, ensuring it feels safe, homely, and nurturing.
Child‑Focused Practice
* Develop and oversee individualised care plans, placement plans, and therapeutic strategies.
* Ensure children’s voices shape daily practice, routines, and decision‑making.
* Promote education, health, emotional wellbeing, and positive community engagement.
* Drive progress against outcomes, ensuring each child’s journey is measurable, meaningful, and celebrated.
Partnership & Communication
* Build strong relationships with social workers, IROs, therapists, schools, and external agencies.
* Represent the home professionally in meetings, reviews, and multi‑agency forums.
* Maintain transparent communication with senior leadership, commissioners, and regulators.
Requirements
* Ideally a minimum 2 years’ experience as a Registered Manager within an EBD or similar children’s residential setting.
* Proven track record of achieving at least a ‘Good’ Ofsted rating in your most recent inspection.
* Ideally experienced managing larger homes (minimum 3 beds), with strong evidence of maintaining stability, structure, and high-quality practice in a busy environment.
* Ideally have at least two Ofsted inspections completed as Registered Manager within the same home to demonstrate consistency, service development, and sustained compliance.
* Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management for Residential Childcare (or working towards).
* Strong understanding of trauma-informed practice, attachment, behaviour support, and therapeutic care models.
* Confident managing crises, high-risk behaviours, and complex emotional needs.
* Excellent leadership, communication, and organisational skills, with the ability to build a resilient, high-performing team.
* Commitment to safeguarding, regulatory compliance, and child-centred practice
Salary description
£60000.00 - £75000.00 per year