Registered Manager

Registered Manager – Children’s Residential Home Location: Wallasey, Wirral
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.About you To be successful, you will bring proven experience in children’s residential care and the confidence to lead a home through both daily operational demands and continuous improvement.

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.What’s on offer
£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.Apply now If you are a compassionate, resilient and accountable leader with a genuine commitment to improving the lives of children and young people, we would love to hear from you