🚀 Registered Children's Home Manager

Registered Manager

Residential Children’s Home (Complex EBD)

Location: Leicester LE2

Service: 3-bed home with activity & sensory room

Salary: £65,000–£70,000 + £5,000 signing bonus

Make your mark from day one. A high-spec, newly renovated complex EBD home is ready to open in LE2. SC2 is complete , a small core team is in place, and pre-reg is due. You’ll set the culture, take the home through registration, and lead safe, steady growth.

What you’ll lead

• Hold Ofsted registration and day-to-day operations
• Recruit, coach and retain a consistent, skilled team with clear supervision and CPD
• Embed trauma-informed, relational practice and predictable routines
• Own safeguarding, care planning, risk, QA and SCCIF readiness, inspection-ready every day
• Manage matching/admissions to protect stability and outcomes
• Build strong links with families, LAs, schools, health partners
• Track quality, data, budgets and occupancy so care and commercial stay aligned

What you’ll bring

• Level 5 Leadership & Management (Residential Childcare)
• Recent experience holding Ofsted registration in a children’s home
• Strong knowledge of Children’s Homes Regs, Quality Standards, SCCIF
• Calm, clear leadership; excellent judgement and communication
• A practical, business-minded approach to safe growth and rota planning
• Full UK manual driving licence

What’s on offer

• £65,000–£70,000 base + £5,000 signing bonus
• A ready-to-open home (SC2 done) with a small staff team already in place
• Real autonomy to shape culture, recruitment and daily practice — with senior backing
• Paid training , reflective practice and ongoing CPD
• Clear progression linked to service growth
• Pension, wellbeing support and sensible working kit
• Thoughtful environment: activity & sensory room , large ensuite sleep room, separate RM office

Why this role

High-quality environment. Strong foundations. Ownership with support. If you want to open and lead a complex EBD home the right way and build something you’re proud of, this is a smart move.

Hiring process

1. Short telephone screen
2. Virtual interview with consultant and director
3. Meet & greet at the home
4. Safer recruitment applies (Enhanced DBS, references).

Apply now with your CV or message for a confidential chat.

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