Registered Manager

Benefits

• 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays and options to buy or sell leave
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
• Pension with up to 7% matched employer contribution with included life assurance cover
• Staff discounts and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts
• We’re offering a highly competitive rewards package, plus a comprehensive supervision and development programme to continue your professional development.
• We are a Real Living Wage accredited employer
• Free parking on site

• Why Action for Children?
• We are one of the largest children’s charities in the UK and have been making a difference to the lives of the UK’s vulnerable children for over 150 years.

About the Service

This is a unique opportunity to establish a new children’s home that will provide a safe, stable and nurturing environment for a young person who needs support in an emergency or at very short notice, while longer-term care is identified. Once the home is established, it will grow to support two young people.

The children and young people we support will have experienced significant trauma and may present with complex emotional, behavioural and mental health needs, including risks linked to exploitation, self-harm, going missing, neurodiversity and placement instability. They need a service that can meet their needs safely and effectively, while creating a home where they feel secure, listened to and valued.

The home will be registered and regulated by Ofsted, and we are committed to working closely with them to ensure the highest standards of care and safeguarding.

A bit about the role

As Registered Manager, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the culture of the home from day one, build and develop your own team and set the highest standards of care.

You’ll lead with confidence and compassion, working closely with Ofsted to ensure the home delivers outstanding, trauma-informed support.

You’ll help children build resilience, improve emotional wellbeing, engage in education, develop positive relationships, make safer choices and where appropriate, be supported to prepare to return home, with a huge amount of support from the local authority and peers at Action for Children.

We’re looking for an experienced Children's Services Registered Manager or an ambitious Deputy Manager/Team Leader ready to take the next step. If you’re passionate about improving outcomes for children with complex needs and want the opportunity to build a service from the ground up, we’d love to hear from you.

How you’ll help to create brighter futures

• Recruiting and leading your very own dynamic team of support workers
• Setting the values and principles in line with - national standards and Action for Children policy, procedure and expectations.
• Lead to the delivery of high-quality care that achieves positive and agreed outcomes for children and young people.
• Liaising with key stakeholders within and outside Action for Children

Let’s talk about you
We are looking for an inspiring Registered Manager who understands how to develop trust, rapport, influence and credibility with a staff team. You also need:

• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management, (children/young people) or the equivalent, with a view to completing your Level 5 whilst in post (supported by us)
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience of supervising a team within a children's home, residential short breaks, or children's services.
• A passion for working with young people who exhibit challenging emotional and behavioural difficulties
• A strong understanding of EBD and relevant childcare legislation.

Diversity, equality and inclusion

At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children.

Good to know

Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role

Contact: at [email hidden] quoting reference 13562. We'll be happy to give you any support you require.

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Job Description

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Action for Children Employee Benefits

AfC Commitment Statement

Management Competency Framework

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