Children's Home Manager
Tunbridge Wells, Kent, South East, England
£27000 - £30000 per annum
Expiry date:22 Nov 2026
Start date:24 Aug 2026
Children’s Homes
Registered Manager – Children’s Residential EBD
📍 Location: Stoke-on-Trent
💰 Salary: Up to £62,700 per annum DOE + Bonus
🏡 Service: Solo Children’s Home – EBD
🕒 Full-Time | Permanent
We are recruiting for an experienced Registered Manager to lead a specialist solo children’s home in Stoke-on-Trent, supporting a young person with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (EBD).
This is an excellent opportunity for a strong leader who is passionate about creating a safe, stable and nurturing home environment and wants to make a genuine difference to the life of a young person.
The Role As Registered Manager, you will take responsibility for the day-to-day leadership and management of the home, ensuring excellent standards of care, safeguarding and Ofsted compliance.
You will lead and develop the staff team while remaining visible and hands-on within the home, creating a warm, consistent and family-style environment where the young person can feel safe and supported.
Key Responsibilities
You will ideally have:
What’s on Offer?
Apply now for immediate consideration.
Health Recruit Network are a trusted supplier of NHS and Private healthcare services. We supply work to Registered General Nurses (RGN), Mental Health Nurses (RMN), Learning Disabilities Nurse (RNLD) and Healthcare Assistants (HCA). We are one of the fastest growing recruitment agencies in the UK and supply Nationwide. Health Recruit Network are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.
📍 Location: Stoke-on-Trent
💰 Salary: Up to £62,700 per annum DOE + Bonus
🏡 Service: Solo Children’s Home – EBD
🕒 Full-Time | Permanent
We are recruiting for an experienced Registered Manager to lead a specialist solo children’s home in Stoke-on-Trent, supporting a young person with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (EBD).
This is an excellent opportunity for a strong leader who is passionate about creating a safe, stable and nurturing home environment and wants to make a genuine difference to the life of a young person.
The Role As Registered Manager, you will take responsibility for the day-to-day leadership and management of the home, ensuring excellent standards of care, safeguarding and Ofsted compliance.
You will lead and develop the staff team while remaining visible and hands-on within the home, creating a warm, consistent and family-style environment where the young person can feel safe and supported.
Key Responsibilities
- Take overall responsibility for the day-to-day running of the children's home.
- Lead, motivate and develop the residential care team.
- Ensure the home operates in line with Ofsted regulations and the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015.
- Maintain high standards of safeguarding, care planning, recording and compliance.
- Support the young person with their emotional, behavioural and developmental needs.
- Promote a trauma-informed and therapeutic approach to care.
- Manage rotas, staffing levels, supervisions and staff development.
- Build effective relationships with social workers, local authorities, families and other professionals.
- Monitor and review care plans, risk assessments and behaviour support plans.
- Lead on quality assurance and continuous improvement.
- Support the home through Ofsted inspections and ensure it remains inspection-ready.
You will ideally have:
- Previous experience as a Registered Manager or Deputy Manager within a children's residential setting.
- At least 2 years' relevant residential childcare experience.
- Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or equivalent.
- Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare, or willingness to work towards it.
- Strong knowledge of Ofsted regulations, safeguarding and children's residential legislation.
- Experience supporting children and young people with EBD, trauma, attachment difficulties and challenging behaviours.
- Strong leadership, communication and organisational skills.
- A calm, resilient and compassionate approach.
- Full UK driving licence.
What’s on Offer?
- Up to £62,700 salary, depending on experience
- Performance-related bonus scheme
- Private medical insurance
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Pension contributions
- Free meals on shift
- Fully funded Blue Light Card
- Health cashback scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Refer-a-friend bonus scheme
- Support from an in-house therapeutic team
- Well-resourced and homely environment
- Excellent opportunity for career progression
Apply now for immediate consideration.
Health Recruit Network are a trusted supplier of NHS and Private healthcare services. We supply work to Registered General Nurses (RGN), Mental Health Nurses (RMN), Learning Disabilities Nurse (RNLD) and Healthcare Assistants (HCA). We are one of the fastest growing recruitment agencies in the UK and supply Nationwide. Health Recruit Network are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.
