Children's Home Manager - RM

🌟 Registered Manager – Solo Children’s Home
📍 Rotherham
💷 £50,000 – £60,000 £5,000 Welcome Bonus
🎁 Performance & Quality Bonuses Available
🏠 1-Bed (Solo) Provision
🕒 Full-Time | Permanent
We are recruiting for an experienced Registered Manager to lead a solo (1-bed) children’s home in Rotherham.
This is a highly focused, therapeutic environment requiring strong safeguarding oversight, structured leadership, and consistent operational management to ensure positive outcomes for the young person.
🏡 The Role You will have full operational responsibility for the home, ensuring:

• Emotional security, structure and consistency for the young person
• Full compliance with Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 & Quality Standards
• Strong safeguarding culture and effective risk management
• Stable staffing (including 2:1 where required)
• Clear routines, boundaries and behaviour management strategies

You will report directly to the Regional Manager and work closely with the Responsible Individual.
🔑 Key Responsibilities

• Overall leadership and day-to-day management of the home
• Oversight of placement plans, care plans & risk assessments
• Leading, supervising and developing a trauma-informed staff team
• Managing rotas to ensure safe staffing levels
• Safeguarding oversight, incident management & statutory notifications
• Budget management and financial accountability
• Preparing for and leading Ofsted inspections
• Multi-agency liaison with social workers and external professionals
• Participation in on-call rota

👤 What We’re Looking For

• Previous Registered Manager experience within children’s residential care
  (Strong Deputy Manager ready to step up may be considered)
• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management for Residential Childcare (or enrolled)
• Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent)
• Strong knowledge of safeguarding and Children’s Homes Regulations
• Experience managing complex placements
• Calm, resilient and structured leadership approach

💷 Package

• £50,000 – £60,000 basic salary (DOE)
• £5,000 Welcome Bonus
• Performance & quality-related bonuses
• Supportive senior leadership structure
• Clear progression opportunities

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