Children's Home Registered Manager

Mission Statement - Creating a home for a child, creates the platform to meet their needs.

The Registered Manager is responsible for the safe, effective and compliant operation of the children's home. The postholder will provide strong leadership, ensure children receive high-quality, trauma-informed care and maintain a nurturing environment in which they can feel safe, develop and achieve positive outcomes.

The Registered Manager will lead the staff team, support with the dual registration of 2 homes and ensure the home operates in accordance with its Statement of Purpose, relevant legislation, statutory guidance, safeguarding requirements and organisational policies.

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• Provide clear, compassionate and accountable leadership to the home's staff team.
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• Maintain a child-centred culture that promotes safety, stability, dignity, equality and positive relationships.
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• Recruit, induct, supervise, develop and retain appropriately qualified and experienced employees.
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• Establish clear responsibilities, professional boundaries and standards of conduct.
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• Manage rotas to ensure safe staffing levels and an appropriate balance of skills and experience.
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• Conduct regular supervision, appraisal and performance-management meetings.
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• Promote staff wellbeing while addressing poor practice promptly and fairly.
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• Participate in the management on-call rota and provide guidance during emergencies.
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• Ensure each child receives care that reflects their placement plan, care plan, risk assessments and individual needs.
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• Promote children's physical and emotional health, education, identity, relationships, independence and participation.
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• Ensure children are consulted about their care and that their wishes, feelings and views influence decisions.
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• Support positive, consistent and trauma-informed approaches to behaviour.
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• Ensure children have access to appropriate healthcare, education, advocacy and specialist services.
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• Monitor children's progress and take action when outcomes are not improving.
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• Plan and oversee safe, well-managed admissions, transitions and endings.
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• Act as a safeguarding lead for the home and promote a strong safeguarding culture.
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• Ensure concerns, allegations, disclosures and significant incidents are reported and managed promptly.
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• Maintain effective procedures for children who are missing from care, at risk of exploitation or otherwise vulnerable.
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• Ensure risk assessments and safety plans are current, proportionate and understood by staff.
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• Work effectively with social workers, police, safeguarding partners and other agencies.
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• Ensure allegations concerning staff are managed transparently and referred to the relevant authorities when required.
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• Promote safe recruitment, professional curiosity, whistleblowing and learning from incidents.
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• Lead the home in accordance with applicable children's homes legislation, regulations and quality standards.
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• Maintain Ofsted registration and demonstrate ongoing fitness to manage the home.
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• Ensure practice reflects the home's Statement of Purpose, policies and procedures.
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• Maintain accurate, confidential and timely records.
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• Ensure required notifications are made to Ofsted and other relevant agencies.
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• Cooperate with inspections, independent visits, audits and regulatory enquiries.
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• Complete quality-of-care reviews and use findings to drive measurable improvement.
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• Prepare and implement improvement plans following inspections, complaints, incidents or audits.
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• Ensure fire safety, health and safety, medication, data protection and premises requirements are met.
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• Manage the home's budget and resources responsibly.
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• Ensure the building is safe, welcoming, secure and appropriately maintained.
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• Monitor staffing costs, agency use, purchasing and other expenditure.
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• Maintain appropriate systems for medicines, petty cash, children's money and property.
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• Contribute to referral and matching decisions, ensuring placements are compatible with the home's capacity and the needs of existing residents.
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• Provide regular performance and quality reports to senior management.
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• Develop constructive relationships with children, families, placing authorities and professionals.
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• Attend and contribute to statutory reviews, planning meetings and safeguarding meetings.
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• Challenge decisions appropriately when they do not promote a child's welfare.
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• Manage complaints openly, fairly and within required timescales.
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• Represent the home professionally and promote confidence in the service.
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• Maintain confidentiality and comply with data-protection requirements.
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• Promote equality, diversity, inclusion and children's rights.
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• Follow safer-working practices and maintain appropriate professional boundaries.
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• Undertake training and continuous professional development.
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• Carry out other reasonable duties consistent with the level and purpose of the role.
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