Head of Home / Registered Manager

Salford Source: WhatJobs

£45,000–£60,000

Fixed term for 12 months

Lead with Heart: Residential Registered Manager Needed at Salford City Council’s Expanding Children’s Residential Service

Are you a beacon of leadership in children's residential care? Are you ready to pioneer and nurture the growth of our children's homes?

At an exciting time of growth and development, Salford City Council’s Children’s Residential Service is seeking a compassionate and dynamic Residential Registered Manager. We offer an exceptional opportunity for a skilled leader to significantly impact our local community and the lives of children within Salford.

Your Mission:

You will take the helm at our children’s home, steering us through the opening stages and beyond, into the thriving day-to-day life of a nurturing residential setting.

Your strategic vision and hands‑on management will be critical in:

Building and Leading : Establish and manage our children’s home(s), setting a standard of excellence and warmth.

Therapeutic Approaches: Implement and advocate for therapeutic childcare practices that foster healing and growth.

Regulatory Excellence: Maintain compliance with all regulations, striving for 'Good' and 'Outstanding' Ofsted ratings.

Team Development: Recruit, train, and inspire a dedicated team committed to transforming lives.

Who We Need:

A visionary with a big heart and even bigger capabilities, who brings extensive managerial experience in children’s homes with a track record of achieving ‘Good’ and ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted ratings. You must hold a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management for Residential Childcare (or be willing to work towards this) and have a strong background in therapeutic approaches to childcare, with the ability to embed these practices in the home’s culture. Experience in managing or the desire to manage dual registrations is desirable but not essential as full support will be given to the right candidate.

This isn’t just a managerial role; it’s an opportunity to be at the heart of changing young lives for the better. Let’s build homes filled with hope and healing. Join us in leading the way in children’s residential care!

Salford City Council is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Our commitment to you includes:

Welcoming you into a supportive, experienced and forward-thinking leadership team who can, and do, draw on a wide range of professional and specialist support striving to achieve excellence across the service.
A thorough and robust induction to allow time to “get to know” Salford and the high expectations and practice standards throughout the organization.
Excellent management support at every level.
Support to enable you to obtain and maintain registration with Ofsted.
We will ensure you receive regular supervision, training and development time to support your career goals.
A revised and re-designed workforce development strategy that supports continued professional development linked to individual plans.
Resources, toolkits and training to deliver effective interventions.
Supporting you to build responsive, resilient and flexible services around young people to encourage young people’s educational development, emotional health and personal wellbeing.

At Salford we’re committed to supporting our leaders to grow and from day one we’ll support you to succeed as a Salford leader through ongoing learning and development. This will include some core #LeadingSalford development and an immediate opportunity to gain a relevant leadership qualification (Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare). You can find out more here Salford - Leadership team | greater.jobs

The opportunity to work and grow in a value based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference.

If you are interested in improving young people’s life chances and working for Salford, and can demonstrate our values of Pride, Passion, People and Personal Responsibility, it really is an exciting time to join us.

We look forward to hearing from you!!

Please be aware that this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and that you will be required to meet the cost of the DBS check currently £49.50. The payment for this will be deducted from your first four months’ salary payments at a rate of £12.38 per month. If you do not commence employment for any reason but the DBS has been processed, you will be sent an invoice for the payment of £49.50.

If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character.

What we need from you if you are invited to interview:

Passport/ID - You will be required to provide original documentation confirming your right to work in the UK. Successful candidates will also be required to provide proof of address.
Qualifications/registrations if applicable for the role

Want to know more about Salford?
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