Children's Home Manager

Rochdale Source: WhatJobs

£50,000–£60,000

Registered Manager – New Children's Home

Location: Rochdale

Salary: £50,000–£60,000 DOE

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Service: New specialist children’s home

The Opportunity We are recruiting an experienced Registered Manager to lead the opening and development of a brand-new children’s residential home in Rochdale. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced children’s residential leader who wants genuine ownership of a service. You will be involved from the outset, supporting the Ofsted registration process, recruiting your team and establishing the culture, standards and practice of the home. The service will specialise in supporting children through a pre‑permanence pathway, helping them develop the stability, relationships, confidence and life skills needed to successfully transition from residential care towards fostering.

Your Role As Registered Manager, you will:

Lead the development, registration and opening of the new children’s home
Recruit, lead and develop a stable, high‑performing staff team
Establish a safe, nurturing and consistent environment for young people
Take overall responsibility for the day‑to‑day running and performance of the home
Ensure excellent standards of safeguarding, care planning and regulatory compliance
Maintain strong readiness for Ofsted inspection
Manage staffing, occupancy, quality and budgets effectively
Support young people to develop emotional resilience, relationships, routines and independence
Build strong working relationships with local authorities, social workers, fostering professionals and families
Ensure transitions into fostering are carefully planned and child‑centred

About You We are looking for an experienced Registered Manager or strong senior children’s residential leader with:

Significant experience within children’s residential care
Strong management experience within an Ofsted‑regulated children’s home
A proven track record of achieving positive Ofsted outcomes, ideally Good or Outstanding
Strong knowledge of the Children’s Homes Regulations, Quality Standards and Ofsted expectations
Experience recruiting, developing and retaining staff teams
Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare, or the ability to achieve the qualification within the required timeframe
The experience and suitability required to register with Ofsted
A genuine commitment to safeguarding and achieving positive outcomes for children
Experience of opening or registering a new children’s home would be highly advantageous.