Registered Manager Residential Children's Home - Croydon
Salary: £60,000 - £65,000pa
Location: Croydon CR2
Hours: Full time.
Benefits:
- 25 days of annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays.
- Auto-enrolment pension scheme.
- Continuous professional development and training opportunities.
- Supportive and collaborative working environment.
Barker Ross is looking for an experienced Children's Residential Home manager, to help set up a new 2 bed children's home for our client.
The children and young people are aged between 10 - 17 years old and have experience of EBD.
The successful candidate will implement policies and procedures. Using your experience, you will set high standards and make a positive impact on the lives of children and young people.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and manage the day-to-day operations of our brand-new children's home, ensuring compliance with Ofsted standards
- Recruit, train, and mentor a dedicated team, fostering a commitment to the highest standards of care.
- Collaborate with external agencies to provide comprehensive support and programs for the children and young people.
- Drive continuous improvement through evaluation and quality assurance processes.
- Build effective partnerships with families, guardians, and external professionals to ensure holistic care and support.
- On call duties
Requirements:
- QCF Level 5 qualification in Residential Childcare (or equivalent).
- Proven experience in a regulated children's setting with an Ofsted rating of 'Good' or higher.
- Minimum of 3 years' experience in residential childcare, with a focus on setting and maintaining high standards.
- Excellent leadership and managerial skills.
- Understanding of the needs and challenges of children and young people with complex needs.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Supportive and collaborative working environment.
- Driver with own car.
Barker Ross Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.
For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
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