Children's Home Registered Manager

Phoenix Learning & Care Group; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A care organization in the UK is seeking an experienced Registered Manager to lead a dedicated team providing outstanding care for children. This role emphasizes building meaningful relationships and ensuring every child has opportunities to thrive. The successful candidate will have strong leadership skills, ideally hold a Level 5 qualification in Leadership and Management, and possess excellent communication abilities. You will manage recruitment, oversee team training, and work with various professionals to create tailored care plans, all while emphasizing the safety and wellbeing of the children.

Benefits

33 days annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays

Pension scheme with contributions

Learning and development opportunities

Employee discounts through Blue Light Card

Mental health and wellbeing support

Discounted cycle-to-work scheme

Covered DBS costs

Eligible for Medicash scheme after 12 months

Qualifications

• You’ll need to drive the children to community activities as a requirement.
• Experience in handling trauma-impacted behavior is essential.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills are crucial.

Responsibilities

• Manage recruitment and team training to ensure quality support.
• Plan and supervise activities to enhance children's quality of life.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to develop tailored care plans.

Skills

Patience

Compassion

Resilience

Communication skills

Flexibility

Education

Level 5 qualification in Leadership and Management

Job description

Salary: £52,004.16 per annum, based on 40 hours per week, 52 weeks per year.

Contract Type: Permanent

Are you ready to step into a role where your leadership truly changes lives? Imagine being part of a place where children feel safe, supported, and inspired to grow, where every day brings the chance to make a lasting impact.

Following an exciting internal promotion, we’re now looking for an experienced Registered Manager to continue the incredible work of guiding a team that creates a nurturing, empowering environment for children.

In this role, your vision and support will ensure every child has the same opportunities to flourish. You’ll be at the heart of strengthening and developing a compassionate, dedicated team that consistently delivers outstanding care.

This is more than a management position it’s an opportunity to build meaningful connections with both your team and the children, shaping a space where they can thrive and feel truly at home.

We know we can’t achieve this without passionate leaders like you.

A day in the life of a Registered Manager will involve:

• Managing recruitment, team supervisions, meetings, and inspections. You’ll spend a good amount of time making sure the team you manage have the skills, experience and training they need to be the best support possible for the child in your care.
• Supporting children to have the best quality of life possible. Working with the team usability plan activities, whether it be baking at home, fun days out, or holidays with them.
• Ensuring our children are kept safe and their plans suit their needs. You’ll work with multidisciplinary teams to ensure the children we look after have the right support and care plans in place.

To be a successful Registered Manager, you’ll need:

• Patience, compassion, and resilience – The children you’ll support may have experienced trauma, which may have an impact on their behaviour.
• Great communication skills – Both verbal and written communication is important in this role as you’ll be speaking to a lot of different people at different times and need to be able to update the children’s plans.
• A driving licence – Our children love to be out in the community. We need you to be able to drive them to where they need to go. We have the cars you just need the licence.
• To be flexible – Our Registered Managers play a key role in keeping our homes running day to day and are required to undertake a variety of tasks including undertaking of health, safety and risk assessments, budget management, and willingness to contribute to the on‑call rota.
• Ideally, you’ll hold your level 5 qualification in Leadership and Management.

In return for your time, you’ll get:

• Holidays – You’ll get 33 days annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays.
• Pension scheme – Our pension scheme is based on you paying in 5%, and us adding 3%.
• Learning & Development Opportunities – We provide comprehensive learning opportunities for team members to develop themselves.
• Discounts – You’ll have access to brilliant discounts through the Blue Light Card and our own employee benefits platform.
• Wellbeing Support – Your wellbeing is always our priority. You’ll have access to mental health and wellbeing support. On top of this, our therapies team offers a six‑weekly confidential check‑in clinic, and group reflective practice sessions.
• Cycle2Work – The cycle‑to‑work scheme enables you to buy a bicycle at a discounted rate.
• DBS – As this role requires an enhanced DBS, we will cover the cost.
• After 12 months service – You’ll also be eligible for our Medicash scheme which covers a wide range of medical, health and wellbeing expenses (including immediate access to a GP!). You’ll get life assurance paid at x2 your annual salary, and even more high‑street discounts.

In line with safer recruitment guidelines, we will run an online check on the successful candidate. This can and may include any public social media profiles.

At Phoenix Learning and Care, we pride ourselves on our diverse workforce, and ensuring we have an inclusive environment for all our team members. We remain committed to ensuring our teams can bring their true selves to work without risk or fear of discrimination.