Registered Homes Manager

Connected Local Government; North East; On-site; GBP 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading local authority is seeking a Registered Homes Manager to lead a team in providing high-quality care for children and young people. The role involves managing a Children's Home, ensuring compliance with regulations, and fostering a nurturing environment. Candidates should have proven leadership experience in residential childcare, excellent communication skills, and the ability to drive service improvements. The position offers a competitive salary and a supportive training program.

Benefits

Comprehensive training programme

Rewards and benefits offer

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience in a residential childcare setting.
• Strong knowledge of Children’s Homes Regulations and Ofsted inspections.
• Ability to motivate and develop teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage the day-to-day operations of a Children’s Home.
• Ensure compliance with regulations and deliver high-quality care.
• Drive service improvements and oversee budgets and resources.

Skills

Leadership experience

Knowledge of Children’s Homes Regulations

Excellent communication skills

Risk management skills

Decision-making skills

Education

Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management

Job description

Registered Homes Manager, Children’s Homes Service

Lead with Purpose, Inspire Change and Transform Lives.

Salary: £50,269 - £54,495 (dependent on experience for external candidates).

Plus £2,500 temporary recruitment/retention allowance and £3,500 temporary Market Supplement (monthly payments).

Potential earnings up to £60,495 per annum (at top of the grade).

Location: Your normal place of work will be a designated Children’s Home, but you may be required to work at any Council workplace within County Durham.

Your Next Chapter Starts Here

Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children and young people? Join us as a Registered Homes Manager and lead a team dedicated to providing high‑quality care and support. This is your opportunity to shape services, inspire others, and create safe, nurturing environments where children can thrive.

The Role

We are expanding our Children’s Homes Service and are looking for dedicated Registered Managers to lead our homes across County Durham. You will oversee all aspects of the management of a home, ensuring high‑quality care and the individual needs of our children and young people are met to achieve positive outcomes. You will be committed to exceptional service delivery with our children and young people at the heart of everything we do.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Overall responsibility for the day‑to‑day running of a Children’s Home.
• Lead and develop a team caring for some of our most vulnerable children and young people.
• Ensure compliance with Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 and deliver outstanding care.
• Manage complex risks and make key decisions to safeguard and protect young people.
• Drive service improvements, quality assurance, and prepare for regulatory inspections.
• Oversee budgets, resources, and staff development to maintain high standards.
• Work flexibly across the service, including evenings and weekends as part of a management rota.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference. You will play a key role in training and developing the team, driving innovation and ensuring continuous service improvement.

What You’ll Bring

We’re looking for someone who combines strong leadership with a child‑centred approach. We are looking for someone who has:

• Proven leadership and management experience in a residential childcare setting, managing teams, safeguarding, and partnership working.
• Strong knowledge of Children’s Homes Regulations 2015, Ofsted inspections, and Regulation 44.
• Excellent communication, decision‑making, and risk management skills, plus the ability to motivate and develop others.
• Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent).
• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (or willingness to work towards within 18 months).

Our Values

Our service is built on the ‘Durham’ values – Dignity, Unity, Responsibility, Heart, Aspiration, and Mindset which are at the heart of everything we do for both our young people and our teams.

Our offer to you

You will benefit from a comprehensive programme of training to support you to develop in your role. As well as access to a wide ranging rewards and benefits offer, take a closer look via Rewards and Benefits.

Contact us and apply now

For an informal confidential discussion about this opportunity, please contact our resourcing partners at The Resourcing Solution:

Leanne Auton by emailing [e-mail] or calling 07815 028 548

Charlotte Wilkinson by emailing [e-mail] or calling 07483 103 301.

To apply please provide us with your CV including a supporting statement in one Microsoft Word document. Your supporting statement should outline your motivation for applying and how you meet the criteria for the role. Please do not send PDFs. Please note candidates must complete an application form prior to being interviewed.

Removal, lodging and separation expenses may be available to the successful candidate if at the time of application for appointment their place of residence is outside the administrative area of County Durham and more than 30 miles in a straight line from their new administrative centre, along with several other criteria for eligibility.

We’re also hiring for the role of Service Manager, Children’s Homes Service. To learn more about this exciting opportunity, please view the full job advert here.

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