Are you an experienced Registered Manager, passionate about providing outstanding care, stability and direction for children with complex needs?
We are proud to be supporting a high-quality residential care provider seeking a resilient, skilled and confident leader to take ownership of a busy, dynamic children’s home. This role would suit an established Registered Manager with strong experience in complex EBD, LD and high-risk environments, especially those who have successfully led services through recovery and improvement.

Role Overview:

• Lead and manage a registered children’s home, ensuring the highest standards of care
• Provide strong, confident leadership supporting high-risk young people with complex needs
• Drive improvement and recovery following Ofsted compliance actions
• Oversee care planning, risk management, behaviour support and multi-agency collaboration
• Manage staffing, rotas, supervisions, performance and development
• Ensure full compliance with Children’s Homes Regulations, Quality Standards and safeguarding expectations
• Oversee reporting, notifications, audits and electronic recording systems
• Promote a resilient, positive team culture grounded in trauma-informed and attachment-aware practice

Person Specification:
You will be an experienced leader with at least 5 years in residential childcare, including 3+ years at senior level, having managed EBD and LD homes, including services in recovery. You will bring strong safeguarding knowledge, advanced IT skills, experience managing challenging behaviour and high-risk young people, and proven competence in supervision, performance management, disciplinaries and investigations. You will hold (or be equivalent to) QCF Level 3/4, QCF Level 5 Leadership & Management, Level 3 Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment training. You will have a thorough understanding of Children’s Homes Regulations, Quality Standards, trauma-informed practice, child development, attachment, legislative frameworks (HASAW, MCA, DOLS, ECHR) and assessment tools. Personally, you will be emotionally resilient, calm under pressure, flexible, driven, reflective, a strong team player and hold a full UK driving licence.

Salary & Benefits:

• Competitive salary (dependent on experience)
• Supportive leadership with a focus on quality and improvement
• Ongoing professional development and training opportunities

Recruitment Timeline:
We are keen to appoint the right candidate and encourage prompt applications. The recruitment process includes initial screening followed by interviews for shortlisted applicants. The successful candidate will receive an offer subject to references and an enhanced DBS.

To apply, please submit your CV or for a confidential discussion, please contact Courtney on 01926 356 547 or email courtney@hamptonsresourcing.com