Cucumber Recruitment is delighted to be recruiting on behalf of a respected and expanding children's residential care provider for an experienced Registered Manager to lead two established children's homes in Bury.
This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious leader who is passionate about delivering outstanding care, developing high-performing teams and driving continuous improvement. If you're looking to take ownership of established services while making a genuine difference to the lives of children and young people, we'd love to hear from you.
The Role
As Registered Manager, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across two children's residential homes, ensuring they consistently deliver high-quality, therapeutic care while remaining fully compliant with Ofsted requirements and the Children's Homes Regulations 2015.
Working closely with senior leadership, you'll champion a culture of excellence, support your teams to achieve the very best outcomes and play a key role in the continued development of the services.
Key Responsibilities
- Register with Ofsted as the Registered Manager.
- Lead and inspire residential care teams across two children's homes.
- Ensure compliance with the Children's Homes Regulations 2015 and Quality Standards.
- Maintain and improve Ofsted inspection outcomes.
- Lead safeguarding practice and promote positive outcomes for children.
- Oversee admissions, matching and placement stability.
- Ensure care plans, risk assessments and behaviour support plans are of the highest standard.
- Recruit, supervise, mentor and develop Residential Support Workers, Team Leaders and Deputy Managers.
- Build strong partnerships with Local Authorities, Social Workers, education providers, healthcare professionals and families.
- Monitor service performance, staffing levels, occupancy and budgets.
- Ensure all records, audits and regulatory documentation are accurate and compliant.
- Lead the homes through Ofsted inspections and continuous quality improvement initiatives.