Location: Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 4EE
Job Type: Full-Time – Permanent
Shift and Schedule: 37.5 hours per week
Setting: 4-bedroom children's residential home
Client Group: Children and young people aged 8–17 with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD)
Priority Recruitment are excited to present this excellent Registered Manager opportunity in Walsall, West Midlands.
This is a senior leadership position responsible for managing a children's residential home, ensuring outstanding standards of care, safeguarding and operational performance.
You will play a key role in developing a dedicated team, maintaining regulatory compliance and creating a positive, therapeutic environment where children and young people can feel safe and achieve their potential.
Salary & Benefits:
- - £53,045–£63,545 per annum, depending on experience
- - Permanent full-time position
- - 37.5 hours per week
- - Opportunity to lead a 4-bedroom children's residential home
- - Leadership development and long-term career progression opportunities
Company and Role:
- - Overall management of a children's residential home
- - Supporting children aged 8–17 with emotional and behavioural difficulties
- - Leading and developing a residential care team
- - Ensuring compliance with Children's Homes Regulations and Ofsted standards
- - Promoting safeguarding, emotional wellbeing and positive outcomes
- - Creating a safe, structured and therapeutic home environment
Day-to-day responsibilities include:
- - Managing the daily operations of the residential home
- - Leading, motivating and supervising residential care staff
- - Maintaining high standards of safeguarding and child protection
- - Ensuring compliance with Ofsted requirements and preparing for inspections
- - Overseeing care plans, risk assessments and individual support strategies
- - Supporting recruitment, induction, supervision and staff development
- - Managing resources and supporting effective budget control
- - Working closely with social workers, local authorities and external professionals
- - Promoting a positive and supportive team culture
- - Ensuring the home remains safe, welcoming and well-maintained
Successful Candidate:
- - Previous experience within children's residential care
- - Experience in a management or senior leadership role
- - Level 3 qualification in Children's and Young People's Workforce or equivalent
- - QCF Level 5 Leadership and Management qualification, or willingness to work towards it
- - Strong knowledge of safeguarding and Children's Homes Regulations
- - Understanding of Ofsted inspections and quality standards
- - Proven leadership and staff development skills
- - Excellent communication, organisational and decision-making abilities
- - Calm, resilient and committed to delivering positive outcomes for young people
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced residential childcare professional looking to progress into a rewarding management position.
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