Registered Manager – Children's Residential Home

Registered Manager – Children's Residential Home Location: Stockport, Greater Manchester
Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Are you an experienced Children's Residential Deputy Manager ready to take the next step, or an established Registered Manager looking for a new challenge? We are seeking a passionate, ambitious, and child-focused Registered Manager to lead a Children's Residential Home in Stockport. This is an exciting opportunity to make a genuine difference in the lives of children and young people by creating a safe, nurturing, and therapeutic environment where they can thrive.

As Registered Manager, you will be responsible for the overall leadership, management, and development of the home, ensuring the highest standards of care, safeguarding, and regulatory compliance are consistently achieved.

The Role As the Registered Manager, you will:

• Lead and manage the day-to-day operations of the Children's Home in line with Children's Homes Regulations and Quality Standards.
• Ensure the home delivers exceptional, child-centred care that promotes positive outcomes for young people.
• Develop and implement service improvement plans to drive quality and continuous improvement.
• Provide effective leadership, supervision, coaching, and support to residential staff.
• Oversee recruitment, induction, training, and ongoing development of the team.
• Manage staffing levels and rotas to ensure the needs of young people are met at all times.
• Monitor and evaluate care plans, risk assessments, and casework to ensure high-quality service delivery.
• Build positive relationships with children, families, social workers, education providers, healthcare professionals, and other stakeholders.
• Chair meetings, reviews, and professional discussions where required.
• Manage budgets effectively and ensure financial procedures are followed.
• Ensure all safeguarding, medication, health and safety, and regulatory requirements are fully met.
• Maintain excellent standards of recording and documentation to support inspections and audits.
• Act as the key point of contact for Ofsted and other regulatory bodies.
• Promote a culture where children and young people are encouraged to participate in decisions affecting their lives.

About You To be successful in this role, you will have:

Essential Requirements

• A minimum of 2 years' experience at Deputy Manager level or above within a Children's Residential Setting.
• Strong knowledge of Children's Homes Regulations, Quality Standards, and safeguarding legislation.
• Experience managing, developing, and motivating teams.
• Experience of budget management and resource planning.
• Experience involving children and young people in service planning and delivery.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong leadership, organisational, and decision-making abilities.
• Ability to work collaboratively with internal and external partners.
• Competent IT skills and experience maintaining accurate records and reports.

Qualifications You must hold one of the following:

• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (England), or
• Social Care Foundation Degree (Level 5) or equivalent qualification, or
• Recognised Social Work Qualification.

What We're Looking For We are looking for an individual who:

• Puts children and young people at the heart of everything they do.
• Leads by example and inspires others to achieve outstanding outcomes.
• Demonstrates integrity, professionalism, and accountability.
• Is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
• Thrives in a dynamic environment and embraces positive change.
• Values diversity, inclusion, and equality.

Why Apply? This is an opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation committed to delivering outstanding care and support to children and young people. You'll have the autonomy to lead, develop your team, and shape a service that genuinely changes lives.

If you are passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people and have the leadership skills to drive excellence, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply Now For further information or to apply, please send your CV to:

john.deane@servicecare.org.uk