Head of Home / Registered Manager

 

Grade: 4B+2 - £46,464 - £49,498

Working hours: 36 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

 

At an exciting time of growth and development, Salford City Council’s Children’s Residential Service is seeking a compassionate and dynamic Residential Registered Manager. With plans to open and manage not just one, but potentially two homes, we offer an exceptional opportunity for a skilled leader to significantly impact our local community and the lives of children within Salford.

You will take the helm at our new children’s home, steering us through the opening stages and beyond, into the thriving day-to-day life of a nurturing residential setting. With an eye towards the future, you'll also prepare to potentially expand your influence by opening and dual registering a second home. Your strategic vision and hands-on management will be critical in:

Building and Leading: Establish and manage our children’s home(s), setting a standard of excellence and warmth.

Therapeutic Approaches: Implement and advocate for therapeutic childcare practices that foster healing and growth.

Regulatory Excellence: Maintain compliance with all regulations, striving for 'Good' and 'Outstanding' Ofsted ratings.

Team Development: Recruit, train, and inspire a dedicated team committed to transforming lives.

 

A visionary with a big heart and even bigger capabilities, who brings extensive managerial experience in children’s homes with a track record of achieving ‘Good’ and ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted ratings. You must hold a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management for Residential Childcare and have a strong background in therapeutic approaches to childcare, with the ability to embed these practices in the home’s culture. Experience in managing or the desire to manage dual registrations is highly desirable.

 

This isn’t just a managerial role; it’s an opportunity to be at the heart of changing young lives for the better. Let’s build homes filled with hope and healing. Join us in leading the way in children’s residential care!

Salford City Council is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

• Welcoming you into a supportive, experienced and forward-thinking leadership team who can, and do, draw on a wide range of professional and specialist support striving to achieve excellence across the service. 

• A thorough and robust induction to allow time to “get to know” Salford and the high expectations and practice standards throughout the organization.

• Excellent management support at every level.

• Support to enable you to obtain and maintain registration with Ofsted. 

• We will ensure you receive regular supervision, training and development time to support your career goals. 

• A revised and re-designed workforce development strategy that supports continued professional development linked to individual plans. 

• Resources, toolkits and training to deliver effective interventions. 

• Supporting you to build responsive, resilient and flexible services around young people to encourage young people’s educational development, emotional health and personal wellbeing.  

 

At Salford we’re committed to supporting our leaders to grow and from day one we’ll support you to succeed as a Salford leader through ongoing learning and development. This will include some core #LeadingSalford development and an immediate opportunity to gain a relevant leadership qualification (Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare). You can find out more here https://greater.jobs/sss/salford-city-council/leadingsalford/.

 

• The opportunity to work and grow in a value based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. 

If you are interested in improving young people’s life chances and working for Salford, and can demonstrate our values of Pride, Passion, People and Personal Responsibility, it really is an exciting time to join us. 

 

If you are interested in improving young people’s life chances and working for Salford, and can demonstrate our values of Pride, Passion, People and Personal Responsibility, it really is an exciting time to join us. For an informal discussion please contact Residential Service Manager Emma Simpson via emma.simpson@salford.gov.uk 

 

 

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You will be welcomed into a friendly environment and have the opportunity to work and grow in a values based organisation where people are at the heart of everything we do. We promote a positive permission culture, empowering you to make a difference. Your opinions matter to us and you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things through our Salford 100 employee group and our employee led redesign approach. Your work-life balance and wellbeing are important to us so you will have access to a range of benefits including flexible working, green travel, pension and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition to this we offer a range of activitied and resources to support your mental, physical, social and financial wellbeing.

 

New employees can now keep their service related benefits when moving between a whole host of public sector organisations within Greater Manchester, which include: Councils, NHS, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, Transport for Greater Manchester, as well as many others. 

 

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We understand how hard it can be to combine caring for a loved one with work so we aim to provide support and flexibility to balance family and caring responsibilities with work https://greater.jobs/content/9189/diversity-and-inclusion 

 

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We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel by way of a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme. Our application forms ask you to indicate if you meet any of the criteria within this scheme, and so to find out more and if you qualify please visit: