Registered Homes Manager – EBD Children's Home | LE4, Leicester
Salary: £50,000 – £55,000 (dependent on qualification) + up to £3,500 bonus
Our client is looking for an experienced Registered Homes Manager to lead a 4-bed Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (EBD) children's home in LE4, Leicester, supporting four teenage girls whose main needs centre around self-harm, absconding, and Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) risk. Two of the young people are currently absconding frequently and are at high risk of CSE, so candidates with strong, hands-on experience managing these specific risks will be at a real advantage.
This is an opportunity to make a genuine difference, leading a dedicated staff team to deliver outstanding, therapeutic, trauma-informed care using the PACE approach.
About the Role
As Homes Manager, you will fulfil the role of Registered Manager as defined within the Care Standards Act, ensuring the home is fully compliant with the Children's Homes Regulations 2015 and Quality Standards for Children's Homes. You'll be a visible leader and role model – for the young people and for your team.
Key responsibilities include:
- Ensuring the home environment is safe, nurturing, and appropriate to the needs of the young people in your care
- Building strong working relationships with parents, social workers, schools, and other professionals involved in each child's care
- Supporting young people to take age-appropriate responsibility for their own lives
- Providing leadership, guidance, and day-to-day management of the staff team
- Overseeing recruitment, training, retention, and mentoring of staff
- Maintaining clear communication through handovers, logbooks, supervision, and staff meetings
- Managing the home's physical, financial, and human resources effectively
- Keeping up to date with statutory and procedural requirements for residential care and cascading this to the team
- Participating in the on-call rota
Hours & On-Call
Monday to Friday, with an on-call commitment shared with the Deputy Manager during the week, and shared across all Homes Managers at weekends – working out to roughly once per month. On-call is handled by telephone; you will not be expected to attend other homes, only your own.
Salary & Progression
- £50,000 starting salary while working towards your Level 5 qualification, rising by £1,000 on qualifying and a further £5,000 on becoming registered
- £55,000 starting salary if already qualified, rising by £5,000 on becoming registered
- Up to £3,500 annual bonus based on occupancy, Ofsted rating, and KPIs
Benefits
- 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
- Private Vitality health insurance
- Pension scheme
- Bonus scheme
- Company events
About You
You'll be an experienced children's residential care manager (or an experienced Deputy ready to step up), ideally with a proven track record of managing risk around absconding and CSE. You'll be compassionate, resilient, and motivated to help young people navigate day-to-day life and build a brighter future.
This post is subject to a satisfactory DBS check and satisfactory references.
If this sounds like you, apply now to find out more.
Pay: £55,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Application question(s):
- Do you hold Level 5 in Leadership and Management?
Work Location: In person
