Growing Brighter Futures with Nurture Care At Nurture Care Holdings, we believe outstanding care starts with outstanding people.
We are a specialist children's social care organisation led by experienced social workers and strategic leaders, bringing decades of sector expertise together with a shared commitment to improving outcomes for children, young people, staff and our partner businesses.
Through innovative therapeutic care models, robust training and best-practice management, we support care organisations to become self-sustaining "hives and colonies", connected communities built around high-quality people, practices and environments.
We are now looking for an exceptional Registered Children's Home Manager to join our growing community in the Nottingham area.
The Role
As Registered Children's Home Manager, you will have overall responsibility for the leadership, management, quality and regulatory compliance of a children's residential home.
You will create a nurturing, safe and therapeutic environment where children and young people can thrive, ensuring that care is individualised, relationship-led and aligned with Nurture Care's values and approach.
This is an opportunity for an ambitious and values-led leader who can inspire a team, champion safeguarding and drive consistently high standards of care and outcomes.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Providing strong, visible leadership and creating a positive, child-centred culture.
- Leading, developing and supporting the staff team through supervision, coaching and performance management.
- Ensuring care is delivered in line with individual care plans, safeguarding requirements and statutory regulations.
- Maintaining strong knowledge and oversight of Ofsted requirements and regulatory compliance.
- Coordinating admissions, placements and transitions to ensure children experience safe and well-planned moves.
- Working collaboratively with local authorities, social workers, education providers, families and other external professionals.
- Maintaining accurate records, care documentation, reports and regulatory information.
- Managing budgets and resources effectively.
- Monitoring quality, performance and outcomes across the home.
- Preparing for and leading inspections, audits and regulatory activity.
- Identifying areas for improvement and implementing effective improvement plans.
- Promoting therapeutic, trauma-informed and positive approaches to behaviour and care.
- Ensuring children and young people remain at the heart of every decision.What We're
We are looking for a confident and compassionate leader who can combine warmth with accountability and operational excellence with genuine care.
You will ideally have:
Proven experience managing, or deputising within, a children's residential setting.
- Strong leadership, team management, supervision and staff development skills.
- Sound knowledge of children's social care legislation, safeguarding and Ofsted requirements.
- Experience of care planning, risk assessment and behaviour support.
- Knowledge or experience of therapeutic or trauma-informed approaches.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- The ability to work effectively with children, families, professionals and multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong report-writing, record-keeping and digital administration skills.
- A Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare, equivalent qualification, or willingness to work towards this.
- A commitment to continuous professional development, coaching and learning.
- Resilience, emotional intelligence and sound judgement when managing complex situations.
- The ability to work on-site in the Nottingham area.Why Nurture Care?
This is more than an opportunity to manage a home.
At Nurture Care, you become part of a wider community of organisations, people and expertise working together to Grow Brighter Futures.
Through our Journey with Us approach, we are committed to creating stable, supportive environments for children and young people, even as their needs evolve.
You will benefit from being part of a wider organisation with expertise across:
Management | Governance | Finance | People |
Operations | Training & Development
Our management academy and wider community are designed to help leaders grow, share expertise and continuously improve the quality of care we provide.Our Values
Nourish. Understand. Respect. Trust. Unity. Responsibility. Equality.
These values are at the heart of how we work, with children, young people, colleagues, families and our partners.
If you are an experienced Registered Manager who is ready for your next challenge and wants to make a meaningful difference, we would love to hear from you.
Join us and be part of what we're building.
Pay: £55,000.00-£65,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
Work Location: In person
