Job title: Registered Manager
Location: Central Plymouth
Hours: 37.5 per week as well as occasional on-call
Contract type: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: £44,610 - £48,162 gross per annum depending on qualifications & experience
Job Ref: JA202610
Role summary:
As a Registered Manager, you will lead the team at Jasmine Mother and Child on a day-to-day basis, ensuring the smooth and safe running of the residential family service.
You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation, particularly Ofsted regulations.
We will offer support with the Ofsted registration and interview process.
About Trevi:
Trevi is an award winning women’s charity in Plymouth. For more than 30 years, we have worked alongside women across the city, providing specialist, gender-specific support through some of life’s toughest moments.
Our services span residential centres, a women’s centre and outreach programmes. Together, they create clear pathways from crisis to safety, stability and independence. We also campaign for change and contribute to the national voice working to end violence against women and girls.
Honesty, integrity, aspiration and compassion are at the heart of everything we do.
What we offer:
Many people come to Trevi because they want their work to mean something. Here, every role contributes to something bigger - supporting women to find safety and rebuild their lives, while helping Trevi challenge inequality and work for a fairer future across Plymouth.
As well as meaningful work, we offer:
- 5 weeks holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata) per year
- A day off on your Birthday
- Long service recognition award – an additional day off at 5, 10, 15, 20 & 25 years’ service plus a one-off payment for each of these milestones
- An enhanced Company sick pay scheme
- An interest free parking permit payment plan
- An Employee Assistance Programme with the UK’s leading provider
- Contributions to your NEST Pension
- Trevi is a Real Living Wage employer
- Extensive Learning and Development opportunities relevant to your role
- Access to a Blue Light Card offering discounts, savings and rewards across thousands of UK brands
About the Trevi service
Jasmine Mother & Child Family Residential Centre is a CQC-regulated and Ofsted-registered residential family centre. Women can access pregnancy stabilisation support, or live with their children while addressing substance use, trauma, mental health needs and wider family pressures. The service provides structured support and parenting assessments, helping mothers stabilise, stay in recovery and strengthen safe relationships with their children.
About the role:
This role focuses on providing a safe, structured setting where risks can be understood properly, support can be put in place, and parenting capacity can be assessed with the child’s safety at the centre.
The successful candidate will also manage the pregnancy stabilisation pathway giving women the chance to engage early, reduce risk, and begin building stability in a supported setting.
What you will do:
- You must meet Ofsted Registered Manager status requirements. You will have a good understanding of regulatory standards. You will liaise and cooperate with both regulators and be aware of relevant documentation.
- You will establish positive relationships and maintain effective communication with women, their children, and other involved professionals in their care while developing and implementing individually tailored care and support plans that respect and uphold the dignity and privacy of families living at Jasmine.
- Understand Safeguarding issues and the ability to respond appropriately to any concerns
- Model and maintain a trauma responsive workforce
- Maintain optimal occupancy
What you will bring:
- Minimum 2 years' residential childcare experience within the last 5 years
- At least 1 year must be in a supervisory capacity
- NVQ Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare is required, or working towards or prepared to work towards within 6 months of appointment
- Or a relevant Health Care & Professions Council or Social Work England registration
- Sound working knowledge of Ofsted and current legislation.
- Ability to communicate appropriately with commissioners, funders, women using our services and a multi-disciplinary staff team.
- Strong communication and organisational skills
This role would suit someone who:
- Is comfortable working in an Ofsted regulated environment
- Can manage complexity and competing priorities
- Is reliable and professional
Safeguarding:
Safeguarding children and adults is our first priority, and we will ensure we follow safer recruitment procedures.
Employment is subject to an Enhanced DBS check; the cost of which will be reimbursed by Trevi.
Equality & diversity:
This role is open to women only under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
Trevi is an equal opportunities employer. We encourage applications from women from diverse backgrounds, communities and experiences.
Apply here:
If this sounds like the right role for you, we’d love to hear from you.
Closing date: Tuesday 25th August at midday
Interview dates: 2nd & 3rd September
To apply, please download and complete the application form from our website:
Jobs - Trevi
Alternatively, you can collect an application form from our Women’s Centre, 29 Sutherland Road, Plymouth, PL4 6BW, Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4.30pm.
Completed forms can be emailed to [email protected] or returned to the Women’s Centre.
Important information
In line with our safer recruitment policy, we are unable to accept CVs submitted via Indeed or recruitment agencies. All applicants must complete a Trevi application form.
We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.
We may close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is appointed. We encourage you to apply promptly.
Due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to contact applicants who are not shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has not been taken forward on this occasion.
Pay: £44,610.00-£48,162.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Store discount
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Plymouth PL4 6DR: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Do you have an NVQ Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare is required, or working towards or prepared to work towards within 6 months of appointment?
- Do you have a minimum 2 years' residential childcare experience within the last 5 years? (At least 1 year must be in a supervisory capacity)
- Do you have a relevant Health Care & Professions Council or Social Work England registration?
- Do you have sound working knowledge of Ofsted and current legislation?
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
