Registered Manager Children’s Residential Home
Registered Manager
Keynsham, Somerset
£53,000 - £57,000 (Depending on Experience) plus On Call Allowance
Permanent, Full time
Work hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week
Permanent
Job description
Registered Manager - Children's Residential Home
Location: Bristol
Salary: £53,000 - £57,000 (Depending on Experience) plus On Call Allowance
Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week
Relocation Package: Up to £5,000
Reports to: Responsible Individual / Chief Executive OfficerAt Focus Futures Care, Support, and Learning (CSL), our practice is relational and child-centred, informed by over 20 years' senior leadership experience across residential childcare, secure care, community-based alternatives, fostering, adoption and early years services.
Our services are designed to promote safety, stability, connection, and recovery, enabling children to develop resilience, confidence and positive futures.
We provide homely, nurturing and well-maintained environments where children and young people feel safe, respected, and supported to achieve the best possible outcomes, while remaining positively connected to the local community.
We are opening a new Children's Residential Home in Bristol.
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting our children at Focus Futures CSL.
All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing, and other vetting checks.
Our safeguarding system is underpinned by policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across Focus Futures CSL. On joining you will be required to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.
About the Role
We are seeking a committed, emotionally intelligent, and inspiring Registered Manager to lead our children's residential home in Bristol. This is an exciting opportunity to shape a therapeutic, nurturing, and child-centred environment where children can feel safe, valued, and supported to thrive.
As Registered Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring the home operates in full compliance with the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015, Quality Standards, and Ofsted expectations. You will lead a skilled team, champion trauma-informed practice, and ensure children receive high-quality relational care that results in meaningful progress and positive long-term outcomes.
This role requires emotional resilience, strong leadership, and the capability to participate in safe physical interventions in crisis situations (training provided).
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Management
- Provide strong, visible leadership that fosters a trauma-informed, child-centred culture.
- Ensure the home achieves Good or Outstanding Ofsted ratings.
- Maintain an up-to-date Statement of Purpose and embed robust quality assurance processes.
- Oversee Regulation 45 reporting and continuous improvement planning.
- Lead effective risk management across all areas of practice.
Safeguarding & Protection
- Act as the Designated Safeguarding Lead.
- Lead investigations, safety planning, and risk assessments.
- Ensure timely notifications to external agencies and adherence to LADO procedures.
- Work collaboratively with Regulation 44 visitors and respond to all actions effectively.
Quality of Care & Children's Progress
- Ensure children receive relational, trauma-informed, and personalised care.
- Oversee care plans, placement plans, and risk assessments.
- Promote children's education, identity, health, and emotional wellbeing.
- Embed the voice of children in all decision-making.
- Monitor outcomes using clear, measurable progress indicators.
Staff Management & Development
- Recruit, develop, and retain a skilled staff team using Safer Recruitment principles.
- Provide reflective supervision, coaching, and ongoing professional development.
- Ensure all mandatory training is completed and develop trauma-informed practice.
- Maintain a stable staffing rota that supports consistency and therapeutic practice.
Partnership Working
- Build strong relationships with social workers, schools, health services, police, and families.
- Contribute effectively to multi-agency meetings and safeguarding discussions.
- Ensure collaboration supports stability, safety, and progress for children.
Operational & Financial Management
- Manage the home's budget to support high-quality care and regulatory compliance.
- Ensure the home environment meets Ofsted accommodation standards.
- Oversee all health & safety systems, GDPR compliance, and risk assessments.
- Maintain effective operational systems that ensure safe, compliant care.
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
- Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management for Residential Childcare (or willingness to complete within the required time frame).
- Within the last 5 years, worked for at least 2 years in a position relevant to the residential care of children
- Worked for at least one year in a role requiring the supervision and management of staff working in a care role
- Strong knowledge of Children's Homes Regulations, Quality Standards & Ofsted framework.
- Proven leadership and successful team management experience.
- Emotional resilience and ability to support safe physical interventions.
- Flexibility to support shift patterns, including occasional evenings and weekends.
Desirable
- Experience working with trauma, exploitation, or complex needs.
- Involvement in successful Ofsted inspections.
- Training in trauma-informed or therapeutic models (e.g., PACE).
- Full UK driving licence.
Core Skills & Attributes
- Compassionate, emotionally intelligent leadership.
- Strong safeguarding and risk management capability.
- Ability to create a nurturing, relational home environment.
- Excellent organisation, analysis, and quality assurance skills.
- Calm, confident decision-maker-especially under pressure.
- High professional resilience and reflective practice.
Additional Requirements
- Enhanced DBS check.
- Participation in an on-call rota.
- Commitment to equality, diversity, and anti-discriminatory practice.
- Commitment to continuous professional development.
- Willingness to undertake specialist behaviour support and physical intervention training.
Company Benefits
- Celebratory Culture & Recognition
- Competitive Pay, Terms & Conditions
- Company Events
- Company Pension Scheme
- £250 Refer-a-Friend Scheme
- Free On-Site Parking
- Specialist Training & Professional Development
- Clear Pathways for Progression
· Generous Annual Leave & Attendance-Related Benefit
Interested?
If you are passionate about transforming children's lives, ready to lead a high-quality residential service working for a growing and innovative company, we'd love to hear from you.
If you would like to arrange an informal conversation with Sinclair Soutar, the Chief Executive Officer, please email sinclair.soutar@focusfuturescsl.com
Apply now and help us create a home where children feel safe, valued, and able to thrive.
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Focus Futures
105 Downhills Way, London, Greater London, N17 6AJ, United Kingdom
07585 344136