Registered Manager – Childrens Home

Company: Positive-Futures-Recruitment
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Location: Kendal
Job Description:

Location Kendal, England Sector Education & Training Salary £40,000.00 to £50,000.00 per annum

Job Title: Registered Manager

Location: Kendal

Salary: £40,000–£50,000 + Excellent Benefits

Hours: Full time

Lead a Therapeutic Children’s Home (Ages 6–12)

Be part of something truly meaningful

About the Home

Children join the home aged 6–10, often having experienced significant trauma, multiple placement breakdowns and disrupted relationships. Our clients mission is to provide a deeply nurturing, therapeutic environment that helps them heal, grow and develop the resilience and skills they need to thrive in family settings and school before reaching their teenage years.

They remain a small, family run organisation with a strong ethos, a unique therapeutic approach and exceptional outcomes. Every voice is valued, and continuous learning, reflection and development are at the heart of everything we do.

What You’ll Be Doing

As Registered Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the home and the children who live there.

  • Lead and manage all aspects of the home, ensuring safe, effective and high quality care
  • Work as part of the Senior Leadership Team to review and shape practice, policies and procedures
  • Lead a well-established team including a Deputy Manager, Assistant Manager, Team Leaders and Shift Leaders
  • Work closely with Education Leaders, Psychologists and Therapists to deliver holistic, individualised care plans
  • Play an active role in new referrals, always prioritising the needs and stability of the children already placed
  • Uphold and embed the home’s ethos, values and therapeutic culture
  • Influence and contribute to future service development

Requirements

  • Have a Level 5 Residential Childcare – Leadership & Management
  • Minimum of 2 years leadership experience gained in residential settings including recruitment, training, managing performance, disciplinary interviews etc
  • Experience of managing OFSTED inspections, and other regulatory bodies, frameworks, assessment standards and undertaking regulation 44 and 45 reviews
  • Experience of handling conflict and managing sensitive issues to achieve positive outcomes
  • Experience of working with budgets
  • Experience of working in accordance with established policies and procedures and of developing and implementing new policies, practices and procedures
  • Experience of managing health and safety issues, undertaking fire safety and health and safety checks and ensuring compliance with legislation

Why Join

You’ll be part of a supportive, reflective and passionate organisation that invests heavily in its people.

Benefits include

  • Working with younger children where you can make a profound difference
  • Support from an experienced Senior Leadership Team
  • Comprehensive induction and ongoing training
  • Fully funded continuous professional development
  • Clinical consultation and reflective support sessions
  • Wellness group and access to a counsellor
  • Flexible start/finish times
  • Gym membership, cycle to work scheme and staff discounts

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Posted: July 2nd, 2026