Turnaround Children`S Registered Manager / Children`S Home

Daytime Healthcare are working with a national Children`s Residential Provider to source an experience Children`s Registered Manager to join an existing Children`s Care Home that requires improvement.

We are seeking a Turnaround Manager to take decisive leadership of a children’s residential home requiring stabilisation, improvement, and strong safeguarding oversight. This is a pivotal role for a confident, resilient professional who can quickly establish operational grip, drive regulatory compliance, and embed high-quality, child-centred practice.

Responsibilities

• Act as the senior safeguarding lead, ensuring children and young people are safe, protected, and supported at all times.
• Take immediate responsibility for addressing regulatory shortfalls, inspection outcomes, and improvement plans.
• Provide strong, visible operational leadership, stabilising staffing, rotas, supervision, and day-to-day decision-making.
• Lead, motivate, and challenge staff through change, setting clear expectations and professional standards.
• Embed robust quality assurance, governance, and recording systems.
• Work confidently with Ofsted, placing authorities, social workers, and partner agencies.
• Ensure improvements are sustainable, with clear succession planning and a structured handover.

You must be an experienced Children`s Registered Manager to be considered and ideally have experience with complex needs, trauma or SEMH.

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