Head of Care – Children’s Services

Company: Brainkind
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Location: Milton Keynes
Job Description:

Service Manager Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do – you will find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.

To take overall responsibility for the effective management of all aspects of the service, thereby ensuring the provision of the highest quality standards of specific care and treatment, driven by the needs of the individual.• To meet full compliance in line with the requirement of the regulatory body and relevant legislation. To obtain and successfully maintain registration as Registered Manager for the service with CQC.

Demonstrate professional leadership and provide ‘hands on’ management support and guidance, managing staff activities and influencing their practices and attitudes.• Assume line management responsibilities for the senior management team and lead clinicians where appropriate, to provide operational support and direction. Ensuring that performance standards are identified and met. Take responsibility for setting and monitoring of budgets, capital, and revenue, within location. Ensuring agreed staffing levels are adhered too unless authorised in writing as exception.• To include the provision of Induction, training, and support as required in respect of the statutory responsibilities of the service and Brainkind, with particular emphasis on our aims, values, and high-performance standards. This includes the planning and management of annual leave of all staff designations to always ensure the safe running of the service.

In Depth knowledge of statutory requirements such as Care Quality Commission regulations and outcomes.~Valid UK Driving Licence.

A competitive Salary of Up to £40,170 per annum~38 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays~ Buy and sell up to 5 days annual leave~ Simply Health Plan; helps to cover the cost of routine healthcare treatments. Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)~ Excellent training and support~ Group life assurance~ Eye voucher scheme~ Free parking~ Company Pension~ Long Service and Staff Awards

We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get all the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.

Please note we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible. **

*All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks*

Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. It is a place where we recognise, celebrate, and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds….

Posted: July 2nd, 2026