Exertive Care Group
Children's Registered Manager
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The role at a glance
The home: 2-bed children's residential home in Whalley Range, Manchester
Current position: Rated Requires Improvement at our last inspection — we're open about that, and this role exists to change it
The team: largely a new team — you will recruit and shape your own staff group, including your senior/deputy
Salary: £50,000–£60,000 (top of band for a current or former RM with a track record of improving inspection outcomes)
Bonus: £5,000 on achieving a Good or Outstanding Ofsted judgement
On-call: phone/remote on-call included in salary; paid at your hourly rate if you're called out to the home
Annual leave: 25 days + bank holidays, rising by one day for each year of service
You report to: Jeremy Farrar, our Responsible Individual, who is hands-on in supporting the improvement plan
An honest pitch
Our home in Whalley Range was rated Requires Improvement at its last inspection. We're not hiding from that — we're hiring because of it. This is a small, 2-bed home, which means the turnaround is focused and achievable: two children, a team you build yourself, and a clear post-inspection action plan agreed with you, not handed to you.
Turnarounds aren't for everyone. But if you're the kind of manager who wants a home you can genuinely call your own — your team, your culture, your standards — with a £5,000 bonus and a rating improvement with your name on it at the end, there are few better opportunities to prove what you can do. You will not be scapegoated for problems you inherited: the plan, timescales and resourcing are agreed together, and the RI works alongside you, not just above you.
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What you'll do
- Hold overall responsibility for the home, leading it from Requires Improvement to Good and sustaining it
- Recruit, develop and lead your own staff team — selection, supervision, culture and training
- Own safeguarding, care planning, and compliance with the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and Quality Standards
- Lead Regulation 44/45 monitoring and inspection preparation, delivering the action plan with RI support
- Work with placing authorities, schools, health and other agencies to get the right outcomes for our children
What we offer
- £50,000–£60,000 depending on experience and track record
- £5,000 Ofsted outcome bonus on achieving Good or Outstanding
- Fully funded Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare if not yet held, plus ongoing funded training and CPD
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays, rising by one day per year of service
- Phone/remote on-call included in salary; call-outs paid at your hourly rate
- Company pension
Who we're looking for
- Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare — held, or willing to complete within 2 years of appointment (fully funded)
- At least 2 years' experience relevant to residential childcare within the last 5, including at least 1 year supervising staff — in line with the fit-person requirements
- Registered Manager or Deputy Manager experience with Ofsted; experience of improving an inspection outcome is highly valued, but a strong Deputy ready to step up with our support will be seriously considered
- A safeguarding-first, child-centred leader who is resilient, honest, and wants accountability with genuine backing
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Talk to us before you apply
We know most good RMs are currently in post. For a completely confidential conversation about the home, its last inspection, and the improvement plan — before you send anything — call Louise Jackson on 01706 536589 (office hours — outside these, leave a message and she'll call you back the next working day).
To apply:
Send a CV — no application form, no cover letter. We respond to every applicant within one working day, interview in a single stage including a visit to the home, and move quickly to a decision.
Enhanced DBS check required. Exertive Care Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children; this post is subject to safer recruitment checks.
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