Action for Children
Registered Manager
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Role: Registered Manager
Salary: £55,000.00 per annum (we are willing to exceed this salary for an exceptional candidate) plus £1200.00 on call allowance – 1 in 3 weeks.
Location: London Borough of Hackney
Contract/Hours: Full time – 37 hours a week 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday with on call responsibilities and expectations to support the needs of the home.
Benefits:
- Over 7 weeks inclusive paid leave and the option to buy or sell leave
- 1 x Wellbeing Day per year
- Cycle to work scheme
- Excellent training and the opportunity to undertake professional training for some roles
- Flexible maternity, paternity and adoption packages
- Up to 5% employer contribution and life assurance cover
- Blue Light Card eligibility with discounts at 15,000 national retailers
At Action for Children, we offer more than just a job. Join us and you’ll be part of a team dedicated to giving children safe and happy childhoods. See how your skills can make a real difference, helping solve the problems children and young people face every day. Driven by love we take Action for Children.
A bit about the role
We are recruiting a Registered Manager for a 4-bedroom home in Stamford Hill, Hackney.
Action for Children are working in close partnership with London Borough of Hackney to develop and run a new trauma-informed therapeutic children’s home within the borough.
This exciting new development will offer stable, safe and loving homes which enable children and young people to stay in Hackney, helping them to growing up supported and happy, with the chance to maintain and build on the relationships that matter to them the most. Together, we will ensure that children receive the highest standards of support, tailored to their unique needs, in a welcoming, safe, high-quality home.
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What you do could make a difference
This is much more than a Registered Manager role – you will lead on the development process and launch of our children’s new home. We want you to build the team and put everything in place to lay a sound foundation and secure OFSTED registration. Through innovative care and support, we will provide a safe, nurturing environment for trauma informed children, in the London Borough of Hackney.
How you will create bright futures:
- Recruiting and leading your own dynamic workforce.
- Setting the values and principles in line with national standards, Ofsted and the principles of our partnership with Hackney Borough Council.
- Prioritise psychological safety, empathy, and relationship building.
- Lead the delivery of high-quality care that achieves positive and agreed outcomes for children and young people.
- Ensure the children living with us feel physically psychologically safe and empowered.
- Liaising with stakeholders, the community and other agencies.
Let’s talk about you
We’re looking for someone who will support Hackney’s Children and Families Service and Action for Children’s commitment to eradicating systemic racism, discrimination, injustice, making anti-racism a foundation of their practice. You will bring management experience in trauma informed children's residential care, alongside a Level 5 qualification (e.g. Diploma in Leadership and management of Residential Childcare). Experience of working with children at risk of criminal exploitation and sexual abuse. You will understand the cultural, societal and ideological forces that shape a child’s development. Your track record will be demonstrated by Good or Outstanding OFSTED ratings for homes in which you've held leadership roles. You will have proven ability in providing a contained and fulfilling environment for staff, promoting psychological safety to build and sustain a resilient team.
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This is not a children’s home, but a home that belongs to its children.
Why Action for Children?
Every child should have a loving home, food, warmth, the chance to grow and learn - the support to cope with life’s challenges. But too many children don’t. By bringing your passion and unique skills and experience, you’ll help us change that where it really matters.
We've been driven by love to take action for children for over 150 years, giving them the protection and practical help they need. A lot’s changed since 1869. But what children really need, hasn’t. So as long as children need us, we’ll be here.
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