Esland
Registered Manager Childrens Home
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Registered Manager Childrens Home
Registered Children’s Home Manager Meadowstile Farm, Stoke-on-Trent | £47,000–£55,000/year
Do you have a passion for nurturing children’s potential and leading with empathy? This is a chance to drive impact as a Registered Children's Home Manager at Esland, a provider of exceptional residential care.
We’re looking for a dedicated leader who will mentor young people in need while uplifting a team of skilled caregivers. If you’ve got the right experience—and a genuine heart for transforming young lives—apply now.
About the Role
At Esland, we deliver safe, nurturing residential homes specialising in supporting children with Emotional Behavioural Difficulties (EBD). As the Registered Children’s Home Manager, your leadership will shape a high-quality environment where young people feel valued and can thrive.
This isn’t just a job; it’s the chance to create long-lasting change through compassionate care and proactive leadership.
We can offer a relocation package for candidates who may need support.
Key Responsibilities
• Leadership: Manage a team delivering compassionate, trauma-informed residential care, ensuring ethically sound practices grounded in safety and respect. • Child Protection: Champion safeguarding, adhering to Safer Recruitment Practices and current regulations. • Staff Development: Mentor and nurture a dedicated team, fostering a culture of learning and resilience. • Intervention: Implement therapeutic care plans that support children’s emotional and behavioural development. • Compliance: Uphold licensing standards, training, and quality assurance for Ofsted compliance. • Community Impact: Advocate for equal opportunities and embed anti-discrimination principles in decision-making.
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About You
We need someone who combines expertise with empathy.
Requirements:
• Qualification: Must hold a Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (or equivalent). • Experience: Minimum 2 years in a residential care role with children. • Core Values:
- A strong commitment to safety, well-being, and equality.
- Resilience: Thriving under pressure but staying clinically astute.
- Collaborative approach: Working with families, schools, and external partners.
- Clear 3x better Disclosure (DBS) and government checks compliance.
Mindset:
• View children’s behaviour as a communicative tool rather than defiance. • Thrive in a tactical, solution-focused environment where each decision centres on fostering independence. • Passionate about derecommodification of care (recognising that children are not services to be traded).
Skills & Strengths
✔ Dynamic leadership: Ability to unite teams and drive transformational care. ✔ Emotional resilience: Manage challenges while anchoring high standards. ✔ Trauma-aware practice: Understand bidirectional responses in care settings. ✔ Communication: Engage constructively with young people, families, and collaboratives.
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What’s Next?
We’ll check DBS, references, and right-to-work compliance as per Safer Recruitment policies.
Why Esland?
This role doesn’t just offer a job—it offers fulfigment through purposeful impact. Here’s what you’ll gain:
- £47,000–£55,000 salary plus performance-related bonus (up to £8,500/year).
- 28 days holiday + birthday day off, green hybrid and EV car scheme access.
- Comprehensive benefits package including:
- Health cashback plan.
- Life insurance (4x salary).
- esland pension contribution.
- above-the-market sick pay and retirement support.
- Continuous learning: Accredited induction training and ongoing professional development.
- Career growth: Supports upskilling into senior roles (100+ internal promotions in 2023).
- Wellbeing: Discounted dining, free parking, cyclescheme, plus ethically sourced deals.
- Pride of purpose: Urgency to create long-term change.
Equality & Inclusion
At Esland:
- We recognise that anti-discriminatory practice is integral to care.
- Every young person has the uniform right to support, no matter their protected characteristics.
If this resonates with your mission and skills, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today to help rewrite a child’s story—through meaningful leadership and passion.
Applications will be processed under our Safer Recruitment Procedures and subject to right to work checks.
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