Registered Manager

Role: Registered Manager (13385)

Salary: £55,000.00 per annum (we are willing to exceed this salary for an exceptional candidate) plus £700.00 on call allowance – 1 in 3 weeks.

Location: London Borough of Hackney

Contract/Hours: Full time – 37 hours a week

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 

• Season ticket loan available

• Excellent training and the opportunity complete qualifications including the Level 5 Children, Young People and Families manager qualification

• 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 

• As part of our commitment to staff wellbeing, you’ll receive a paid annual Wellbeing Day to use however you choose, supporting a healthy balance between work and life.    

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.

A bit about the role

We are looking for a Registered Manager to lead a new 2-bedroom home in London Fields, Hackney. This is a unique opportunity to build your own team from the ground-up, shape the culture of the home from day one and create a home where children feel safe valued and truly belong.

‘This is not a children’s home, but a home that belongs to its children’

Action for Children are working in close partnership with London Borough of Hackney to develop and run a new therapeutic children’s home within the borough. 

This exciting new development that will offer a stable, safe and loving home which enables children and young people to stay in Hackney, helping them to grow 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. 

What you do could make a difference

This is much more than a Registered Manager role – you will lead on the development process and the launch of our children’s new home. You'll build the team and put everything in place to lay a sound foundation and secure OFSTED registration, with the support and guidance from the leadership team. 

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) or be willing to work towards.

• You will understand the cultural, societal and ideological forces that shape a child’s development.

• You will have proven ability in providing a contained and fulfilling environment for staff, promoting psychological safety to build and sustain a resilient team.