Registered Manager

Overview

Registered Manager Solo Therapeutic Home with Big Plans Ahead
Birkenhead, Wirral
£50,000 - £60,000 DOE Ready for Ofsted Growth-backed provider

Led by a team with backgrounds in social housing, social work, and parenting children with complex needs, this provider offers a therapeutic, child-led model shaped by real-world insight. They ve secured RI approval, built a calm, end-of-terrace setting, and now need a Registered Manager to lead the home into its next chapter.

You’ll be joining at a pivotal moment with the home ready to open and a leadership team committed to long-term development.

• Shaping care from the outset in a solo, therapeutic provision
• Leading with autonomy and backing the RI is active and involved
• Recruiting and developing a small, child-focused team
• Embedding trauma-informed approaches from day one
• Overseeing quality, planning and day-to-day operations with clear support

• You’ll be supported, not left to carry the home alone
• Directors bring both lived experience and sector knowledge
• Flexibility is built in; they understand family life and its demands
• This is not a one-off; they are committed to sustainable, ethical growth
• You’ll shape the home with clear values and strong foundations

Experience &

Qualifications:

• Level 3 or above in residential childcare (Level 5 desirable or willing to complete)
• Experience in children’s residential care at Deputy or RM level
• Confident with Ofsted regs and leading a team

Personal Qualities:

• Calm, reflective and values-led
• Emotionally resilient with a therapeutic mindset
• Ready to build something lasting not just compliant

• Shape a new home with strong backing
• Work alongside experienced, values-driven directors
• Pathway to RI or area roles as the group expands
• Supportive culture with wellbeing and retention at its core

Contact us on (phone number removed) to discuss this opportunity further.