Residential Manager

Our vision for Kirklees children's homes is to provide fantastic places for our children and young people to live and grow up and for our staff to work, providing a 'family' environment where children and young people feel safe, cared for, and loved.

Our purpose is to provide a safe, stable, and consistent living environment in which a young person can develop to their full potential. As corporate parents, we believe that residential care should always be a positive experience for Young People.

We are seeking a highly motivated, creative, and skilled residential manager to join our leadership team to support our residential services to deliver outstanding care and support for our children.

You will be experienced in management and leadership in Residential Children's settings and have a proven track record of delivering high-quality services for children. You will join an experienced leadership team and be supported to lead and drive our plans to build our residential children's offer in Kirklees. Our commitment to providing excellent residential homes for our children is further supported by recent investment into our estate with a seventh home due to open in the coming months.

If you are ready to join a highly motivated and committed leadership team focused on providing the best for children and young people, then we want to

We aim to provide a nurturing, homely environment and to prepare Young People to move on to the next stage of their lives. Young People will be given opportunities to develop and enhance their practical, social, emotional, and educational skills, enabling them to become part of a family or engage in a smooth transition into another suitable placement, such as a family-based or residential provision, or to achieve semi-independence successfully.

We encourage our Young People to:

• Build and maintain positive family links/relationships by encouraging and supporting contact and working towards the longer-term living arrangements in the young person's Care Plan or Pathway Plan.
• Take full advantage of the education and training opportunities available to them.
• Complete individual and direct work with staff and other professionals to come to terms with past experiences and trauma. Young People are supported to develop positive strategies for coping and keeping themselves safe.
• Accept help and support from other agencies when they need it.
• Take part in wider activities and hobbies in the community.
• Build and sustain friendships.
• Participate in a programme of ongoing work to prepare for independence.

The Role

Managing a residential children's home is extremely rewarding; it is a challenging environment at times but seeing the positive outcomes a child makes along their journey makes it all worthwhile.As the manager of the children's home, you will be leading a large, dedicated, and passionate team. You will have the support of other residential managers alongside the assistant service manager, service manager, and head of service.

We work closely with the Emotional Wellbeing Team, who provide clinical support to ensure we meet the needs of the young people we support whilst developing the skills of the team.

As part of this role, you will:

• Registered Manager qualifying status or working towards
• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (England) or equivalent. If you do not currently have a Level 5 diploma, we will support you in achieving this
• Knowledge of how to support the physical, psychological, and social development of young people
• In-depth knowledge of Safeguarding and child protection procedures
• Extensive knowledge of the Children's Home Regulations 2015 and the Ofsted inspection framework

For a full list of the role requirements, please see the attached Job Profile.

Kirklees currently has six registered children's homes with plans to open small homes soon. We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic manager to join our team of home managers to support our vision. Whilst our home managers will be matched to a specific home and become the registered manager for the named home, there is also an opportunity to work across our homes as part of a team and to support cover where needed. Specific allocation of which home in Kirklees will be discussed as part of our selection process

What can we offer?

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Friendly and supportive team environment
• Ongoing training and career development
• Excellent pension scheme
• A range of family-friendly policies, including flexible working
• Discounts with local and national retailers
• We offer a wide range of well-being initiatives, including a cycle to work scheme and discounted KAL membership

Provisional Interview date:27th & 28th of August 2025