Description Salary: £39,000 per annum on call allowance Location: City of Edinburgh Contract/Hours: Permanent / Full Time – 37 hours per week (shift patterns including evenings and weekends) Benefits: 29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts. Vulnerable children in the UK need your help Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK. Last year, we helped more than 670,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive. Why Action for Children? Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives. A bit about the role Couthie House provides long-term residential care and support to children who are unable to live within their family home. The service offers a stable, secure, and nurturing environment with a strong focus on individual needs and developing life skills. These life skills empower each young person to make meaningful choices, develop, grow up, and become resilient. The children and young people in our care face complex learning disabilities and can present behaviours that may challenge. We believe that behaviour is a form of communication and with dedication and insight, we actively strive to recognise the messages embedded in behaviour. Our approach is rooted in providing the necessary support to enable positive communication. Our Registered Manager plays a pivotal role in ensuring the highest quality of care and support for children who are unable to live within their family homes. You'll lead, encourage, inspire and motivate a team of up to 14 staff. With a strong background in managing complex learning disabilities and behaviours that may challenge, this role exemplifies dedication, insight, and a deep understanding of the unique challenges faced by the children in our care. Your leadership is instrumental in creating an environment where every child can thrive and reach their full potential, as well as, creating and maintaining the culture across the services that's needed to support our staff. You'll also work as part of a cluster of services alongside the Registered Managers of our other residential services, our Behaviour Support Consultants and other members of our management team. How you'll help to create brighter futures Some key responsibilities of the Registered Manager role are; Significantly improve the lives of children and young people. Provide support to the staff team to undertake their role. Provide a safe environment where children can enjoy time with their friends. Provide direct care and support to children in all aspects of their support needs. Work towards giving children a positive experience of being away from home. Help children in all aspects of their daily lives and supporting their health and happiness. Let's talk about you You'll need to be proactive and positive with a solution focused approach taking on this role. Below outlines what will help make you a great candidate if you are considering applying; Scotland SVQ Level 4 Management & Leadership or whilst a management qualification would be great, we are open to those with experience in a management role within a residential/social care setting. Experience in Management of a large team working towards an outcome. Knowledge and understanding of the CQC regulations, OFSTED (Scotland-Care Inspectorate) requirements. Satisfactory fit person interview with Ofsted (or Scotland-Care Inspectorate). Previous experience of working with young people who have had adverse life experience and need support with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. Previous experience of supporting young people with complex health care and behavioural support needs would be an advantage. Good to know Application Process Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role. There are five sections to complete: Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration. Talent Pool We know talent when we see it. But sometimes we find the right person but not for the right job. We'd love to keep your details for when the right job comes up. Let us know if you'd rather we didn't. Contact: Laura McCarthy at recruitmentserviceactionforchildren.org.uk quoting reference 10479 Diversity, equality and inclusion At Action for Children, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within Action for Children. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups in society and for Action for Children. Male staff are under-represented within our Children Service roles. We would like to encourage more male applicants for our Children Service roles. Want to know more about Action for Children? Find us on X, Linkedin, Facebook or YouTube to get to know us better. Job Description See below for further information about working with us: Action for Children Employee Benefits AfC Commitment Statement