We are looking for an experienced Registered Manager to oversee the day to day running of one of our Newark homes; your natural enthusiasm and dedication to care for children in care will shine through as you create a nurturing, safe and highly supportive home for the children. Being based from our 4 bedroom home in Newark on Trent, you will lead every aspect of the running of the home. You will following our in-house psychologically informed therapeutic model to care for the children and young people who have experienced trauma, abuse, neglect, or other adverse childhood experiences. You will have the autonomy and support from our Senior Leadership team to make the decisions needed to run an outstanding home. As a not for profit operator in this sector, we truly put the needs of our children ahead of profits and enhance the children's care by the provision of our in-house clinical team providing extensive psychologically-informed care as well as accessing the wider services of the YMCA including our Community & Activity Village where the children use all of our facilities. The Role Ensure that the home(s) is managed in a way which complies to the Children’s Homes Regulations (England) 2015 and creates a positive physical and emotional environment where children and young people can discover who they are and who they can become. Create, audit and maintain clear and accurate Care Plans and Risk Assessments for each individual child within your care and any other associated documentation within the home. Working in conjunction with the Clinical team to ensure Clinical Safety Plans are maintained and adhered to at all times. Provide children with a high standard of personalised care; ensuring that children are included as fully as possible in decisions affecting their care. Lead the staff team to create a culture of warmth, nurture and care within the home environment. Maintain high levels of professional boundaries and confidentiality to protect the children and young people within the service. Liaise with the Facilities Team to ensure the upkeep of the homes and grounds including the fabric of the buildings, fixtures and fittings and the condition of the gardens are maintained to a high standard. Plan and ensure regular supervisions, team meetings, annual appraisals and de-briefs are carried out for your team. Act with compassion and understanding, motivating and rewarding your team when appropriate. Willingness to become a train-the-trainer for specific courses, including Team Teach and deliver training across your service and wider YMCA, where appropriate. Schedule the required staffing levels to ensure you have the optimum staff team on shift with a complementary mix of skills and expertise. Minimise the use of agency staff; optimising permanent staff availability and shift patterns to provide familiar and consistent care to the children and young people. Responsible for the support of safeguarding all of children in our Children’s Residential Services. Investigate any safeguarding concerns for the service area and to make informed, fair, and transparent decisions based on information obtained including the production of investigation reports with recommendations and outcomes. Support the children and young people through times of crisis and dysregulation, ensuring the safety of the child or young person is of paramount importance at all times. About You As a passionate expert in children’s residential care, you will bring with you a wealth of experience in caring for children and young people who have had the most difficult starts in life. Experience dealing with trauma, challenging behaviour and working in a psychologically informed way would all be highly beneficial to your smooth transition into our role. We are looking for someone highly resilient and confident to support the children and young people through times of crisis and dysregulation, ensuring the safety of the child or young person is of paramount importance at all times. Specific experience with CSE and HSB would be highly advantageous. For this particular role, we would look for someone who has held a Registered Manager position previously as we are looking for someone who can nurture and develop a newly formed staff team. You will inspire your team and provide them with the management, coaching and mentorship to fulfill their full potential too. You will need to hold a minimum of a level 4 Diploma in Children’s Residential Care and either already hold your level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management or be willing to undertake this with our support. Although this role is based in Newark, we would ask that you are flexible to help support the wider Children in Care service to support other homes where required which could include some regional travel. Having your own car and driving licence would be highly beneficial although not essential If you are ready for a new challenge where you can make a positive impact and lasting impression on both the people within your staff team and the children and young people and care, we would love to hear from you. The recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. Successful applicants must complete a company application form and will be appointed subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check. To be successful in your application, you will be subject to a rigorous safer recruitment process and must adhere to a strict code of conduct regarding your behaviour at all times. INDHP