Children's Registered Home Manager

Job Title: Children's Registered Home Manager
Starting Salary: £55,582 progressing to £61,460 per annum.
Hours: 37
Location: North Hertfordshire
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Children Services

About the team

Hertfordshire has developed an innovative, specialist, award-winning children's home that provides a unique integrated model of care. The service is jointly funded by Health and Social Care, demonstrating a strong commitment to partnership working and delivering holistic support for some of the most vulnerable young people.

The home provides highly specialised care for young people who are at risk of admission to Tier 4 inpatient mental health services, as well as those transitioning from Tier 4 provision back into their communities. Through a structured step-down approach, the service aims to improve outcomes, reduce the need for long-term inpatient care, and support young people to move successfully to family settings, foster care, or multi-bedded children's homes where appropriate.

The multidisciplinary team consists of an equal balance of health and social care professionals, enabling the home to provide therapeutic, trauma-informed, and clinically informed care alongside high-quality residential childcare. This integrated approach ensures that young people's emotional, mental health, social, and developmental needs are addressed in a coordinated and effective way.

The home's innovative practice, strong partnership working, and positive outcomes for young people have been recognised through external awards, which has now lead to development of a second home with a similar frame work.

About the role

This role will require exceptional partnership working across Health and Social Care, reflecting the home's unique jointly funded model. The postholders will work closely with health colleagues, social work teams, education providers, families, and other key stakeholders to ensure young people receive coordinated, holistic, and effective support.

The Home Managers will play a pivotal role in building and maintaining strong multi-agency relationships, ensuring that care planning, risk management, therapeutic interventions, and transition planning are delivered collaboratively and in the best interests of each young person.

Theywill be responsible for creating a positive, high-performing culture that promotes therapeutic practice, innovation, continuous learning, and excellence in care.

As Registered Managers, they will provide strong operational and strategic leadership, ensuring compliance with Ofsted regulations while continuing to develop and enhance this pioneering provision. They will champion the vision of supporting young people with complex mental health, emotional, and behavioural needs to remain closer to home, avoid unnecessary Tier 4 admissions, and achieve positive, sustainable outcomes.

About you

Essential:

• Hold Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (England), or an equivalent qualification
• Experience of holding and maintaining registration with ofsted
• Extensive experience of working in multi disciplinary teams
• Experience of leading Ofsted inspection of children’s home
• Full UK driving licence and regular access to a vehicle
• Budget Management

Desirable

• Working in a Mental health setting
• Managing a multi disciplinary setting
• Managing a therapeutic setting

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

This job role is Level 13. Please locate the job profile here: Job profiles - Health and social care

To hear more about this opportunity please contact sabika.sabeen@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: 15th October & 16th October

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Additional information

We are changing
Hertfordshire County Councilis undergoing Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). If you are employed by Hertfordshire County on 1 April 2028, it is expected that most roles will transfer to the newly-created unitary councils on existing terms and conditions under TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings – Protection of Employment) principles.

LGR is one of the biggest changes we will face in a generation. It will reshape how we work and how services are organised and gives us a real opportunity to build something better. To find out more, visit https://www.hertfordshire-lgr.co.uk/

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Driving required
You’ll need to have the ability to drive and/or travel around Hertfordshire, either using your own mode of transport or a company car to travel to other locations.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.