Join us as a Children's Registered Manager
Updated: Jul 26
We're looking for a brilliant, experienced Registered Manager who wants to further their career in homes that will provide fantastic care for children.
You will run our second Home - Juno Wallasey - when it opens later this year.
The Role
Place of work: Wirral, Merseyside
Salary band: £42,000 - £51,000
Job terms: Full-time, permanent 37.5h/week, flexible working
As Juno's Registered Manager, you will be working to ensure that every child and young person in our care has the best possible experience: that they experience love, joy and safety, and are encouraged to take the lead in their own life.
Some of your responsibilities will include:
Lead and grow the home care team in a new home, working with colleagues to create a positive culture and ethos, nurturing teams and responding effectively when things don’t go to plan.
Be registered with Ofsted and lead the home to achieve top results in inspections, with support from your team.
Manage the day-to-day operation of the children's home and oversee the budgets.
Create a comfortable, welcoming and child-friendly therapeutic environment for children.
Deliver creative programmes and experiences that create strong bonds between the team and the young people and that make everyone smile.
Manage processes and procedures to make placements in the home, ensuring they consistently work in harmony with social pedagogical approaches and regulation.
What benefits do we offer?
You’ll get plenty of holidays: 35 days+
We’ll train you in Trauma Informed Practice and Social Pedagogy. We will provide therapeutic coaching and will be committed to your ongoing learning and development
You’ll be shaping your new home and building your own team. You'll also have future development opportunities as Juno grows across Liverpool City Region
You’ll get a good workplace pension and a perk package that includes the use of a company car, birthday leave, a festive rota and staff socials
You’ll be supported by an experienced team committed to improving the quality of care in the UK, with plenty of training, supervision and emotional support
Who are we looking for?
Requirements for the role include:
Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management of Children’s Residential Care (or equivalent)
At least two year’s experience in a Registered Manager position in a Children's home with Good or Outstanding Ofsted ratings
Full, clean driving licence
Knowledge of children’s rights and of adolescent mental health and therapeutic approaches including trauma-informed practice
Ability to work flexibly, including on-call duty
To apply:
Send your CV and answers to the following questions to joinus@wearejuno.org
Tell us about your personal values. What is most important to you in terms of how you live your life and how you treat others?
From the perspective of a teenager in the current care system, what would they think needs to be changed about children’s homes?
Recruitment process:
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend a short online meeting so that we can get to know each other.
Successful applicants will then be asked to attend Safer Recruitment and Skills interview
Finally, we'll invite you to an in-person group assessment that includes our Young Leaders.
Download the full job pack for further information:
Registered Manager Job Pack - May23
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Interested but not quite ready to apply?
Send us an email at Hello@wearejuno.org and we will keep your details on file for future roles, or help you otherwise.