We're looking for a brilliant, experienced Registered Manager who wants to further their career in homes that will provide Outstanding care for children.
You will run our second Home, Juno Wallasey when it opens later this year. Your first few months will be spent in Juno Oxton, working alongside the care team.
The Role
Place of work: Wirral, Merseyside
Salary band: £42,000 - £45,000
Job terms: Full-time, permanent 36h/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, using techniques to improve their self-regulation, their emotional competence and connectedness to others
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: 27 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 have broader leadership development opportunities as Juno grows and opens new homes across Liverpool City Region
You’ll get a good workplace pension and above-average pay
You’ll be supported by a core team committed to improving the quality of care in the UK
Who are we looking for?
We are most interested in who you are as a person. We are looking for people from diverse backgrounds, who personify our values. People who are loving, compassionate, clever and creative.
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 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
Application deadline - 5th of May
Post to commence in July
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:
You will be invited to a short video call to meet the hiring manager
You will be invited to a full-day assessment event in Liverpool on the 13th of May
If successful, you will be invited to a final stage interview w/c the 15th of May
Download the full job pack for further information:
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.