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Registered Homes Manager, Children’s Homes Service
 
Lead with Purpose, Inspire Change and Transform Lives.
 
Salary: £50,269 - £54,495 (dependent on experience for external candidates).
 
Plus £2,500 temporary recruitment/retention allowance and £3,500 temporary Market Supplement (monthly payments).
Potential earnings up to £60,495 per annum (at top of the grade)
 
Location: Your normal place of work will be a designated Children’s Home, but you may be required to work at any Council workplace within County Durham.
 
Your Next Chapter Starts Here
Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of children and young people? Join us as a Registered Homes Manager and lead a team dedicated to providing high-quality care and support. This is your opportunity to shape services, inspire others, and create safe, nurturing environments where children can thrive.
 
The Role
We are expanding our Children’s Homes Service and are looking for dedicated Registered Managers to lead our homes across County Durham.
 
You will oversee all aspects of the management of a home, ensuring high-quality care and the individual needs of our children and young people are met to achieve positive outcomes.
You will be committed to exceptional service delivery with our children and young people at the heart of everything we do.
 
Your responsibilities will include:

• Overall responsibility for the day-to-day running of a Children’s Home.
• Lead and develop a team caring for some of our most vulnerable children and young people.
• Ensure compliance with Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 and deliver outstanding care.
• Manage complex risks and make key decisions to safeguard and protect young people.
• Drive service improvements, quality assurance, and prepare for regulatory inspections.
• Oversee budgets, resources, and staff development to maintain high standards.
• Work flexibly across the service, including evenings and weekends as part of a management rota. 

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference. You will play a key role in training and developing the team, driving innovation and ensuring continuous service improvement.

What You’ll Bring
We’re looking for someone who combines strong leadership with a child-centred approach.

We are looking for someone who has:

• Proven leadership and management experience in a residential childcare setting, managing teams, safeguarding, and partnership working.
• Strong knowledge of Children’s Homes Regulations 2015, Ofsted inspections, and Regulation 44.
• Excellent communication, decision-making, and risk management skills, plus the ability to motivate and develop others.
• Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent).
• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (or willingness to work towards within 18 months). 

Our Commitment to Safeguarding
Durham County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore if successful in your application, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be sought inclusive of a check of the Children’s Barred List due to the position working in regulated activity. Applicants should be aware that the DBS check will disclose both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands and warnings, in line with current legislation and will confirm whether an individual is barred from working with children.
 
 
Our Values
Our service is built on the ‘Durham’ values – Dignity, Unity, Responsibility, Heart, Aspiration, and Mindset which are at the heart of everything we do for both our young people and our teams.
 
Our offer to you
You will benefit from a comprehensive programme of training to support you to develop in your role. As well as access to a wide ranging rewards and benefits offer, take a closer look via Rewards and Benefits
 
If you are interested in joining our team and are inspired to help lead the next phase of our journey, we look forward to your application. To further your interest in the role, please review the full details of the role, supporting information and details of how to apply:
 
Contact us and apply now
 
If you are interested in a role with us, please submit your CV to ChildrensHomesJobs@durham.gov.uk

Removal and Lodgings
Removal, lodging and separation expenses may be available to the successful candidate if at the time of application for appointment their place of residence is outside the administrative area of County Durham and more than 30 miles in a straight line from their new administrative centre, along with several other criteria for eligibility.
 
We’re also hiring for the role of Service Manager, Children’s Homes Service. To learn more about this exciting opportunity, please view the full job advert here.

EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION
We are a proud equal opportunities employer and believe a diverse workforce brings fresh ideas and drives service improvement. We welcome applications from everyone and make employment decisions based on skills and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we actively encourage applications from disabled and neurodivergent people and offer support throughout the recruitment process.

If you require assistance when applying for this role, please contact our Recruitment Helpdesk on 03000 26 27 27, or via email RecruitmentCYPS@durham.gov.uk
 
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Company: Durham County Council

Salary: Grade 14 £50,269 - £54,495 plus £2,500 recruitment/retention allowance and £3,500 market supplement. The salary with additional payments equate to an earning potential per annum of £60,495 at the top of the grade.

Location: Durham, Durham

Sector: Education

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