Residential Homes Manager

Residential Homes Manager

Job description

People and Place

Ref : 000212

Contract : Permanent

Salary : £44,428- £48,474 per annum

Hours : 36.66 per week

Closing Date : Sunday 3rd November 2024

Informal Enquiries : Andrea Worthington

Email : [email protected]

Here’s why Oldham is the best place to work :

In Oldham we have the highest aspirations to achieve the best outcomes for our children and families and to sustain them in their communities.

We put their needs at the heart of everything we do.

Are you a beacon of leadership in children's residential care? Are you ready to pioneer and nurture the growth of our children's homes?

At an exciting time of growth and development,





Oldham Local Authority Children’s Residential Service is seeking a compassionate and dynamic Residential Registered Manager.

You will take the helm at our new children’s home, steering us through the opening stages and beyond, into the thriving day-to-day life of a nurturing residential setting.

With an eye towards the future.

Oldham Children’s Services are looking for a caring motivated Registered Home Manager who can lead a team of Residential Workers to achieve the best outcomes for the young people within our care.

The successful candidate needs to be committed to the role and have significant experience in working with and understanding children in a residential childcare setting.

As the Registered Home Manager, you will be responsible for the delivery of care in your home and ensuring that the home provides the children with warm nurturing and rich childhood experiences.

You will be supported in your role with regular supervision and be enrolled within the Oldham’s extensive training package.







Further widespread assistance within Oldham Local Authority is provided by our Senior Leadership team, Finance, Administration, Training and Development Departments along with the extensive professional knowledge from individuals to enhance and progress in your own career.

Here’s the role :

We work with one of the most diverse communities of any local authority in the country and this is reflected within our workforce which we believe is one of our greatest strengths.

The life experiences and challenges facing our children and families are incredibly varied and require an inclusive response which recognises the family’s unique strengths and works with them to achieve solutions.

We will develop and reward you for your expertise - that’s why we make sure you have access to a range of support,





continual professional development, and training opportunities to continually improve your practice.

We also offer a clear career development route based on your skills and experience through our progression pathway.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role responsibilities and requirements.

We look forward to hearing from you, please do not hesitate to contact us for further information about this role and our company.

As part of the control, and guidance to young people resident within the home that is consistent with the Homes Statement of Purpose, Children standards and regulations 2015, Supported Accommodation Regulations 2023, The Leaving Care Act 2000 and Oldham Council Policies and Procedures.







Our commitment to you includes :

- Welcoming you into a supportive, experienced and forward-thinking leadership team who can, and do, draw on a wide range of professional and specialist support striving to achieve excellence across the service.
- A thorough and robust induction to allow time to get to know Oldham and the high expectations and practice standards throughout the organisation.
- Excellent management support at every level.
- Support to enable you to obtain and maintain registration with Ofsted.
- We will ensure you receive regular supervision, training and development time to support your career goals.
- A revised and re-designed workforce development strategy that supports continued professional development linked to individual plans.






- Resources, toolkits and training to deliver effective interventions.
- Supporting you to build responsive, resilient and flexible services around young people to encourage young people’s educational development, emotional health and personal wellbeing.

What do our worker like most about working for us?

Other generous benefits including :

- 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase additional days, and which increases after 5- and 10-years’ service.
- Attractive defined benefit pension scheme with a market leading AVC option for additional retirement savings
- Discounted gym membership
- Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more.
- Salary sacrifice scheme, including Cycle to Work






- Wellbeing support, including an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support.
- Staff recognition and celebration events
- A supportive and enabling workplace with quality supervision from your manager.
- A comprehensive learning and development programme as part of your ongoing Continuing Professional Development
- Clear progression pathways

Oldham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure from the DBS (and a Certificate of Good Conduct where you have lived abroad for 12 months or more in the last 10 years).







The successful applicant will be required to register to the DBS Update Service to enable the Council to undertake rechecks throughout your employment.

The cost to register is £13 and can be claimed back upon commencement to the role but will not be refunded if you do not accept the offer of employment.

If you would like support with this application, an interview or interested in looking at any courses that could help with this position please get in touch with Get Oldham Working - Get Oldham Working registration form - Oldham Council

NB. - Any candidate that meets the criteria of our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme and meets the essential criteria of the role, will be guaranteed the first stage of assessment (whether that is an interview or another assessment,





as appropriate).

Our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme supports candidates with disabilities, carers, those who are aged 24 or under and have previously been in or currently in care, and those whose last long term substantive employer was the Armed Forces.

Diversity and Inclusion :

At Oldham Council, we are committed to creating a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve.

We aim to develop a culture of respect, where differences are recognised regardless of background. We aim to be an employer of choice by engaging in fair and open recruitment processes and Applications are encouraged from all communities across the borough to create a workforce that represents the diversity of our population.

About Us :

Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough.

Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.

The Council has a clear set of Behaviours, which outline how we do business and we share these borough wide with our residents, partners and businesses.

Internally we have translated these into five cooperative behaviours which outline the priority areas of focus for all staff at all levels.

You can view these Behaviours, along with staff benefits on our Greater.Jobs pages Working for Oldham

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