Residential Children's Home - Registered Manager

Are you an experienced Children’s Home Manager? Do you have the skills and experience to manage two family-style residential homes, supporting up to four children from Cheshire West and Chester?

Do you want to be part of a major change programme in improving support to our Children Looked After in Cheshire West and Chester?

Do you want to be part of a trauma informed and creative team working across the borough where your considerable skills and experience can support children to reach their potential, where we can continue to provide the best possible care to children in our homes?

If so, please see the details below for more information about the role and links to complete your application!

Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment.

Cheshire West and Chester Council are ambitious for children and young people in our care. We seek to enable a progressive culture where creativity can flourish, where innovation and thinking differently can be embraced and where ambition and high aspiration for children to improve their outcomes can be upheld for every child.

You should have experience of working with vulnerable children, including working at a senior level in a children's residential care home. Along with this, you should also have the NVQ Level 5 Diploma in Management or equivalent.

Dependant on experience, the salary ranges from £48,072 to £54,992 per annum, plus an additional honorarium.

You will need to be an excellent people manager who is experienced at leading, inspiring and motivating people in this type of setting to ensure exceptional care for children. This is an exciting job opportunity for someone who is motivated by the prospect of being part of a team who are taking forward the expansion of our Residential Service.

We provide a range of employee benefits, including salary sacrifice car, technology and bicycle schemes. We also offer a range of shopping discounts and an annual leave purchase scheme. In addition to this, our contribution related reward scheme provides high performing employees with a range of rewards.

For further information please contact Rob Taberner, Residential Service Manager.
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Please note that this job is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment.  Please see the  Equality Policy for more information.

Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £13.45 per hour for all contracted hours.

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