Childrens Homes Manager

Job Introduction

Job Title: Children’s Home Manager – Albion Street

Salary: £52,413 - £60,050 (Pay Award Pending)

Location: Spalding, Lincolnshire

Interviews: 18 August

Outstanding care starts with outstanding leadership.

Lincolnshire County Council is seeking an experienced and ambitious Registered Manager to lead Albion Street in Spalding. This is an opportunity to lead a well-resourced, ambitious service and make a lasting impact on the lives of children while developing a high-performing team.

About the Role

As Registered Manager, you will have overall responsibility for the leadership, development, and day-to-day operation of the home, ensuring children receive the highest standards of care, support, and safeguarding while achieving positive outcomes.

Working closely with senior leaders, partner agencies, families, and carers, you will create a high-performing home where children achieve exceptional outcomes and staff are empowered to excel. You will lead and develop a committed staff team while ensuring the home operates in line with regulatory requirements, local authority policies, and best practice standards.

As part of our significant investment in residential childcare, you'll join an expanding, ambitious service with the opportunity to shape practice, develop talented teams, and drive outstanding outcomes. You'll be supported by two dedicated Residential Service Leads, giving you the opportunity to work within a well-resourced leadership structure that promotes collaboration, shared expertise and successful service delivery.

About Albion Street

Our spacious 6-bed children's home has been thoughtfully designed to provide a welcoming, stimulating, and nurturing environment where children can feel safe, valued, and able to thrive.

We specialise in providing excellent in-house care and support for children who have diverse needs because of their early experiences.

The model of care in our home combines trauma informed practice with social pedagogy, attachment theory and therapeutic care models to give our children the high level of care they need and deserve.

About You

We’re looking for a confident leader with a passion for achieving the best outcomes for children with:

• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (or willingness to work towards).

• Proven leadership experience within a children's residential setting in the last 5 years.
• Strong knowledge of safeguarding procedures, child protection legislation, and Children’s Homes Regulations and Quality Standards.
• Eligible to register with Ofsted as a Registered Manager and work positively with Ofsted to ensure compliance and continuous improvement.

• A good understanding of Therapeutic Practices and PACE.

What We Offer

At Lincolnshire County Council, we recognise that strong leadership starts with feeling valued and supported. In return for your commitment, we offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your career development, wellbeing, and work-life balance, including:

• A salary of £52,413 - £60,050 (Pay Award Pending) and Local Government Pension Scheme, with c.17% employer contribution.
• 28 days annual leave entitlement which increases to 33 after 5 years’ service, with the option to purchase up to 10 days additional leave.
• Option of a 9 day fortnight and a shared on-call rota allowing you to fully step away from work and recharge during your time off.
• Salary sacrifice schemes, including cycle-to-work, car lease, and additional leave purchase options.
• Access to employee discounts through Perkbox and a range of national and local offers.
• Ongoing professional development, including leadership programmes, training, and career progression opportunities.
• A comprehensive occupational sick pay scheme, life cover, and ill-health retirement provisions.
• Access to health and wellbeing resources, including counselling, employee support services, and health cash plan options.
• Dedicated support for physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.
• Find out more about our offer to you here.

We are committed to providing a positive working environment where leaders are empowered to thrive, develop their careers, and make a lasting difference to the lives of children and young people across Lincolnshire.

If you would like an open and informal discussion regards this role then please contact; Katie Sansom via email Katie.Sansom@lincolnshire.gov.uk

PLEASE NOTE: It is imperative that your personal statement clearly states why you have applied, how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role as set out in the Job Description (attached on LCC jobs Site) and what you feel you can bring to this role, the team and the wider County Council.

Please refer to our Job Information Pack here to support you in your application.

Please be advised that this position is subject to a criminal record check.

On occasion we receive significantly more applications than expected for some vacancies and under such circumstances we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the advertisement. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly to avoid disappointment should the closing date be brought forward. Please also note: once an application is submitted it is final and cannot be amended. If you withdraw your application, it cannot be reinstated and you will not be able to submit another application for that vacancy. If you have an issue with your submitted application, please contact recruitment@lincolnshire.gov.uk.

We operate a talent pool scheme whereby candidates who are not successful on this occasion may be considered for a period of up to 3 months for equal positions.

Lincolnshire County 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.

Fluency Duty

In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

Our values – collaborative, adaptable, eco-conscious, supportive, and responsible – guide everything we do. We’re looking for candidates who share these values and bring them to life in their work, helping us build strong teams and make a real difference in the communities we serve.