Registered Children’s Home Manager

About Us

North Somerset Council is committed to providing high-quality services to our community. We are committed to creating a fair, green, and more inclusive environment for all our residents. Join us and contribute to making a positive impact on our community.

The Role

We currently have a fantastic opportunity to join North Somerset Children’s Services as we embark on our exciting journey with the setting up of our own children’s residential homes.

We are opening our second new children’s home which will provide up to 3 beds for children/young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties aged 8 -17years. The home will provide medium to long term placements. This role will require you to register with Ofsted.

We aim to provide a high-quality home placement based on family-based ethos and values supporting children and young people to achieve feel safe remain in their local area and fulfil their full potential.

The home will have access to therapeutic input and support from a psychologist who will support managers and teams in terms of matching and contribute to the children’s care planning.

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Children’s Residential Home Manager to join our Children’s Care Team. The Children’s Care Team are responsible for providing warm, relational therapeutic care to our children and young people residing in our residential homes.

In this role, you will; develop and lead a passionate team of children’s home care staff, to outstanding practice. Lead on delivering a positive learning and support culture and deliver objectives of a residential children’s home using a therapeutic approach, whilst also ensuring that Ofsted requirements are met.

Key Responsibilities:

• As the Registered Manager, you will
  • Support the Residential Lead and lead a team of staff ensuring that children and young people are well cared for and are making progress.
  • Be accountable for ensuring overall service delivery with responsibility for ensuring the home meets with the requirements.
  • Be accountable to Ofsted through inspections.
  • Be required to supervise staff, complete audits, develop the workforce and most of all ensuring that the children and young people in your care is paramount.

This position is exempt under the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions) Order 1975 and is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Valid driving licence and own transport, or be able to provide alternative, suitable method of travel is an essential condition for this role.

This will be within North Somerset

Work Style

At North Somerset Council, we offer a hybrid working environment based on four distinct work styles. Depending on the role and personal circumstances, you will fall into one of these categories. However, please note that during the induction period, it may be necessary to spend more time in the office to support your learning and development. We are flexible and open to discussions about your preferred working style, and if you wish to be in the office more frequently, this can be negotiated.

This role falls into the category of Flexible Worker which means you can expect to work in the following way:

• 3 - 4 days in the Homes
• Works both from home and the placement, depending on the task at hand.
• Training is provided to help balance work-life and manage time effectively, with an emphasis on communication for team touchpoints and planning in-office days for collaboration.

About You

We are looking for an individual who is passionate about ensuring children living within a residential care environment receive outstanding support and care with an emphasis of delivering family focused care that thrives on relational led practice with evidential positive outcomes for children.

Essential Criteria:

You'll need to have:

• Proven success as a Children’s Residential Home Manager/Deputy Manager.
• Experience supporting children and young people with who have experienced trauma and required a therapeutic caring approach.
• Understanding of the Children’s Home Regulations & Inspection Framework.
• Experience of managing a team/supervising staff.
• Experience of working with partners.
• Minimum Level 3 Health & Social Care Children & Young People or equivalent. You will be required to complete the Level 5 in Leadership & management if not already achieved
• Minimum of 3 years management experience in a children’s home.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience of setting up a new children’s home
• Experience of managing more than one children’s home at a time
• You will be required to be part of an on-call rota and depending on service need, you may be required to provide cover for our other homes.
• Experiencing of managing and working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Knowledge of Supported Lodgings provision of post 16 care and transitions into adulthood
• Experience with supporting reunification and supporting children into fostering placements.

If you are passionate about supporting improved outcomes for children and young people and are open and enthusiastic about establishing and implementing innovative practice, then we’d love to hear from you.

What We Offer

At North Somerset Council, we value our employees and provide a supportive and inclusive work environment. We offer:

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Flexible working arrangements
• Local Government Pension
• Opportunities for professional development
• Inclusive Staff groups including Carers, Disabled, LGBTQ+, REACH (Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage), and Young Staff Forums
• Opportunity to purchase up to an additional 10 days annual leave each year
• Dedicated in house Wellbeing Team
• Salary sacrifice Cycle to Work and Electric Vehicle schemes

Further details of our excellent rewards package can be found in our Benefits booklet.

How to Apply

If you share our vision and valuesand are ready to make an impact to North Somerset, please select the apply online button below. If you are interested in this exciting opportunity, please submit your application by 11.59pm on the application closing date. When completing our online application form, please detail how you meet the essential criteria for the role.

Contact Information

For further information about the role, please contact Diana Griffiths, Sufficiency Lead , at Dianah.Griffiths@N-somerset.gov.uk or 07783761443.

Important Information

As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job role.

Interview Date: Monday 25 May 2026.

Please note: We are currently only able to accept applications from candidates who have full permission to work in the UK and are unable to provide Sponsorship for this role.

Equal Opportunities

At North Somerset Council we want all our employees to feel valued and appreciated. We aim to ensure equality of opportunity and prevent discrimination irrespective of your sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion or belief, race, age, disability, including neurodiversity, if you are married or in a civil partnership or are pregnant or currently on maternity leave. We strive to create a workplace that reflects the communities we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their full, authentic selves to work.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement early or extend the closing date depending on the number of applications received.