Responsible Manager – Children’s Residential Services
Liquid PersonnelBlackpool, North West England, United Kingdom · Posted 11 months agoDescription
Liquid Personnel is recruiting a passionate professional for its client at Blackpool to take on the pivotal role of Responsible Individual / Service Manager, overseeing a portfolio of children’s homes specialising in Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties (EBD) and Learning Disabilities. This is your opportunity to lead service development, drive quality, and shape the future of care across a growing organisation.
What will your responsibilities be?
As the Responsible Individual and Service Manager, you will:
- Provide strategic and operational leadership across a cluster of children’s homes, ensuring exceptional care, safeguarding, and full regulatory compliance
- Support, coach, and appraise Registered Managers to foster a culture of high performance, professional growth, and reflective practice
- Lead governance and quality assurance processes to ensure services consistently deliver positive outcomes for children and young people
- Oversee the development and registration of new services, including recruitment and implementation of therapeutic care models
- Maintain oversight of Ofsted requirements and lead preparations for inspections
- Deliver regular performance, regulatory, and growth reports to the Board
Qualifications & Experience
We’re looking for a values-driven leader who can inspire and influence at all levels. The ideal candidate will have:
- Proven experience managing and leading multiple children’s homes, with expertise in EBD and/or Learning Disabilities
- Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management for Residential Childcare (or equivalent)
- Eligibility to register with Ofsted as a Responsible Individual
- Strong understanding of safeguarding, compliance, and current regulatory frameworks
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and organisational skills
- Full UK driving licence and flexibility to travel across multiple sites
Benefits
- Competitive salary with a performance-based bonus structure
- Pension scheme
- Enhanced opportunities for ongoing professional development
- Involvement in shaping new services and expanding the company portfolio
- Supportive senior leadership team that champions innovation, excellence, and child-centred care
- Free parking
- Casual dress code
- Company events
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.
BH - 193798
GH - 32880
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