The Service opened in December 2025 and is supported by a competent staff team and an exceptional deputy manager.

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you enjoy working with children & young people and positively impacting their lives? We have an exciting opportunity for a hardworking and passionate individual to lead our new short breaks service as the Registered Manager, on a full-time permanent basis.

Location of the post: Mountsorrel, Leicestershire.

Service Overview: Barnardo's, the UK's largest Children's Charity are currently on an exciting and innovative Journey alongside Leicestershire County Council to deliver a range of Children's homes for the most vulnerable children & young people in Leicestershire.

Please note although this home will be your base location, you must be flexible to travel throughout the locality to work in our other Leicestershire Residential Services Children's homes when required.

Our beautiful Short Breaks home in Mountsorrel supports children & young people between 8-18 years who have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and challenging behaviour. The service provides up to 3 service users at any one-time opportunities to enjoy different experiences, establish friendships and develop confidence, independence and social/emotional skills.

Some of the responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

Managing a team of Residential workers and coordinating staffing rotas.
Working together with the Local Authority to ensure effective matching and placement of young people.
To create a culture and ethos where the complex needs of the individual young people and the group are met.
Quality assure transition plans and to ensure that these are aspirational in terms of supporting the children to achieve.
To ensure that the physical environment of the home always remains at a high standard.
Hold team meetings in order to share information, practice development and share any arising issues with the management team for resolution.
Attend a variety of formal meetings in order to represent the Service and/or on behalf of the Children's Services Manager.
Contribute to service development.
This role includes an expectation of on call, rota cover and out of hours working.
Part of the role will be assist with the mobilisation of the home in terms of new families taking up the service.

Essential requirements to evidence in your written application:

Must hold a valid UK drivers' licence.
Must hold a Level 3 qualification relevant to Residential Childcare.
Must hold ORbe willing to work towards the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health & Social Care and Children & Young People's services.
At least 3 years' experience working with children (within the last 5 years) and at least 1 year at Senior level supervision or management experience working with children/young people in a residential setting.
Sound knowledge and experience of working with OFSTED Regulations and Quality Standards of Children's homes with the ability to support the service to achieve a rating of outstanding.
Sound knowledge and experience of recording and reporting to enable safeguarding and protection of children & young people.

For more information about this role, please contact Karen Ciantar - 07787417968

When completing your application please refer to your skills knowledge and experience in relation to the Person Specification, Job Description and Additional Information document. This should be done with an understanding of the context of the service described.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.

We know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's values.  We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people.

For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our People & Culture...

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