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Barnardo's

Registered Manager - Emotional Well-being Home

Braunstone£44,807 – £50,741 per yearFull-timeClosing 30th November 2026
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About the role

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you enjoy the rewards and challenges of working with children & young people and positively impacting their lives? We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated and passionate individual to lead our Emotional Well-being Home as the Registered Manager, on a full-time permanent basis.

Location of the post: Braunstone, 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.

Although this home will be your base location, you must be flexible to travel throughout the locality to support other homes should the need arise. Our homes are located in Braunstone, Hinckley, Coalville, Syston, Mountsorrel and Market Harborough.

Our beautiful Emotional Well-being Home supports children & young people between 8-18 years with a complex range of risk and behaviours. 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.

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 - Kelly Walker kelly.walker@barnardos.org.uk

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 Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay. 

Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours.  More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application. 

Workplace Offer: What it means for you

The world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these.

  • Annual Leave entitlement for full-time colleagues is 26 days per annum, increasing to 27 days per annum, after 3 years Barnardo's service, 29 days per annum, after 5 years Barnardo's service and 30 days per annum, after 7 years Barnardo's service. Those working less than full time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata
  • The ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus scheme
  • Service related sick pay from day 1
  • Cycle2work scheme
  • Interest free season ticket loans
  • 20% discount at Barnardo's stores
  • Opportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etc
  • Free access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and support
  • Access to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer

*T&C's apply based on contract

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

  • Reference number:23719
  • Job Title:Registered Manager - Emotional Well-being Home
  • Location:Braunstone
  • Locality:Leicestershire Residentials
  • Contract type:Permanent
  • Hours:37
  • Salary:£44,807 - £50,741
  • Closing Date:30 November 2026
  • Interview Date:TBC

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