Registered Manager
29 days ago
Croydon
Registered Manager: Start Up 2‑Bed EBD Home Role overview Location: Croydon Salary: £65,000–£75,000 per year Contract: Full time, permanent Service: New two‑bedroom Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties residential home for children and young people. Lead the setup, registration, mobilisation and ongoing management of a small specialist home. Key responsibilities • Lead CQC registration and all pre‑opening activity including policies, procedures, risk assessments, premises checks, and service documentation., • Manage day‑to‑day running of the home, ensuring safe, consistent, person‑centred care for children with EBD., • Recruit, induct and supervise a small multidisciplinary team; deliver training plans and competency checks to meet specialist needs., • Maintain robust safeguarding systems, ensure staff adherence to safeguarding procedures, and act as the home’s safeguarding lead., • Implement and maintain quality audits, care planning, incident reporting, medication management and CQC KLOE compliance., • Oversee positive behaviour support plans, risk reduction strategies and therapeutic interventions in partnership with clinicians., • Build and maintain relationships with local authorities, placing social workers, clinical partners, families and community services., • Manage budgets, rostering, agency use and procurement to ensure cost‑effective, sustainable service delivery., • Ensure accurate records, timely data input to provider systems and reporting against KPIs., • Contribute to service development, admissions planning and occupancy growth strategies. Person specification Essential: • Registered with CQC as a Registered Manager, • Proven experience managing residential services for children and young people, ideally with EBD or complex needs., • Strong knowledge of CQC regulatory framework, safeguarding, and positive behaviour support., • Excellent leadership skills with experience recruiting, coaching and developing small teams., • Highly organised with strong attention to detail for documentation and data entry., • Resilient, adaptable and able to lead a start‑up under pressure., • Good communication skills for multiagency working and family engagement., • Full UK driving licence desirable.