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  • Youth of Today
    Ofsted Registered manager - children's residential home
    Ofsted Registered manager - children's residential home
    7 days ago
    £50000–£60000 yearly
    Full-time
    Iver

    Job post summary Pay: £50,000.00-£60,000.00 per year Job description: Location: Iver, Buckinghamshire Salary: £50,000 – £60,000 per annum Job Type: Full-time Schedule: Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 5:30pm (with flexibility for evenings, weekends & on-call duties) ⸻ About Us We are opening a brand-new children’s residential home in Iver, Buckinghamshire. The home is a spacious 5-bedroom property designed to accommodate up to 3 young people aged 8-17 with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (EBD). Our mission is to provide a safe, therapeutic, and nurturing environment where young people can heal from trauma, stabilise behaviours, and achieve long-term positive outcomes such as transitioning to foster care, independent living, or family reunification. We are seeking a passionate, experienced, and child-centred Registered Manager to lead the home, ensuring high standards of care, staff leadership, and compliance with Ofsted requirements. ⸻ Key Responsibilities Manage the home in line with Ofsted regulations and statutory requirements. Provide vision, leadership, and direction to the care team. Safeguard and promote the welfare of all children in the home. Oversee care planning, risk assessments, and placement stability. Work in partnership with local authorities, social workers, health professionals, and families. Ensure the home operates effectively within budgets and staffing requirements. Develop a trauma-informed, therapeutic culture that supports recovery and resilience. Maintain appropriate occupancy levels (up to 3 children) while prioritising individual needs. Represent the service professionally with Ofsted, commissioners, and external stakeholders. Drive continuous improvement, staff training, and team development. ⸻ Requirements Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management (Residential Childcare) – Essential Minimum 1/2 years’ experience as a Registered Manager in a children’s home with a proven track record of achieving ‘Good’ or better Ofsted ratings – Essential Enhanced DBS on the Update Service – Essential Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle – Essential Flexible approach to working hours with availability for on-call duties – Essential ⸻ What We Offer Competitive salary £50,000 – £60,000 per year Company pension scheme On-site parking Opportunity to shape and establish a new home from the ground up Supportive, values-driven leadership team Job Types: Full-time, Permanent Benefits: Company pension Free parking On-site parking

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  • Active Paws Doggy Daycare and Home Boarding
    Doggy daycare assistant and house sitter
    Doggy daycare assistant and house sitter
    1 month ago
    Full-time
    Chalfont Saint Giles

    Could you be the person we are looking for? Active Paws is looking for a new person to join our outstanding team of canine and feline carers. We specialise in offering the best possible facilities, care and exercise to our dog daycare and boarding clients and also in our cattery, Lily’s Luxury Retreat. This role requires someone to work a shift from 6:45 am to 1 pm therefore you must live locally to Chalfont Saint Giles and have your own transport. The important part of this role is that your circumstances allow for occasional weekend work if needed and for housesitting when the owners are away which is well remunerated. Due to the dynamics of this role there is room for leeway on the number of hours worked ,either less or more in order to find somebody who can fulfil the main needs of this role. Applicants need to display a confident, can do attitude with hands-on experience in handling and caring for groups of dogs and a keenness to work with cats as well. You will receive a full induction into the position and ongoing training, even so if you have no experience then this is not the job for you. You must be capable of working to a very high standard on your own and within a team, with excellent communication with your peers, clients and management. An essential requirement of this job is to be reliable and punctual at all times with the ability to work under pressure on occasion , outdoors in all weathers with a happy smile.😀 You must demonstrate experience working with dogs and/or cats in a professional environment. This could be another daycare, a kennels, a cattery, veterinary practice or similar. Simply owning your own dog and having an interest or a passion for animals is unfortunately not sufficient to be considered for this role. Full details of the job description are available on application for those with experience We offer a superb location and facility to work from and the owners are heavily involved in the daily affairs. We are five star registered and work to the highest of standards with the ethos that every dog or cat with us had individual needs and should be treated as such. We pride ourselves on our reputation for going the extra mile in the service we provide.

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