Residential Homes Manager

People and Place

Ref: 001490

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £51,357 - £54,495 per annum (Grade 10)

Hours: 36.66 per week

Closing Date: Sunday 17 May 2026

Interview: TBC

Here’s why Oldham is the best place to work:

In Oldham we have the highest aspirations to achieve the best outcomes for our children and families and to sustain them in their communities. We put their needs at the heart of everything we do.

Are you a beacon of leadership in children's residential care? Are you ready to pioneer and nurture the growth of our children's homes?

At an exciting time of growth and development, Oldham Local Authority Children’s Residential Service is seeking a compassionate and dynamic Residential Registered Manager. You will take the helm at our new children’s home, steering us through the opening stages and beyond, into the thriving day-to-day life of a nurturing residential setting. With an eye towards the future.

Oldham Children’s Services are looking for a caring motivated Registered Home Manager who can lead a team of Residential Workers to achieve the best outcomes for the young people within our care.

The successful candidate needs to be committed to the role and have significant experience in working with and understanding children in a residential childcare setting.

As the Registered Home Manager, you will be responsible for the delivery of care in your home and ensuring that the home provides the children with warm nurturing and rich childhood experiences. You will be supported in your role with regular supervision and be enrolled within the Oldham’s extensive training package. Further widespread assistance within Oldham Local Authority is provided by our Senior Leadership team, Finance, Administration, Training and Development Departments along with the extensive professional knowledge from individuals to enhance and progress in your own career.

Here’s the role:

We work with one of the most diverse communities of any local authority in the country and this is reflected within our workforce which we believe is one of our greatest strengths. The life experiences and challenges facing our children and families are incredibly varied and require an inclusive response which recognises the family’s unique strengths and works with them to achieve solutions.

We will develop and reward you for your expertise - that’s why we make sure you have access to a range of support, continual professional development, and training opportunities to continually improve your practice. We also offer a clear career development route based on your skills and experience through our progression pathway.

We look forward to hearing from you, please do not hesitate to contact us for further information about this role and our company.

As part of the control, and guidance to young people resident within the home that is consistent with the Homes Statement of Purpose, Children standards and regulations 2015, Supported Accommodation Regulations 2023, The Leaving Care Act 2000 and Oldham Council Policies and Procedures.

Our commitment to you includes:

• Welcoming you into a supportive, experienced and forward-thinking leadership team who can, and do, draw on a wide range of professional and specialist support striving to achieve excellence across the service.
  
• A thorough and robust induction to allow time to “get to know” Oldham and the high expectations and practice standards throughout the organisation.
  
• Excellent management support at every level.
  
• Support to enable you to obtain and maintain registration with Ofsted.
  
• We will ensure you receive regular supervision, training and development time to support your career goals.
  
• A revised and re-designed workforce development strategy that supports continued professional development linked to individual plans.
  
• Resources, toolkits and training to deliver effective interventions.
  
• Supporting you to build responsive, resilient and flexible services around young people to encourage young people’s educational development, emotional health and personal wellbeing.

What do our worker like most about working for us?

Other generous benefits including:

• 25 days annual leave with the option to purchase additional days, and which increases after 5- and 10-years’ service.
  
• Attractive defined benefit pension scheme with a market leading AVC option for additional retirement savings
  
• Discounted gym membership
  
• Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more.
  
• Salary sacrifice scheme, including Cycle to Work
  
• Wellbeing support, including an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support.
  
• Staff recognition and celebration events
  
• A supportive and enabling workplace with quality supervision from your manager.
  
• A comprehensive learning and development programme as part of your ongoing Continuing Professional Development
  
• Clear progression pathways

About Us:

We want Oldham to have vibrant, safe neighbourhoods where people are proud to live with opportunities for healthier, more fulfilled lives; and a sustainable, thriving economy. As we look to the future, the challenges may be significant, but so are the opportunities. We’ve identified three missions with our residents and partners, focusing on what will deliver the biggest impact:

A Great Place to Live, Healthier, Happier Lives, and Green and Growing.

We’re looking for candidates who will support us to achieve our ambitions and we encourage you to download our Corporate Plan: Ready for the Future and our Oldham Plan for further information.

Our Values and Behaviours:

By driving innovation, investing in our people, and championing our communities, we will ensure that Oldham continues to be a place where everyone can live their best life. To support this, we have three core values which define who we are and how we operate. These are ‘Proud, Ambitious, and Together’, and they shape our culture, inform our decisions, and inspire us to deliver on our commitments to the people of Oldham.

We have translated these values into five behaviours which guide our actions and are the standards we hold ourselves to, day in and day out:

• Work with a resident focus
• Support local leaders
• Committed to the borough
• Delivery high performance
• Take ownership and drive change

You can find out more about our values and behaviours on our greater.jobs Oldham page

Our Benefits Package:

At Oldham Council we offer a great benefits package for our employees, which includes the following:

• 25 days annual leave which increases after 5 and 10-years’ service
• The option to purchase additional annual leave.
• An attractive LGPS benefit pension scheme with the option to make shared cost additional voluntary contributions.
• Discounted gym membership with Oldham Active.
• Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more.
• Salary sacrifice scheme for home and electronics and Cycle to Work.
• Wellbeing support, including a Mental Health First Aider network and an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support.
• Staff recognition and celebration events.
• Peer support groups

Inclusive Recruitment:

We work closely with employees to help them work at their best, including making adjustments such as flexible working, describing available working patterns, providing equipment or making changes to the workplace.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and therefore expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

If you’re an applicant with disabilities and have previously been in or currently in care, a carer, someone who has served in the Armed Forces, or you’ve participated in the GM Elevate Programme, and you meet the essential criteria of the role, you are guaranteed to reach the first stage of assessment under our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme.

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Important Information:

Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for a current employee at risk of redundancy, it can be pulled back at any point, up to the post being formally offered to a candidate who is not at risk of redundancy.

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