Residential Childrens Home Service Manager – Huddersfield

Are you a passionate Residential Childrens Home Service Manager looking for your next role? 4Recruitment Services are currently recruiting for a Childrens Home Service Manager to work in Residential Childrens Homes based in The Huddersfield area.

Pay Rates: £29.78 - £38.96 per hour Umbrella Rate

Information the Role

As Residential Children’s Homes Service Manager, you will oversee the leadership, performance, compliance, and development of three children’s homes and directly manage three Registered Home Managers.

You will be responsible for ensuring that all homes operate in line with:

• Children’s Homes Regulations 2015
• Quality Standards
• Ofsted requirements
• Safeguarding and child protection procedures
• Organisational policies and best practice frameworks

You will play a key role in developing a strong therapeutic and restorative culture across the homes, ensuring children and young people receive high-quality care, support, and consistent leadership.

The successful candidate will maintain a visible leadership presence across the homes during the working week, offering direct support, challenge, and guidance to managers and staff teams.

This role requires flexibility and a strong visible leadership presence across the residential estate.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide operational oversight across 3 residential children’s homes
• Line manage and support 3 Registered Home Managers
• Ensure homes consistently achieve high standards of care and compliance
• Lead on safeguarding, risk management, and quality assurance processes
• Drive continuous improvement and service development
• Monitor budgets, staffing, and operational performance
• Support Ofsted inspections and regulatory compliance
• Promote therapeutic and restorative approaches to care
• Work collaboratively with multi-agency professionals and stakeholders
• Ensure children and young people experience safe, stable, and nurturing care environments

Essential Requirements:

• Significant experience within Children’s Residential Care
• Experience managing multiple homes or services
• Strong knowledge of Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 and Ofsted frameworks
• Extensive safeguarding and child protection knowledge
• Experience leading therapeutic and child-centred practice
• Excellent leadership, communication, and people management skills
• Strong quality assurance and service improvement experience
• Budget and operational management experience
• A Social Work Qualification, Level 5/Level 7 Leadership & Management qualification, or equivalent
• A current enhanced DBS registered on the update service.
• Right to Work in the UK- No restrictions

What we offer:

• 24 hour one on one specialist consultant based within your geographical area
• 4Recruitment Services Employee Benefits Programme
• Our own dedicated payroll support ensuring you get the full benefits of your payment

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services is an equal opportunities employer.

To discuss this vacancy in further detail or any other vacancies, please contact out Team on 0208 514 9136 or email careteam@4recruitmentservices.com.