Job Title
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, delivering high-quality, trauma-informed care and ensuring full regulatory compliance.
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.