Responsible Individual (Children’s Home)

Angelgroup Bright Futures is seeking an experienced and committed Responsible Individual (RI) to support the registration and development of a new 3-bed children’s home in Solihull.

This is an exciting opportunity for an RI who has experience supporting children’s homes through the Ofsted registration process and is passionate about establishing high-quality, child-centred services from the outset.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the Ofsted Responsible Individual on behalf of the provider.
• Provide strategic oversight and governance of the children’s home.
• Support the organisation through the Ofsted registration process and beyond.
• Monitor quality, safeguarding, compliance, and service performance.
• Provide support, guidance, and constructive challenge to the Registered Manager and senior leadership team.
• Review Regulation 44 and Regulation 45 reports and oversee continuous improvement plans.
• Ensure the home operates in accordance with relevant legislation, regulations, and Ofsted requirements.
• Promote positive outcomes, safety, and wellbeing for children and young people.
• Build effective relationships with Ofsted, Local Authorities, and other external stakeholders.
• Support the development of a strong safeguarding and quality-focused culture across the service.
• Ability to support and develop the Registered Manager while maintaining appropriate professional oversight and accountability.

Essential Requirements

• Significant experience working within children’s residential care.
• Previous experience as a Responsible Individual or in a senior leadership role within an Ofsted-regulated children’s residential setting.
• Experience working within children’s homes supporting young people with Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (EBD), Learning Disabilities (LD), or similar complex needs.
• Strong knowledge of the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015, Quality Standards, safeguarding requirements, and Ofsted expectations.
• Experience supporting Ofsted registration, inspections, and compliance processes.
• Excellent leadership, governance, communication, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to provide both strategic oversight and practical support during the development of a new service.

Desirable

• Previous experience as a Registered Manager within a children’s residential home, although this is not essential.
• Experience supporting the setup and registration of new children’s homes.
• Understanding of the commissioning landscape and Local Authority requirements.
• Experience developing new services, quality assurance systems, and improvement plans.

Please send your CV and a brief introduction to [email protected].

"Angelgroup Bright Futures Ltd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All applicants are expected to share this commitment. Appointment is subject to safer recruitment checks, including references, identity and right to work checks, employment history checks and an enhanced DBS check with children's barred list check where the role is eligible."