Children’s Residential Care Manager

GHJ, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Care Manager within the Children’s Residential Service to work Full Time (1 Year Fixed Term) for Care Ireland.

The salary for this permanent Care Manager job is up to £70,000 per annum.

Main duties:

• The Manager is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of a residential facility. This role ensures the provision of a safe, supportive and developmentally appropriate environment for the YP in compliance with legal, child protection, and safeguarding standards.
• The Manager leads a social care team to deliver high-quality care, education support, and integration support.
• Provide strong leadership to staff, ensuring a positive and inclusive team culture.
• Supervise, and support staff, ensuring ongoing professional development.
• Implement policies, procedures, and best practices to maintain a high standard of care.
• Monitor and evaluate the performance of staff and service delivery.
• Ensure the safety and wellbeing of all YP, in line with child protection policies.
• Work closely with child protection services, social workers, and legal representatives.
• Oversee the day-to-day running of the centre, including security, hygiene, and maintenance.
• Manage budgets, resources, and financial reporting.
• Maintain accurate records, reports, written and digitally.
• Develop and implement programs that support the YPs education, life skills, and social integration.
• Collaborate with local schools, community groups, and healthcare providers.
• Support residents in their transition to long-term accommodation or reunification with family.
• Build and maintain relationships with government agencies, NGOs, and international organisations.
• Advocate for the rights and needs of unaccompanied minors at local and national levels.
• Represent the centre in meetings, conferences, and media engagements when required.

Requirements of this Care Manager role:

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in social work or social care.
• Professional accreditation or registration with the relevant regulatory body (e.g., CORU in Ireland).
• Proven experience in managing residential services, particularly for vulnerable children or refugees.
• Minimum of 4 years full time work experience in a children’s residential care centre or 3 years Social Work Practice.

Contact:
This Care Manager role is advertised by Sam Belotti; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, GHJ is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement