Interim Turnaround Childrens Home Manager at Delphi Care Solutions

Wednesbury, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

17 Jun, 26

Salary

350.0

Posted On

19 Mar, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Turnaround Management, Recovery Planning, Safeguarding, Regulatory Compliance, Operational Control, Leadership, Practice Improvement, Risk Assessment, Trauma-Informed Care, Positive Behaviour Support, Stakeholder Management, Governance, Quality Assurance, Staff Support, Ofsted Readiness, Interpersonal Skills

Industry

Hospitals and Health Care

Description

Job Title: Interim Turnaround Children’s Home Manager Location: Darlaston, West Midlands Salary: £350 Per Day Job Type: Consultant role, interim for a minimum of 3 months (Contractor) Hours of work: Typically, Monday to Friday Start Date: Subject to satisfactory DBS check Overview The client is working with Delphi Care Solutions who are an established, innovative, health care improvement company who also specialise within Ofsted projects. The client is seeking an experienced interim turnaround children’s home manager to support with one of their children’s homes. The client provides trauma-informed care and use positive behaviour support strategies to support children with Social, Emotional and Behavioural, difficulties (SEBD). Job Details Reports to: Responsible individual The interim turnaround manager is to take a hands-on operational control of the children’s home on an interim basis to stabilise safeguarding, staffing, practice, and compliance, and to deliver a time-bound recovery plan that returns the home to safe, sustainable operation and regulatory readiness. The client is seeking an experienced professional with a strong track record in turnaround and recovery within children’s residential services. This is not a purely advisory role, the turnaround manager is expected to provide visible leadership on site, set non-negotiable standards, and drive measurable improvement by supporting the client whose service is under pressure, experiencing poor outcomes, regulatory concern, leadership instability, and safeguarding issues. The candidate will work alongside the client to stabilise the service, address the risks, strengthen leadership and practice, and drive sustainable improvement, with scope for short-term intervention or longer-term engagement depending on need. Responsibilities include: Lead and support turnaround and recovery of a children’s home who is experiencing operational, quality, safeguarding, and leadership challenges. Assess service risk, practice, and performance to identify immediate priorities and non-negotiables for safety. Stabilise the service through hands-on leadership support, clear direction and practical problem solving. Develop and implement focused improvement and a recovery plan with clear actions, timescales, and accountability. Provide professional challenge and constructive support. Support the service to embed sustainable practice, moving beyond short-term fixes to long term improvement. Strengthen governance, oversight, and quality assurance processes to prevent recurrence of failure. Address repeated or entrenched issues, including poor staff culture, high incidents, weak management systems, or compliance drift. Model and reinforce strong safeguarding practice and child-centred decision making Work flexibly across a short-term intervention. Direct day-to-day running of the home (rotas, deployment, routines, practice standards) Implement immediate safeguarding controls and practice changes Require attendance at supervision, training, and practice briefings Recommend HR actions (capability, conduct, suspension, redeployment) to HR/RI for decision Pause admissions (subject to RI/GEXEC gate) where safety/stability thresholds are not met Lead multi-agency escalation where children’s plans are unsafe or unrealistic About you You will be an experienced children’s home manager with a proven track record in turnaround, recovery, stabilisation and underperforming or high-risk services. The successful candidate will have strong leadership credibility and will be able to influence, challenge, and support senior leaders and staff teams through periods of difficulty and change. Essential Requirements: Experience in senior leadership, management, or consultancy roles within residential childcare and clear evidence of turnaround achievements. Experience of working in challenging environments and able to work under pressure. Achieved a Level 5 in leadership and management for residential childcare. Achieved a Level 3 or above in residential childcare diploma. Ability to complete essential documents that will meet Ofsted approval (statement of purpose, Workforce Development, Business Continuity, risk assessments, placement plans) Strong understanding the Social Care Common Inspection Framework (SCCIF) and the Children’s Home Regulations 2015. Previous experience of stabilising a children’s home from crisis to Ofsted compliance. Knowledge of positive behaviour support and PACE techniques. Excellent leadership, organisational, and communication skills. Previous training in specialised areas. Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Excellent interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders. Proven ability to develop and implement quality improvement initiatives and utilise reflective practice to make positive changes. Enhanced DBS registered on the update system

Responsibilities

The interim manager will take hands-on operational control to stabilize safeguarding, staffing, practice, and compliance, delivering a time-bound recovery plan to return the home to safe, sustainable operation and regulatory readiness. Responsibilities include leading the turnaround, assessing service risk, implementing improvement plans, strengthening governance, and modeling strong safeguarding practice.