Centre Manager
Posted 27th May, 2026
About the role
Leyton Green Road is a Children's Residential and Respite Service Home supporting children with learning disabilities and associated needs. As Centre Manager, you provide strategic leadership and day-to-day management, ensuring high-quality care and support whilst promoting wellbeing, safeguarding, and development towards adulthood.
You will oversee 32 staff members with support from two Deputy Managers, managing both residential and respite services. The role involves budget management, maintaining compliance with health and safety standards, building relationships with families and professionals, and leading continuous improvement to meet regulatory standards and reflect best practice. You will shape the centre's vision and culture, fostering a positive and inclusive environment for both children and staff.
Key responsibilities include:
- Fulfilling all duties and responsibilities of a Registered Manager as required by the Children's Home Regulations
- Ensuring children and young people achieve positive and agreed outcomes in line with their care plans
- Contributing to strategic planning and development of services for children with disabilities and complex needs
- Ensuring unit compliance with the Centre's Statement of Purpose
- Promoting activities for children and ensuring their voices are heard using appropriate communication tools such as PECS and Makaton
To apply, submit your application online including a supporting statement outlining how your skills and experience make you suitable for this vacancy. For questions about this role, contact Roberta Onyekwelu, Head of Service Permanence & Resources at Roberta.Onyekwelu@walthamforest.gov.uk or 07854 913 787.
About You
You are an experienced manager with strong leadership skills and deep knowledge of children's residential care regulations. You understand the complex needs of children with learning disabilities and can create environments that promote their development and wellbeing.
The ideal candidate will:
- Hold Registered Manager status
- Have experience and knowledge of managing children's homes within the last 3 years
- Possess vast knowledge of Children's Home Regulations, Guidelines and Requirements with ample safeguarding knowledge
- Be conversant with Ofsted inspections and progressing recommendations
- Ideally be conversant with Mosaic case management recording system and proficient in Microsoft tools
Waltham Forest values diversity and is committed to equality of opportunity, opposing discrimination and ensuring our workforce reflects our diverse communities. This role requires satisfactory employment references, CIFAS identity checks, declaration of interest, and an enhanced DBS check. As a public authority, we require fluency in spoken English sufficient for effective role performance.
Waltham Forest Offer to You
Waltham Forest is a highly ambitious borough driven by culture and creativity, developing innovative ways to build communities. We are relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded, meeting the needs of existing and future residents.
As one of the Mayor of London's Good Work Standard employers, we demonstrate commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. We support employees to balance working life with other commitments, considering flexible working arrangements wherever possible whilst meeting Council needs.
- Good Work Standard accreditation ensuring fair pay and conditions
- Workplace wellbeing initiatives
- Skills and progression opportunities
- Diversity and inclusive recruitment practices
- Flexible working options where possible
- Pension scheme and comprehensive benefits package
