Acacia Hall
Location
Friesthorpe, Lincolnshire
Position
Support Work Children
Advertising Salary
£46,000 - £48,000 per annum
Vacancy Type
Permanent

About The Role

Home Manager/Service Manager – Children’s Residential Service

Lincolnshire | Full-time | £46-£48k Salary + Benefits

About Kisimul Group

Here at Kisimul, we provide exceptional education and care for children, young people, and adults with autism, learning disabilities, and complex needs, including behaviours of concern. Through our registered schools, college, and care homes, we support children up to the age of 19 with education and care, and offer residential care and supported living for adults aged 18 to 65.

Our goal is to help every person we support live a meaningful and fulfilling life through compassion, respect, and empowerment.

Learn more about life at Kisimul: Kisimul Careers | Our Meaningful Life Model


About You

The Role

We’re seeking a Home Manager/Service Manager to provide leadership, guidance, and stability within one of our children’s residential homes in Lincolnshire.

You will lead your team in supporting the children in an 8 bedded home set in a beautiful rural location, with access to an on-site farm, integrated school and dedicated therapy team.

In this dynamic role, you will:

  • Be accountable for the performance of the home in relation to a range of organisational KPI’s
  • Drive improvement, innovation, efficiency and best practice.
  • Seek to achieve and sustain outstanding care and compliance.
  • Help embed the Kisimul culture and values.
  • Ensure the service consistently meets regulatory and safeguarding standards.

This is a key role for a confident, adaptable leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys making a tangible difference.

Your Qualities

  • Level 5 Diploma in Health & Social Care (or equivalent) desirable but not essential and willing to work towards as part of continued professional development.
  • Proven management experience in children’s residential care desirable, but not essential
  • Strong understanding of the Children’s Homes Regulations, Quality Standards, and inspection frameworks.
  • A proactive, resilient approach and the ability to inspire and motivate others.
  • Flexibility to travel between services within Lincolnshire.

Kisimul offer

  • We deliver a full range of children’s, adult and older people’s care services, built around our Meaningful Life model.
  • We are specialists in Autism and complex needs, with an integrated and extensive in-house multi-disciplinary therapy team.
  • We co-design individual “One Plans” and outcome frameworks that evidence each person’s journey toward greater independence and personal achievement.
  • Our practice is therapeutically informed, underpinned by our therapeutic and trauma-informed competency framework, supported by dedicated Service Development Practitioners.
  • We build bespoke packages in partnership with Local Authorities to support Transforming Care objectives.
  • We provide outstanding homes and therapeutic environments, a critical component of an effective therapeutic model of support.

Other benefits

  • Be part of a respected, values-led organisation where children always come first.
  • Ongoing professional development and clear career pathways.
  • Access to Help@Hand wellbeing platform
  • Access to Stream
  • Life Assurance
  • Blue Light Card
  • 35 days annual leave, inclusive of bank holidays

If you’re a strong leader ready to bring expertise, flexibility, and passion to a role that shapes lives, we’d love to hear from you.

Please note that this role does not require you to hold the ofsted registration

Apply today or contact [email protected] for more information.



About Kisimul Group


Kisimul Group Ltd are a group of independent specialist schools and adult provisions providing exceptional residential care and award-winning education to children, young people and adults with a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder, severe and complex learning difficulties, global development delay and associated challenging behaviour.

Kisimul is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment.

Kisimul is committed to valuing diversity and promoting equality for all

All applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS Check. Kisimul Group Ltd is an equal opportunities employer.

At Kisimul, we’re committed to creating a workplace that celebrates and welcomes diversity in all its forms. We believe that varied perspectives make us stronger and more innovative. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply — your unique background, perspective, and potential might be exactly what we’re looking for


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