Dual Registered Manager - Children's Residential Home
Home:
2 bed Children's EBD Home
4 bed Children's EBD Home (currently at initial stages)
We are on the search for a highly experienced Registered Manager to form part of the senior management team. We are looking to employ a driven and experienced Ofsted Registered Manager to join us and manage an existing 2-bedroom house and begin the registration of a new 4-bedroomed home within 2 miles of the exsisiting house in Lancing.
You will be a positive and influential manager experienced with Ofsted inspections and can help drive the home towards obtaining outstanding Ofsted ratings.
You will lead and manage the children's home consistent with the approach and ethos of the organisation, delivering qualitive outcomes and high-quality care as set out in the home's statement of purpose.
We shall support you to succeed within this opportunity to progress your career and install your own ideas, plans and visions, whilst promoting the ethos and vision of Davis Homes Residential Care Services. We want people to come to work each day excited at the prospect of making a positive impact on children and young people, helping to keep them safe, enriching their lives, providing positive learning opportunities, skills for life, whilst supporting them and their families to achieve positive outcomes.
Duties and Responsibilities:
General Duties
Have responsibility for the management of both residential homes, including staff management and supervision, care and placement planning, safeguarding, communications, report writing and monitoring quality and compliance.
Compliance with legal and regulatory requirements such as provisions set out in the Children's Homes Regulations and Quality Standards 2015, Children's Act 1989, Data Protection Act 1998, Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 and Working Together to Safeguard Children 2018.
Ensure full implementation of statutory and organisational policies and procedures and provide feedback on the effectiveness of all policies and procedures.
To be responsible for developing positive working relationships with the wider professional teams and support networks.
Promote and develop positive community links and relationships to promote the overall outcomes for looked after children.
Ensure that staff have the skills, experience and qualifications required to meet the needs of each child or young person placed in the home and provide continuity of care.
To lead and manage the homes in a way that is aspirational, inspiring both for children and young people and the staff who work there.
Produce monitoring and auditing reports, statistical data and evaluation as required and in keeping with organisational policies and procedures and within agreed deadlines.
To ensure that the principles of equality and diversity are embedded into the culture of the home.
To ensure that each child or young person has individual care and care planning which is tailored to their specific needs and requirements as laid out in their relevant plans.
To maintain professional relationships with the team around the child, multi-agency partnerships and where appropriate parents, families and other stakeholders.
Specific Duties
Service Delivery:
Ensure that the homes ethos is embedded in the service and that children and young people are fully involved in the day-to-day running of the service.
Ensure that the service meets the needs of children and young people from a diverse range of backgrounds in line with legislation, policy and best practice standards.
Take responsibility for the management of safeguarding children and young people, risk and service governance.
Ensure that children and young people have access to services which meet their health, education, social, psychological and emotional needs and well-being.
Ensure that the service and its programmes are planned and delivered to meet the needs of all children and young people.
Monitor appropriate outcomes and progress for children and young people.
Ensure that a social inclusion focus is embedded within services.
Take part in on-call arrangements.
People Management:
Responsible for the safer recruitment of staff in line with organisational policy and procedure.
Coach and support development of the staff team in line with their statutory training requirements and continuous professional development (CPD).
Responsible for staffing structures and rotas in addition to planning and prioritising key areas of work.
Responsible for providing short basic instruction/training sessions/briefings to the staff team in areas of best practice.
Ensure staff are properly inducted and briefed on how to work with children and young people's care planning systems and any programmes for care.
Responsible for the regular supervision of the staff team and relevant others as required.
Ensuring that all staff have access to practice-based consultation within their own area of service delivery as well as management supervision, reviewing and monitoring standards, caseloads and practice development.
Responsible for ensuring effective team building within and promoting a positive and constructive spirit of co-operation within staff teams
Pro-actively manage sickness absence in line with organisational policy and procedure.
Resource Management:
Responsible for the maintenance of physical assets located at the homes.
Responsible for the health and safety of the premises and furnishing of the homes.
Responsible for budget management across the service, ensuring expenditure is contained within the income that is available within the financial year.
Ensuring central ICT policies and procedures are adhered to by staff and children and young people.
To co-ordinate and monitor the administrative functions of the homes and evaluate standards of performance.
Skills and Experience
Qualifications and Education
Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People's Services; or equivalent.
Demonstrate commitment to continuing professional development.
Experience
Minimum of 2 years' experience working with children in a residential setting in the last 5 years and at least 2 years at a management level.
Supervision or management experience.
Working with children, young people and their families.
Inter-agency work.
Knowledge and Understanding
Children's Home Regulations and Quality Standards 2015, Single Social Care Inspection Framework (SSCIF), Children Act 1989, Children and Families Act 2014, Care Standards Act 2000, Children Act 2004, Working Together to Safeguard Children 2015, Health and Safety at work and associated guidance and regulation.
Policies and procedures pertaining to running a residential children's home.
Child protection, safeguarding children, impact of abuse and neglect, education and health needs of looked after children, equality and diversity and children's rights.
Care and placement planning, risk and review processes.
Understanding of the education, health, social, emotional and psychological needs of looked after children and young people and how to ensure these needs are met.
Skill and Abilities
Ability to lead and inspire a staff team, take responsibility for staff team training and development, supervision, rotas ensuring continuity of care for each child or young person.
Able to manage stress, challenging dynamics and demonstrate emotional resilience.
Capable of performing a wide variety of administrative tasks consistent with the day-to-day management of a children's home.
Prioritise and organise workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality, evaluating the quality of own and others' work and raises any quality issues and related risks to the relevant person.
To be 'fit' to manage a children's home as outlined in the requirements for registration as a manger.
Ability to sustain and work through placement issues to prevent placement breakdowns.
Ability to monitor the service for quality of care and in line with the requirements of Ofsted inspection.
Ability to develop constructive working relationships with the wider community and multi-agency teams.
A "Good" or "Outstanding" grade within your recent Ofsted Inspections.
To uphold proven organisational and financial management/budgeting skills.
Hold a full UK driving license with access to a vehicle.
Working Hours and Environment
Your working hours will typically be 40 hours per week but may vary based on business requirements. The hours will normally be worked 9-5pm. You may be required to work evenings and weekends as and when necessary due to the nature of the role. You must be within commuting distance of Lancing. Salary and Benefits 55k to 60k dependent on experience with a 2,000 Performance Related Bonus with an OFSTED rating of Good or3,000 with an OFSTED rating of Outstanding (T&Cs apply).
What We Can Offer you:
Competitive salary up to 60,000 (depending on experience)
Performance related bonus for achieving Ofsted ratings
3% Employer Pension contribution
Generous annual leave entitlement
Professional training & development opportunities
Comprehensive induction programme
Therapeutic training & consultation for all staff
Open minded, supportive management team
Progression and growth opportunities
Opportunity to be part of creating a new residential care home.
Wonderful working environment
Additional Pay:
Loyalty bonus
Benefits:
On-site Parking
Free Meals on shift
Wellbeing Support
Free DBS check
Schedule:
9-5pm
Working within a staff rota as required
On call as required
Licence/Certification:
At least or equivalent to Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social care for Children and Young people.
QCF Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (preferred)
Diploma of Higher Education (preferred)
Full Driving Licence with a minimum of 2 years driving experience
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: 55,000.00-70,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Company events
Company pension
On-site parking
Experience:
Residential child care: 2 years (required)
Work Location: In person
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