Job Description

We are recruiting for a Registered Manager to join our established Ofsted Registered Childrens Home in Orpington.

1. Manage all aspects of the efficient running of registered children's home or homes and the maintenance of registration requirements.

2. To maintain a high quality and homely living environment at all times.

3. To ensure that suitable members of staff are always on duty through the effective management of staff rotas, training plans and staff leave.

4. To participate in the process of referral and to plan and deliver a familiarisation plan for any young person admitted to your homes.

5. To design achievable care plans in conjunction with responsible individual and ensure that care plan agreements are adhered to in the day-to-day running of the home.
6. To review and update care plans through regular planning meetings, ensuring effective communication with all concerned.

7. To provide regular supervision for the care team and ensure that regular team meetings are held involving all appropriate parties.

8. To ensure proper records are kept of all supervision and team meetings

. 9. To provide annual appraisals for all your staff and ensure that their training and development needs are met and that they comply with any training requirements and progress according to agreed development plans.

10. To contribute to staff training as required and to the induction of new care staff to your home.

11. To attend and contribute to care manager meetings and other organisational meetings as may be required.

12. To ensure the proper recording of all meetings and decisions in relation to the young people in your care and ensure distribution as required.

13. To ensure that all expenditure remains within agreed budgets and is properly accounted for.

14. To ensure time sheets, mileage claims, sickness and leave logs and other staff records are properly maintained and information shared with finance and personnel departments as appropriate.

15. Maintain vehicles within the requirements of policies and procedures and statutory requirements.

16. Produce COSHH and Risk Assessments and adhere to any Health & Safety requirements.

17. To be familiar with and ensure adherence to all policies and procedures, in addition to statutory requirements, and to ensure that staff teams are aware of and have a working knowledge of them.

18. To maintain a high standard of recording within the home, which is fit for purpose, respects the dignity of the young person and meets statutory requirements.

19. To produce review reports, in conjunction with management; ensure that young people are enabled to be fully involved in the reporting process and encouraged to participate in their own reviews.

20. Attend review meetings and ensure appropriate arrangements for visiting family members and local authority representatives.

21. To participate in an out of hour's on-call system as required.

22. To attend to your own personal development within the role, attend, and seek training as required.

23. To implement competency, capability, and disciplinary procedures within your team as appropriate and contribute to such processes elsewhere a required.

24. To participate in interviews for RSWs.

25. To liaise with external agencies as required and maintain positive professional relationships with same (e.g. Social Services, Inspection Units, local police, community and residents groups).

Education and Qualifications

Minimum - Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare or equivalent.

Job Knowledge and Experience

To have a minimum of three years' experience working as a registered home manager or deputy manager in a residential childcare or a directly related field.

Thorough knowledge of child development issues.

Detailed understanding of Children's Home Regulations 2015, Health and Safety Requirements, Equal Opportunities, Anti-Discriminatory Practice and other relevant legislation.

Understanding of a variety of different care practice or therapeutic models.

Demonstrable experience in controlling expenditure.

Experience of assessment, care planning, and review.

Experience of managing staff teams and getting the best out of them.

Experience of running a good to outstanding children's home.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From 50,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Casual dress On-site parking
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Registered Manager