Pay: From £45,000.00 per year
Home location: Derby
Full job description
Job Purpose
* To be the Registered Manager for allocated Children's Residential Home(s) so that the physical, emotional and safety needs of children and young people are protected, safeguarded and promoted.
* To work within Government Guidance; Children's Homes Regulations, Local Authority guidance and the Association's policies and procedures in order to meet Quality Standards and achieve the desired outcomes for young people and children in the homes.
* To achieve and maintain an OFSTED rating of good or outstanding for the Children's Residential Care homes.
* To ensure quality assurance and compliance and ensure that the Children's Residential Care homes (including any new homes) operate within best practice, Children's Home Regulations and Quality Standards.
* To provide management, support and direction to the staff working in the Residential Care homes to ensure appropriate and effective staffing at all times.
* To support the development of an organisational culture.
Principal Responsibilities
1. To ensure that the home(s) is / are registered and managed in a way which:
* meets the Quality Standards for children's homes as defined in the Children's Homes Regulations 2015
* promotes children's welfare and safeguards their wellbeing
* creates a positive physical and emotional environment where children and young people can achieve their potential
2. To ensure that the legislative requirements for planning for the young people is adhered to as they relate to Children Looked After in residential care, i.e. that care plans are progressed and the required reviews and planning processes are followed.
3. To ensure, within the resources available to the homes, that resident young people receive a high standard of physical and emotional care.
4. To ensure that care is provided within an environment which positively integrates race, spirituality, gender, disability and sexual orientation and meets individual needs.
5. To be responsible for the line management of allocated staff and to provide management and leadership for the residential service team.
6. To work closely with the senior managers in Children's Residential Care and be jointly responsible for the management of the homes' budgets and for the maintenance and monitoring of all financial records and reports.
7. To be responsible for the administration and orderly running of the home including the ordering and control of supplies and services; administrative procedures and written records and reports.
8. To work with the operations manager to ensure the upkeep of the homes and grounds including the fabric of the buildings, fixtures and fittings and the condition of the gardens.
9. To ensure that Fire and Health & Safety procedures are known to all and adhered to by the staff team and to undertake regular audits.
10. To ensure that the young people are included as fully as possible in decisions affecting them and the running of the homes.
11. To ensure that senior management are kept up to date in relation to important matters relating to the running of the homes and the young people we care for.
12. To maintain a knowledge base of issues relating to the area of service, including legislative requirements, practice issues and procedural developments in both Association and national contexts; ensuring that the staff managed by the Registered Manager are kept informed of these issues and practices and procedures are updated as required.
13. To positively represent the homes and the children who live there, within the Association, within the community and with partner agencies to ensure that the children and young people maximise their life chances through the opportunities of multi-agency involvement.
14. To liaise with the local community to ensure that the homes integrate appropriately.
15. To conduct monthly and quarterly quality control checks, regular audits and undertake regulatory duties assigned to the registered person.
Minimum Requirements
Ideally has been a registered manager previously and must have 3 years' experience in a children's home.
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