We are seeking a Children’s Home Registered Manager to oversee the day-to-day operational running of our Residential Children’s Home in Derby. This is a full-time position with an annual wage of £35,000.
Yani Care Support is a family-run Social Care organisation providing support and accommodation to young people across the Northwest and Midlands areas. Our services specialise in working with young people with autism, complex needs, challenging behaviours, and trauma, requiring a tailored approach to care and support.
The Registered Manager is responsible for supervising, supporting, and managing the other staff within the children’s home.
They report directly to the Responsible Individual, Area Manager, Operational Managers, and Directors. The Registered Manager is a professional with significant experience in their field and holds a qualification and registration in health or social sciences or social care management. They must have significant experience. The role requires a positive value base, a good understanding of social work perspectives, and an ability to manage staff, environment, and clients with complex and challenging behaviours.
The Registered Manager will supervise the staff within their line management, including the completion of appraisals. They will ensure cohesive consistency among the team. Most importantly, they are responsible for ensuring the children’s needs are met and that, to the best of our ability, they are happy.
We must also ensure the environment is positive and that the statutory or contractual obligations of Yani Care Support are met. The Registered Manager will review and ensure good standards of practice in recording and monitoring, liaising with other agencies, and contacting the local community. They are responsible for developing and maintaining a positive and ‘warm’ culture throughout the team.
Essential
* Positive and non-judgmental value base
* Ability to demonstrate a commitment to equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
* A good working knowledge of the relevant legislation to your role, including safeguarding, children’s homes regulations, and health and safety legislation
* Experience working with young people with autism, complex needs, challenging behaviours, and trauma
* Ability to represent the organisation to external bodies and members of the community
* Ability to oversee the management of the service
* Willingness to contribute to on-call rota and complete direct work and shifts including sleep-ins, weekends, and bank holidays, when necessary
* Experience (minimum 2 years) of working with vulnerable children in a residential environment
* Experience of managing staff and completing supervision and appraisal processes (at least 1 year)
* Experience of managing budgets
* Good standard of written and verbal English, including report writing and assessment skills
* A knowledge of the regulatory framework for the field
* Completion of the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services in the children and young people’s residential management pathway or equivalent
Desirable
* Management Qualification
* Full UK driving licence and use of a vehicle for business purposes
Benefits
* Pension scheme, with an employer top-up
* Free meals/refreshments while at the Children’s Home
* Access to our employee assistance programme (free confidential advice for work, counselling, financial wellbeing, childcare support, family issues, legal information, medical information)
* Full and comprehensive training programme
* Access to company vehicles
* Free parking
* Mileage and expenses paid
* Family-friendly environment
Job Description
Clients
* Promote the development of the children
* Protect children from threats to their health, welfare, and normal development, both from inside and outside the home
* Ensure that key stages in the stay of children, such as admission and discharge, are properly managed and reflect decisions recorded in care plans
* Ensure that children facing crises and stresses are offered appropriate additional support
* Ensure that the children are involved in planning their lives, supporting them, and helping them towards taking greater control and responsibility
* Participate, develop, and implement support plans, ensuring their suitability and success are reviewed; including the delivery of the outcome star
* Write or delegate the duty of monthly reports and needs assessments, as well as any other appropriate document (such as risk assessments) as required
Staff
* Develop and maintain good working relationships with staff
* Ensure all new staff are supported fully and complete their induction packs
* Ensure you are providing both informal and formal support to the staff working with you
* Offer formal supervision monthly to the staff in your line management; ensure supervision is delivered throughout the supervision structure of your department and that this is of good quality
* Complete appraisal, disciplinary, and grievance processes as per company policy
* Raise any concerns about staff to the Area Manager
* Contribute to and implement the internal training package
* Develop the staff ability to learn theoretical perspectives and enhance their reflective skills
* Ensure all meetings are implemented regarding your department, as per the meeting protocol of Yani Care Support
* Ensure provision of rota to staff team and enable cover for the rota for emergencies
Interagency Working
* Create, develop, and ensure positive and constructive communication occurs between Yani Care Support and other professionals in the field: Social Work Teams, Police, Housing, Voluntary Sector, etc.
* Develop local knowledge of your field and build networks
* Liaise with OFSTED and any other suitable bodies
Family and the Community
* Use the residential community as a means of support and social learning for the children and team
* Introduce and involve yourself in the local community and represent Yani Care Support and our ethos positively
* Develop and maintain good working relationships with family members and carers
Government Organisations
* Ensure the reporting to organisations such as OFSTED, CQC, and local authorities is accurate and timely. This includes the notification of significant events, facilitation of inspections, and supporting staff to manage these visits
Meeting Good Practice Standards
* Adhere to the SWE, QTS, or nursing standards of conduct, as appropriate
* Yani Care Support objectives to Young People
* Ensure you manage your CPD to meet the registration requirements of the role
* Attend all training as allocated by Yani Care Support
* Bring to supervision areas of interest that you wish to develop
* Agree to engage in reflective supervision, including work to develop and lead reflective practice groups in the organisation
* Ensure that practice is anti-discriminatory and ensure specific needs are met where appropriate, such as dietary requirements, religious observance, and culturally significant activities
* Achieve a culture of good safeguarding practice across child care, staff management, and recruitment
Reporting
* Ensure their line managers receive complete monthly statistical data regarding the outcomes for children
* Ensure the packages of care commissioned are delivered to clients and raise any issue in delivering this to the Responsible Individual immediately
* Ensure the working environment is kept to a high standard and maintains a positive and warm feel, including health and safety checks
* Ensure information is passed to the administrative team as required
* Ensure you meet with your team regularly and communicate with your line managers regarding any issues as soon as practically possible
* Comply with inspections and audit requirements, including action plan responses
Legislation and Policy
* Meet and work towards exceeding the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015
* Ensure compliance with all appropriate legislation to the field of care in which you are working; to include wider legislation, which is relevant, for example, Child Care, Health & Safety, Equal Opportunities, and Data Protection, Keeping Children Safe in Education
* Adhere to all Yani Care Support policies, including Safeguarding, Performance Management, and Health and Safety.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £35,000.00 per year
Additional pay:
* Performance bonus
Benefits:
* Casual dress
* Company pension
* Free parking
* Referral programme
Schedule:
* Day shift
* Monday to Friday
* Weekend availability
Experience:
* children: 2 years (required)
Language:
* English (required)
Licence/Certification:
* Driving Licence (preferred)
Work authorisation:
* United Kingdom (required)
Willingness to travel:
* 75% (required)
Work Location: In person
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