What's involved with this role: Possible extension after 3 months Interim Ofsted Children's Residential Registered Manager Reference no: AFC RQ1454950 Pay Rate: £25.61 per hour PAYE 37 Monday - Friday, normal working hours This opening assignment is for 3 months City: RUSHDEN Enhanced DBS disclosure required A residential respite home for children aged 4-18 years with disabilities who have a diagnosis of autism, complex health needs and/or complex behaviour, up to the age of 18. The home offers a structured and safe environment delivered by skilled staff including nurses. The home is Ofsted and CQC registered. The service gives parents and carers the opportunity to ‘recharge their batteries’ in the knowledge that their child is in a safe and stimulating environment. Your priority is putting children first; the children who use short break homes have very complex needs and sometimes life limiting disabilities. You will be responsible for the operational management and leadership of a residential home, setting the values, principles and ethos of the home in line with - national standards and policy, procedure and expectations, leading to the delivery of excellent quality care that achieves positive and agreed outcomes for children and young people and an outstanding or good or equivalent rating in external inspections. Key Responsibilities: Creating a service ethos that delivers a consistently safe and quality service that complies and meets all the requirements and the regulating body’s expectations of a good, outstanding or equivalent service, achieved through the application of effective planning, review and monitoring of the service. Leading by example to replicate and cascade to your line reports to inspire, motivate and manage a varied range of workers, ensuring safe and regulatory staffing levels. Providing supportive 1-2-1’s and reflective supervision to direct reports and to ensure this standard is replicated, to create a service/team who are aware of their responsibilities and are motivated, skilled and qualified (registered with the appropriate registering body) in line with regulatory requirements. Delivering positive and continuous improved outcomes for children and young people, utilising performance data and evidence-based outcome measures consistent, regulatory body and commissioner requirements. Managing and being responsible for all aspects of the home, ensuring innovative, responsive, high quality and person-centered services are delivered to children, young people and their families based on an assessment of need that is regularly and professionally reviewed and is outcomes driven. Promoting and delivering the highest standards of safeguarding practice utilising existing processes and best practice to create a safe positive work and service environment. Ensuring systems and processes are in place, and applied correctly, consistently and in timely to comply with all legal and statutory recording in line with regulatory and organisational requirements. To also complete quality self-assessment reports within timescales and to a high professional standard. Key requirements: Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (and Scotland SVQ Level 4 Management & Leadership); or for England 2. Or an equivalent Level 5 Diploma as defined by the DFE Guide to Children’s Homes Regulations, 2015. Knowledge and understanding of the OFSTED requirements and understanding of the Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015 Experience of managing and motivating a team to deliver a safe and high performing service At least 2 years’ experience in the last 5 years of working in a position relevant to residential childcare Demonstrable experience of motivating and leading by example to improve outcomes Demonstrable experience of working with children and young people who exhibit very challenging, emotional and behavioural difficulties. Experience of leading by example with the application of safeguarding practices and policies Proven ability to develop trust, rapport, influence and credibility with a staff team. Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. "XI ALD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please.