What's involved with this role: Interim Children’s Homes Registered ManagerAFC RQ1444867 Enhanced DBS disclosure required for this roleKey Requirements:
* Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (and Scotland SVQ Level 4 Management & Leadership); or for England or an equivalent Level 5 Diploma as defined by the DFE Guide to Children’s Homes Regulations, 2015.
* Extensive experience of safeguarding practice.
* Knowledge and understanding of the CQC regulations, OFSTED (Scotland-Care Inspectorate) requirements.
* Creating an inclusive service, in terms of meeting the needs of the children and establishing a workforce that further enables an inclusive environment.
* Developing and managing stakeholders’ relationships, both internal and external.
* 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.
* Full UK driving licence.
* Required to complete the SC2 form and pass a fit person interview with Ofsted.
The purpose of the role is to 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. Key Responsibilities:
* Creating a service ethos that delivers a consistently safe and quality service that complies and meets all the requirements of 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 with regulatory body and commissioner requirements.
* Managing and being responsible for all aspects of the home, ensuring an innovative, responsive, high quality and 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 report within timescales and to a high professional standard.
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