Overview
Reference: 439400
Salary: £40,000 - £430,000/annum
Job Location: United Kingdom -- England -- East Midlands -- Nottinghamshire -- Nottingham
Job Type: Permanent
Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Children's Registered Manager
We have a fantastic opportunity for a Registered Manager. Are you a child-focused, reliable, and passionate manager? Then what's more rewarding than helping a child believe in themselves, have the confidence to celebrate their own uniqueness, and achieve success that is personal to them? As a Registered Manager, you'll be integral to the smooth running of daily life within our home, enabling young people to thrive in a nurturing environment.
Transparency and integrity are at the core of our values. Our focus is solely on the welfare of our children, and every decision is made with their best interests in mind.
The home we are recruiting for is a 4-bedded children's home, based in Nottingham.
Role and Responsibilities:
1. Lead and be a part of a caring team that provides a safe and loving home supported by the higher management team.
2. Continually review and meet the changing needs of the children and young people in our care.
3. Ensure therapeutic practice is embedded in the home.
4. Work alongside various professionals and associated clinical psychologists.
5. Act as a positive role model to colleagues and young people, developing trusting relationships that encourage recovery, growth, and lasting change.
6. Responsible for supervision meetings and mentoring staff.
7. Report writing (Behavioural analysis, case reviews, Reg 45).
8. Organise work patterns, ensuring staff training is current and up to date.
9. Play an active part in the home and at times be on shift.
10. Understand policies, procedures, and regulations.
11. Confidently manage OFSTED Inspections and regulation 44 visits.
12. Ensure effective and efficient monitoring systems of the home.
13. Work with wider organisations and liaise with external professionals.
14. Manage home budget effectively.
Person Specification:
1. Excellent safeguarding knowledge and skills.
2. Ability to creatively manage risk and promote positive risk-taking.
3. Organised and motivated, with a genuine passion for supporting young people.
4. Excellent report writing skills.
5. Ability to advocate for children's best interests.
6. Therapeutic knowledge and skills.
7. Strong communication skills (verbal and written).
8. Ability to develop staff professionally and lead a team.
9. Ability to manage challenging behaviour.
10. A willingness to go the extra mile.
11. Ability to remain calm and positive under pressure and in difficult situations.
12. A flexible approach to meet the needs of the home.
13. Solution-focused work ethic.
14. Ability to work with own initiative.
15. Desire for continual improvement and progression for the home.
16. Ability to readily identify challenges and provide appropriate resources and levels of support to overcome said challenges - effective problem solver.
Essential Criteria:
1. Hold a full UK driving licence - our home is rural with no public transport. The role will also include using company vehicles to take the young people out in the community, for appointments, school, and contact visits.
2. 2 years experience in residential children's care.
3. 1 year experience as a Children's Home Deputy Manager/Manager.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful candidates offered employment will be subject to compulsory screening checks; this will include employment references and an Enhanced DBS check. Candidates must also be 21 years for OFSTED compliance reasons.
Benefits:
1. Casual dress.
2. On-site parking.
3. Referral programme.
4. Company pension.
5. Bonus scheme.
Experience:
1. Children's Home Deputy/Manager: 1 year (required).
2. Residential Children's Care: 2 years (required).
Licence/Certification:
1. Driving Licence (required).
2. Level 5 Leadership and Management (preferred).
3. L3 Children's workforce (Essential).
Work Location: In person
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