Children's Residential Registered Manager - Various locations available
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Location: Exceptional Care Ltd, Malthouse Business Centre, 48 Southport Road
Salary: £50,000 - £55,000 per annum (dependent upon experience - £5,000 per annum bonus for full occupancy)
We offer development opportunities to all managers to progress to Senior Manager level.
Who are Exceptional Care?
Exceptional Care is a therapeutic children’s service providing care and support to children and young people aged 8-17, from complex backgrounds, who display challenging behaviour and EBD. The service is an independent social care organisation with multiple residential units across the whole of the North West. The senior leadership team has been transformed to ensure the right people have oversight of the organisation.
Exceptional Care believes that consistency in care is paramount to children/young people with complex needs, to this end we are committed to developing and maintaining good communicative relationships with the child/young person.
Exceptional Care uses a systemic therapeutic approach to support the nurture and care of our children. The systemic approach is rooted in attachment theory, and uses trauma informed approaches. We are currently introducing a comprehensive framework of assessment and outcome monitoring using the Secure Base Model.
About The Role
Main Duties
* To ensure the base home provides and maintains the highest levels of care and service in accordance with the company’s mission, vision, policies and procedures.
* To provide professional support, training, guidance, and supervision to residential staff, within the home.
* To support the team to ensure person-centred care plans are established, renewed, maintained, and implemented for each child or young person.
* To support the team to manage effectively and efficiently all allocated resources of the home, financially.
* To support the plan of the daily and weekly management of the home.
* To work with professional colleagues to ensure each child or young person’s best interests are identified and plans established to meet them.
* To work with the Responsible Individual to implement, create and monitor a framework of care systems to enable the above.
* To devise and deliver a home rota and ensure that the requirements are met, in respect of the allocation of staff and needs of the children placed.
* To be involved and adjudicate in staff disciplinary procedures.
Main Internal And External Contacts
To form, develop and maintain professional relationships with:
* Children and young people looked after at your base home and homes within your responsible locality area
* Families
* Team members
* Other professionals working with looked after young people
* Child, young person’s advocate or representative
* Ofsted
Key Responsibilities
Managing service delivery
* To fulfil the role of the Registered Manager as defined within the Care Standards Act, this may include travel within the UK.
* To deliver on the content of the Certificate of Registration and the Statement of Purpose for the establishment.
* To protect children and young people from risks to their health, welfare and normal development, both inside and outside the Home.
* Ensure the home environment is appropriate and sensitive to the needs of the children and young people being looked after and complies with the Children's Homes Regulations 2015 and quality standards.
* To actively promote the involvement of all children and counter isolation of individuals by others.
* To ensure compliance with the Children's Homes Regulations 2015 and quality standards.
Managing People
* To actively be involved in selecting and recruiting your required staffing needs.
* To provide leadership, guidance, and management to staff within the Home.
* To ensure all staff, probationary reviews and appraisals are carried out annually.
* To create a positive and supportive culture within the staff team.
Managing Resources
* To have overall responsibility for a balanced and efficient staffing rota and the fair distribution, if authorised, of overtime.
* To ensure that adequate and appropriate security systems operate within the Home.
* To ensure the Health and Safety at Work Act responsibilities are carried out.
Managing Finance
* With the finance leads, establishing and maintaining budgetary control systems for the Home.
Personal
* To read and understand Company policies and procedures and ensure their operation within the Home.
* To report to a line manager or other appropriate person in the event of awareness of bad practice.
Benefits And Incentives
* Comprehensive, paid induction training through our sister company Think Tank Academy
* Consistent support, training and development within our organisation
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Private Health insurance with Aviva
* Outstanding service employee of the year award -£3,000 voucher based award
* Employee of the month award
* Paid Blue Light care on completion of induction for the first year of employment
* Medicash
* Cycle to work program
* Long Service award - £200 for 2 years, £400 for 5 years and £600 for 10 years
* Pension Scheme
* Length of Service Holiday Scheme
* Refer a Friend Scheme offering £100 for every person you successfully recommend.
* Free Gym Membership, including group classes
Required Criteria
* Full UK Manual Driving Licence
* 2 years’ experience in a children’s residential setting at senior level
* Level 3 or 4 Children and Young Peoples Workforce or equivalent
Closing Date
Friday 25th April, 2025
Contract Type
Full-time
Salary
From £50,000.00 Yearly to £55,000.00 Yearly
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