Deputy Manager- up to £35,000.00 per year
Registered Manager- up to £65k per year plus 10% bonus
To take overall responsibility for the management and leadership of the Children’s Home, either as the Registered Manager or Deputy Manager, promoting high standards of care in line with our regulatory bodies.
The Manager will ensure young people receive excellent levels of emotional and physical care, within a home that offers a safe, nurturing and comfortable environment with a staff team that is supportive, and enabling, providing opportunities and experiences to instil positive values and reaffirm the importance of children enjoying a childhood.
To lead and manage both employees and resources to ensure high standards of service are achieved within the home, exceeding regulatory standards.
To manage the budget of the home and ensure the business remains viable and to meet and exceed the key performance indicators for people, quality and performance.
Key focus on:
Safety
Providing a quality service to the young people
Colleague engagement
Safer recruitment
Supporting the development and learning of colleagues in the team
Ensuring that the service is financially sustainable including by safely supporting new referrals into the service and managing costs appropriately
Responsibilities
Ensure that all colleagues within the home understand their role, so that they are able to undertake their duties and responsibilities to a consistently high standard in the normal course of their duties.
Comply with all statutory / legislative requirements.
Comply with the Company’s policies and procedures and all other relevant supplementary instructions.
Liaise with and co-operate at all times with relevant Local Authority employees and other professionals, meeting their requirements as appropriate.
Prepare detailed reports for Statutory and Case Reviews to a consistently high standard.
Meet legislative and Company Health and Safety standards.
Implement quality assurance practices to monitor and evaluate standards of the individual and of the team performance, to support the company to achieve its objective to continuously improve upon quality.
Manage the designated budget, ensuring value for money is achieved.
Monitor and control expenditure of the homes spending.
Take control of all of the home’s spending.
Monitor the young person’s spending of their allowances.
Authorise and monitor items purchased for the home.
Investigate and report any financial irregularities appropriately.
Maintain a positive working environment.
Recruit high calibre colleagues that demonstrate our values and behaviours and delivery consistently high quality services.
Drive a high engagement culture through vision and great leadership, coaching, development, recognition and communication to retain our colleagues.
Robust performance management, including supervision and appraisals.
Identify and pursue training and development needs to drive succession and talent management of our people.
Manage people matters and challenging situations, such as discipline, grievance, capability, and absence.
Ensure the workplace upholds effective systems that are understood, implemented and monitored, with consideration to Company policy and procedure, including those relating to Health and Safety, equality and diversity.
Manage the colleague rota, enabling deployment of appropriate colleague resources to ensure key tasks are fulfilled, to include provision for back up as required in times of emergency/out of hours.
Promote the Practice of working in partnership with our young people, their families and other professional agencies involved in the care of the individual.
Arrange admissions of young people to the home in line with Company policy and procedure.
Ensure that the care and well-being of the young people is maintained at the highest level at all times.
Encourage communication and interaction within the home in order to broaden life and stimulate interests.
Ensure that all young people receive appropriate medical, dental and other ancillary care in line with care plans.
Encourage, stimulate and participate in social activities for the benefit of the young people.
Meet with Social Workers to develop, review and act upon individual care plans.
Liaison with young person’s family as appropriate
Knowledge / Education / Skills
A sound working knowledge of the statutory requirements associated with the residential care of young people. This will include Children’s’ Homes Regulations, Health and Safety legislation etc.
A management qualification of at least or equivalent to Level 5 Diploma in Health and Social care for Children and Young people. The role holder must have completed the full registration process and declared fit by OFSTED.
Proven people management skills within a residential setting, including motivating, directing, delegating.
Proven organisational skills.
Proven financial management skills.
Experience
At least 2 years’ experience in a managerial role within a children’s residential setting.
Responsibility
Budgets & Equipment
Collective responsibility for the care and security of equipment and adhering to the cost and budget guidelines.
Information
Shared responsibility for the confidentiality, security and accuracy of records, data and information. Ensuring good quality documentation, which meets the Organisational requirements Regulatory guidelines and statutory requirements.
Communication & Interaction
Communications will regularly require some judgement involving the seeking and gathering of information with the need for some explanation. May have interactions which contain distressing information
Safeguarding
All colleagues have a responsibility to protect and safeguard vulnerable individuals at risk (whether children or adults). Colleagues must be aware of local child and adult protection procedures and who to contact within the Local Authority Safeguarding team for further advice. All colleagues are required to attend safeguarding awareness training and to undertake additional training appropriate to their role.
Working Environment
The educational and social challenges experienced by the young people may, at times, give rise to unusual or anti-social behaviour which can be very emotionally and physically demanding. The role holder will be expected to undergo certified training and refresher courses in a range of areas including Child Protection, Physical Intervention, Behavioural Management, first aid, fire prevention and Health & Safety at Work and other specialist training related to the location
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Desired Criteria
Experience:
Held a Managerial role within a children’s residential setting (required for Registered Manager) Held a Senior role within a children’s residential setting (required for Deputy Manager)
Licence/Certification:
Driving licence (preferred) L5 Diploma in H&SC Children & Young People (or equivalent) for Registered Manager (required) L3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent) for Deputy Manager (required)