Daytime Healthcare are assisting a Children's Home in Chippenham to find a Registered Manager to join the team.
This is a unique and rare opportunity to join a progressive and trauma-informed group of Children’s Homes with a focus on upholding the values and guidelines of a Therapeutic Community. The home is a five-bed residential home specializing in providing care for young people with emotional, behavioral, and learning difficulties.
What are the main duties of a Registered Manager?
1. To be responsible for the management, coordination, and development of a range of quality therapeutic services for young people that live at our Home.
2. To ensure the Home exceeds all standards as stated in the Children’s Home Regulations 2015 and all other legislation relevant to the therapeutic care of our children.
3. To promote relationships as central to the working practice of our Homes, taking an empathetic and engaging approach to working in partnership with young people, their families, professionals, and other agencies, in order to meet the needs of young people.
4. To provide effective, empathetic, and dynamic leadership.
5. To promote team development and effective team working, understanding the impacts of vicarious trauma and how this can affect the internal workings of the team, and to promote the company’s staff wellbeing programme.
Skills and Qualifications
Essential
* MUST have experience in Residential Children’s Social Care with a minimum of two years experience, ideally as a deputy or senior member of staff.
* An understanding of Trauma Informed Care and therapeutic background. A working knowledge of PACE and effective understanding of what a therapeutic placement looks like for children is advantageous or a willingness to learn.
* Strong leadership and effective communication skills with a very nurturing side and strong interpersonal skills.
* Hold a Level 3 NVQ diploma in Residential Childcare/Health and Social Care Children’s Workforce (or equivalent) OR have a NVQ Level 5 in Residential Childcare or equivalent or be willing to work towards this qualification within two years of working at Park Blue Homes.
* MUST have at least one year’s experience in a management and supervisory role.
* Be able and willing to pass an Ofsted Fit Person Interview.
* UK Driving License.
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