Job Summary :

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Registered Manager to oversee the operations of our new children’s home. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and a passion for providing high-quality care to young persons. We require our candidate to work alongside the RI and take our home to registration. We really want someone to hit the ground running and make the home how they would like it for their children.

At our company we believe that the registered manager is the heart beat of running our children’s home. Therefore, we want our manager to benefit and be rewarded for their hard work! So, in the package offered we will include a profit share yearly plus private health insurance post probation to support our manager. The manager also has an experienced RI and ops manager in place to support them too which is vital.

The role requires a proactive approach to managing staff, ensuring compliance with regulations, and maintaining the highest standards of care for our young persons. As Registered Manager you will ensure that good quality care is delivered to the children and young people in the home.

You will hold the registration and have overall responsibility for the home. You will have responsibility for recruitment, training, supervision, placements, care plans, audits, budgets and working with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities :

Supporting the Needs of Children and Young People

• Promote and ensure the delivery of a safe and Ofsted compliant home that is underpinned by a structured and nurturing environment.
• To actively safeguard and promote the welfare of the young people within your care.
• To contribute to the development of appropriate relationships with and between staff, young people, families and other stakeholders including education, health and therapy.
• To ensure there is a multi-disciplinary approach to providing positive outcomes for young people and lead/chair meetings pertaining to the care of young people.
• To promote appropriate relationships between staff and young people and their families, promoting the children and young people’s involvement and participation in the day-to-day life of the Home.
• To respond immediately to any unsafe practices and conditions.

Management and Leadership :

• Ensure that staff are aware of the individual needs of all young people and skilled to deliver the support required to ensure life chance opportunities and positive holistic development.
• Develop and make known to staff a variety of intervention strategies that support the environment regarding behaviour management and the promotion of pro-social behaviour.
• To ensure the home is financially viable and managed within its allocated budgets.
• To produce and implement a development plan for the service that ensures the delivery of high quality, clinically informed practice.
• Provide staff with sufficient information that ensures they understand their role and implement monitoring systems which will ensure they perform to a high standard.
• Promote and actively encourage the professional development of staff. To provide support and direction to the staff team, directly deliver supervision to identified members of staff and regularly appraise performance as outlined in company policy.
• Responsibility for the management and supervision of all staff members including delegation of supervision responsibilities to appropriately skilled and experienced Seniors RSW’s or Deputy Managers.
• Work in collaboration with Human Resources to manage all employee relations within the home, in line with current employment legislation and the company’s policies and procedures.
• Oversee, supervise, appraise and develop the skills of staff in their working practice.
• Work in partnership and develop professional working relationships with colleagues, other agencies and professionals to meet the needs of young people and their families.
• Providing leadership and direction to all employees.
• Taking disciplinary action when necessary.
• Motivating employees and ensuring a focus on the objectives in line with the home’s statement of purpose and children/young people care plans
• Must be self-motivated and possess the desire for self-de2velopment.

Regulatory and Administrative :

• Ensure all staff are aware of their responsibilities in relation to adherence of policies, both in the home, the company and those set out in Children’s Legislation and Regulations.
• To be involved in recruitment of staff including vetting, interviewing and inducting new employees.
• Ensure that a robust process of internal monitoring and critical reflection is maintained with a view to complying with regulation and the continual development of the service and the Company as a whole.
• Ensure that the home functions in such a manner that staff and children understand, recognise and celebrate the diversity of cultures and beliefs within the local and wider community. At all times promote and ensure anti discriminatory practice.
• Manage and monitor labour costs, staffing structures and rota’s, ensuring they meet requirements of the children’s needs and are in line with allocated labour budgets.
• Complete the administration of financial, payroll and staffing related matters in the home within the prescribed time scales.
• Work within the code of confidentiality and ensure that records in the home are stored and held in a manner which is compliant with GDPR 2018 regulations.
• Undertake and participate in any required training programmes which are relevant to the employment of staff working in children services, paying particular regard to residential care and the management role.
• Co-operate with the Company in complying with the Health and Safety requirements and are therefore expected to follow Company policies, to acquaint yourself with the Fire, Health and Safety Procedures at your place of work and carry out relevant risk assessments of unsafe practices and conditions that present a safety risk.
• Maintain a clean and safe environment; ensure that the physical state of the building is maintained to a high standard and that all repair/maintenance problems are dealt with promptly.

Other Requirements:

• Level 3 NVQ Health & Social Care.
• Level 5 NVQ Leadership & Management.
• Previous experience registering a new home is essential.
• To provide out of hours support to the service.
• The post holder will be expected to continuously develop in their role. It is in the nature of the work of residential care that tasks and responsibilities are in many circumstances unpredictable and varied.
• The post holder may be reasonably expected to undertake other duties commensurate with the level of responsibility that may be allocated from time to time All staff are, therefore, expected to work in a flexible way when the occasion arises that tasks which are not specifically covered in their job description must be undertaken but which will be within their level of responsibility.
• Additional duties will normally be to cover unforeseen circumstances or changes in work and will normally be compatible with the regular type of work.
• This job description is not intended to be a complete list of duties and responsibilities but indicates some of the main areas attached to the post. It may be amended from time to time, to take account of changing trends in social care relevant legislation, together with Employment law.

DBS Obligations:

• All Candidates for social care positions - please note that these roles are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and therefore you must include details of all and any offences, even if ‘spent’.
• All staff are obligated to notify of changes in their personal circumstance whilst employed for the company.

Health & Safety :

All employees have a responsibility for their own Health and Safety and that of others while undertaking their duties. Employees have a general duty to assist in implementing its Health and Safety policies.
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The company supports Equal Opportunities in Employment and opposes all forms of unlawful discrimination on grounds such as colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sex, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief and age. You are expected to comply at all times to the company ethos and all relevant polices and procedures.

General Statement :

• The above job description forms part of your Main Terms and Conditions of Employment. The Company reserves the right to vary duties and responsibilities at any time.
• The above duties and responsibilities do not include or define all tasks that may be required by the postholder. The duties and responsibilities may vary without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From £55,000.00 per year

Additional pay:

• Commission pay
• Performance bonus
• Yearly bonus

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• On-site parking
• Private medical insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Children residential care: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

• NVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care (required)
• NVQ Level 5 Leadership & Management (required)
• Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person