This is an excellent opportunity to lead and mould a great team in a newly created home in a truly therapeutic setting, being given freedom and autonomy to in-still best practice into your provision. With staff wellbeing at the heart of this company, we offer attractive rates of pay and excellent staff support.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Requires significant experience in LD mental health and complex needs for a solo children's home
- To lead the children’s home and provide direction, guidance, support and leadership to all residential care staff in their delivery of a coherent care service in accordance with the principles and values contained in the Gratia Cura and home Policy Documents and in accordance with regulatory requirements.
- To model best practice approaches and support staff and managers through challenging episodes with children.
- To be the Registered Manager for the Gratia Cura care provision with OFSTED.
- To be an effective member of Gratia Cura Senior Management Team and to represent the home provision as appropriate within this arena.
- To be a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) within the home.
KEY TASKS:
-To ensure that the social care policy framework which sets the principles and values that the home works within are up to date, represent best practice and are inclusive and reflect the diversity of the school’s residential community.
-To develop, regularly review and update all Care Policy documents as required by current legislation and in accordance with best practice. Ensure these documents are followed and understood by all relevant staff and implement training programmes where required.
- Establish methods and measures to evaluate the quality of care provided for the children and young people. Make improvements as necessary and strategically manage a process of continuous improvement for the service provision.
-As a skilled practitioner, model best practice approaches to working with vulnerable children who can challenge a service.
-Ensure an effective and regular system of staff debrief and support following testing interactions with young people or families.
-Participate in the Review, Assessment and Transition process for all children within/due to arrive within the home and coordinate the care department’s role within these.
-To regularly review the residential care staffing structure to ensure it supports the dynamic demands of the service and budgetary requirements.
-Participate in the development and monitoring of young peoples care plans.
-Ensure that social care practice reflects the equality and diversity needs of the residential young people in the community.
-To co-work effectively with the education team, health and therapy specialists to provide an integrated support programme for young people.
-Responsible for following the Gratia Cura Recruitment & Selection Policy and Procedure and working closely with Human Resources in all staff issues.
-Responsible for the management of residential and clinical teams in meeting the Children’s Homes Regulations and Quality Standards and the monitoring of work practices.
-To provide strong and consistent leadership, guidance and management to all care staff, being involved in the disciplinary and grievance process as required.
-To directly line manage the senior care team managers. Ensuring they have a consistency of approach and high expectations of staff teams.
-To ensure all care staff are appraised annually, specifically to highlight and support any skill-gaps that they present in their role. To source and provide targeted training to reduce any such skill-gaps.
-Plan, co-ordinate and assist in the delivery of staff training, induction and development programs; including the implementation of a regular program of supervision and appraisal.
-Responsible for the management of financial resources and a delegated budget.
-To always ensure appropriate on duty and on call cover for the residential provision and to be part of the senior on duty/on call team.
-Work in close partnership with Education and Therapy teams to develop the young person experience.
-Be a member of a multidisciplinary, professional team – chair and contribute to meetings as and when required.
-To work alongside the Social care, Education, Lado and Ofsted, to ensure that all Child Protection and Safeguarding Policies and Procedures are followed and any issue is managed carefully and promptly to a satisfactory conclusion. Ensure all relevant staff attend Child Protection / Safeguarding training and updates, and display its principles in their practice.
-To represent Gratia Cura in external meetings and liaise with members of external agencies.
-Adhere to the Company Health & Safety Policy and Procedures.
-To undertake training commensurate with the role.
-To monitor incidents of holding and restraint, and work towards minimising these
-Incidents. Ensure relevant staff are appropriately trained in this area.
-Some travel around the UK may be required.
-To undertake any other tasks reasonably expected of a Registered Manager.
You as an employee are required by The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 to:
-Take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and others who may be affected by what you do or don’t do.
-Cooperate with the Company to ensure compliance with the law; And Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Act 1999 you as an employee are.
required to:
-Inform your employer of any work situation which you consider represents a serious and imminent danger and any shortcoming in the employer’s protection arrangements for health and safety. Ensure you do not misuse or interfere with equipment provided for your safety or the safety of others.
MUST HAVE MINIMUM LEVEL 5 DIPLOMA IN CHILDREN’S RESIDENTIAL CARE AND 2 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN AN OFSTED REGULATED HOME
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £64,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Marston (Oxfordshire, South East Region): reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Children's residential care: 3 years (required)
- Leadership: 3 years (required)
- ofsted regulated home: 2 years (required)
Language:
Licence/Certification:
- Level 5 diploma children's residential care (required)
- Driving Licence (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
