Working Hours:
- 40 hours per week
- Usually Mon – Fri
- However, you will need to be flexible to ensure the needs of the service are met.
Salary & Benefits:
- Dependent on experience and qualifications.
- Starting at £50,044.88 unqualified (Plus considerable Performance related Bonus Scheme)
Essential Experience:
- You have experience supervising or managing a residential children’s setting.
- You have experience of managing a staff team & managing staff rotas.
- You have direct knowledge of what is expected during Ofsted Inspections.
- You have excellent communication skills and a ‘can do’ attitude.
- You have a minimum of 2 years supervisory experience.
- You have completed the level 3 Diploma with children and young people or equivalent.
- You have the Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young Peoples Services (Or equivalent) or are willing to work towards this within two years of commencing the post.
Reports To:
- Operations Manager/Responsible Individual.
- Development Manager
- Directors.
Responsibilities:
- Deputy Managers
- Team Leaders
- Shift Leaders
- Team members are in receipt of regular meaningful supervision and annual Appraisals.
The purpose of a Registered Home Manager:
- To ensure safeguarding of all young people underpins every decision made.
- To promote positive outcomes for young people in all aspects of their care.
- To lead by example and maintain good professional practices in accordance with the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 and quality standards for children’s homes.
- To be held accountable for the safety and well being of our young people.
- To help create a supportive and positive environment for each young person with particular reference to his or her safety, health and education.
- To comply with relevant health and safety legislation, policy and procedures in the performance of the duties of the post.
- To be part of an on call rota between all homes (1 week in 8) be available for telephone advice as necessary to react/attend personally if required.
Key Elements of the Role:
- To be responsible for the day-to-day management of the home ensuring the provision of a 24-hour, 7 day service of care.
- To contribute to the planning, delivery and review of services within Keswick Care.
- To monitor and maintain standards against agreed criteria and objectives and to implement quality assurance systems, which reflect agreed good practice.
- Involving children and their Carers and all stakeholders, following a joint management approach and a collective work strategy to reach the best outcomes for each child that is placed within the home.
- To provide reflective and effective leadership to the staff team.
- To manage resources effectively, including budgets, buildings and equipment.
- To manage staff resources flexibly and efficiently within an agreed arrangement.
- To co-ordinate, attend, chair all staff and children’s meeting, and further agency meetings as and when required in a professional manner.
- To work in a co-operative manner with other agencies to achieve joint objectives and provide complementary services.
- To ensure effective communication is maintained with all staff through written information, team briefings and management meetings.
- To provide and ensure supervision and appraisals for all team members in accordance with agreed policies are undertaken and recorded.
- To contribute to training strategies which reflect objectives and targets of the service and which promote and maintain a learning culture within the workplace.
- To be part of the recruitment and selection team.
- To provide necessary information as required and to ensure recording systems meet company and legislative requirements for finance, fire precautions and other records.
- To maintain confidentiality, observe and ensure compliance within data protection guidelines.
- To be committed to personal, professional development.
- To keep up-to-date with new legislation and practice development.
Whilst this job description gives an overview of the post, it is not exhaustive and the post holder will be expected to behave in a flexible manner and take on any other duties that may be reasonably delegated from time to time
Work remotely
Work remotely
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £50,044.80-£61,411.20 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
Application question(s):
- Do you hold a clean,current, full driving licence
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (required)
Experience:
- Managerial: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person
