Who We Are.
Creating Lifestyles Children’s Home will always be putting children's care, well-being, and education first. As a children’s home, our aim is to improve the lives of the children and young people we work with and in turn, have a positive effect on their broader relationships, the independence and flexibility to tailor innovative solutions to the needs of children and their families, whilst maintaining our strong bond and deep commitment to our wider community. We have responded to the market in our society that fits us.
RELATIONSHIPS
Reports to: Responsible individual /Directors
Residential Team –Deputy Manager, Shift Leaders, and Residential Childcare Workers.
External relationships:
Children in care and their parents, wider family and friends
Other professionals and agencies, particularly health, education, and the police.
Neighbours and residents
Provider groups in the region
Primary Purpose(s) of the job:
To act as Ofsted Registered Manager, deliver services that are fully compliant with legislative and regulatory requirements, particularly The Children’s Homes Regulations and Quality Standards 2015. Responsible for the effective development and delivery of high-quality residential services to young children and their families, improving outcomes. Leadership and management of a team, ensuring that team members work effectively with children, young people, families, and all internal and partner agency staff. To carry out their statutory duties as determined, principally in relevant childcare legislation, children’s homes regulations, and standards. To ensure that all services are planned and delivered in a way that maximises participation and reflects children’s rights in relation to services being provided.
Within the overall context of:
· The Children’s Homes Regulations and Quality Standards 2015
· Children Act 2004, Care Act 2014, and other relevant legislation.
· Working Together to Safeguard Children
· The Homes Statement of Purpose
· The Code of Conduct and Behaviour and relevant policies.
The post holder is responsible for ensuring that all child protection policies are adhered to, and concerns are raised in accordance with these policies.
Main Duties:
● To be responsible for the day-to-day operation/management of an Ofsted-regulated residential provision.
● To ensure the highest standards of emotional, social, and physical care, promoting the best outcomes for young people through research, development, and partnership.
● To ensure strategic overview and vision of momentum are embedded in policies, procedures, and management strategies in collaboration with teams within the home.
● To deliver highly motivated leadership and development to the team for which you are responsible.
● Ensure that training is relevant, robust, and effective and that the training program is dynamic and adaptive to the needs of current young people.
● To ensure that the staff team adheres to training requirements and timescales
● To develop high standards of communication with social work teams, the Virtual School, clinicians, and other key partners.
● To ensure the provision maximises resources within a planned timescale and ensure all services are delivered in a way that maximises the participation of young people, respects their rights, and is responsive to their wishes and views
● To take overall responsibility for all regulatory requirements associated with Ofsted registration and the home’s Statement of Purpose.
● To ensure all safeguarding risks are acted upon immediately, and the relevant action is taken to mitigate the risk. Communicate effectively, in a timely way with all agencies and internal reports
● Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and at all times promote and ensure equality in practice.
● Undertake and participate in any required training programs.
● Develop and maintain effective working partnerships with external providers as an integral part of the care pathway for children.
● To be able to challenge, in a sensitive way, engender collaboration for educational achievement and attainment, and foster a mutual responsibility for outcomes for all young people.
● Ensuring that the educational needs of children in residence are assessed and provided for, liaising with educational professionals producing Personal Education Plans.
● Ensuring that the emotional, behavioural and health needs are assessed and provided for, liaising with health and clinical professionals to produce individually agreed Health Action Plans.
Management responsibilities:
1. Take overall responsibility for all staff, delegating effectively and appropriately. Work with SMT to consider and manage labour costs, staffing structures and rotas, ensuring they meet the requirements of the children’s needs.
2. To develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with partner agencies and clinical teams to ensure individual assessment plans and support packages are achievable and adhered to.
3. To ensure leadership and management of staff, including annual appraisal, regular individual supervision and induction and development is available to all staff working in these provisions
4. To retain up-to-date information relating to legislative changes and disseminate this information throughout the service as required, including policy revision.
5. To develop and ensure maintenance of monitoring systems in accordance with Health and Safety requirements, ensuring that the necessary staff training is undertaken and recorded.
6. Establish and ensure maintenance of administrative systems for children’s s casework records, referrals and assessments, including risk assessments, to ensure that staff apply them and that confidentiality, standards and boundaries are adhered to.
7. Ensuring that the physical buildings, fixtures and fittings are maintained to a high standard and in good decorative order and are secure. That the home is inventoried, liaising with maintenance and Head of Development as appropriate.
8. To participate in operational service development along with the SMT
9. Ensure there are effective formal and informal communication channels within the pathway and that policy and procedural information are adhered to, so staff can operate knowledgeably and safely at all times.
10. To ensure a robust and dynamic induction procedure is adhered to
11. To adhere to the Trust policy and procedure on recruitment and the management of HR issues effectively.
12. Work in partnership with other professionals and agencies and develop and maintain a positive public relations image for the whole trust.
13. Ensure the home is Ofsted ready at all times, and prepare to respond to all requirements
14. Achieve and maintain an Ofsted rating of at least Good, with Outstanding being the goal within 3 years.
15. Ensure clear, consistent, and professional record-keeping, including audit and supervision.
16. Ensure that complaints are handled quickly, effectively, and sensitively.
17. Ensure that all safeguarding legislation, policies, and procedures are adhered to
18. Ensure that the function of the provision is so that staff and children understand, recognise, and celebrate the diversity of cultures and beliefs within the local and broader community.
19. Ensure that records in the provisions are stored and held in a manner that complies with regulation and policy.
20. To establish and monitor quality assurance compliance with Ofsted requirements and internal and external monitoring arrangements.
21. To oversee the management of all the children’s individual support packages to ensure that they continue to be relevant and responsive to the individuals’ needs and wishes.
22. To develop a shared planning approach in partnership with children, their relatives and other professionals involved in their care.
23. Take the lead in ensuring an open culture in which young people and families feel that they can make representation and that they are listened to.
24. To ensure that the health needs of young people are assessed and provided for, developing and maintaining effective working partnerships with health professionals.
25. Ensure that participation in a range of therapeutic, social and recreational activities/opportunities for individuals or groups of young people is encouraged.
26. Ensure that all children have a complete and appropriate education timetable. To be able to form positive relationships within education institutions; leading by promoting and advocating for the educational needs and rights of the child.
Personal Management and Employee Development
1. Ensure that equality of opportunity exists in all employment practices and that the recruitment, induction, probation, appraisal, and termination of any employment is undertaken according to Human Resource Policies, Procedures, and guidelines.
2. To establish and support appropriate staff supervision, welfare, and support mechanisms following the supervision policy and ensure that staff are motivated to achieve the objectives of the service. Ensure that annual appraisals are undertaken for all staff.
3. To ensure all staff undertake mandatory training, are assessed and appraised, and are able to enhance their skills, knowledge, and personal development by being made aware of and allowed to take up individual/group training programs and experiences, including relevant Diplomas.
4. Contribute to formulating policies and procedures for the day-to-day operation of the home. Produce, coordinate, and edit reports to ensure they are delivered to a high standard.
Flexibility
This is a senior management role within Momentum Care; as such, the nature of this position will require flexibility to meet urgent work needs as they arise. They will inevitably entail some work outside regular office hours. The job description is therefore not meant to be exhaustive. The post holder will be expected to adopt a flexible attitude to the duties, which may have to be varied after discussion, subject to the needs of the service and in keeping with the general profile of the post. From time to time, the applicant, if successful, will be required to provide support to other elements of Momentum and must understand the importance of operating as one organisation to improve the lives of children and young people.
Health and Safety
You must ensure you are fully aware of your responsibilities for Health and safety and the relevant activities expected of you as a manager, including the need to ensure
● All new employees that you manage are fully briefed at induction
● Your team is regularly reminded of key issues and responsibilities
● Your staff are set to appropriate targets at appraisals
● Your staff undertake appropriate health and safety training, including refresher training as necessary
● You carry out risk assessments and implement them for processes, operations, and activities under your control
● Health and safety is a regular topic at Team Meetings
General:
● Ensure the highest standards of record keeping, including electronic data entry, and recording, report writing, and responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice
● To maintain up-to-date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, and practices in relation to working with looking after children and supported housing provisions
● To encourage, report, and act on all whistleblowing
● To promote people’s equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities
● To promote anti-oppressive and anti-discriminatory practice
● To undertake any other duties appropriate to this post
● The post holder is expected to comply with all relevant policies, procedures, and guidelines, including those relating to Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety, and Confidentiality of Information.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £50,000.00-£65,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Referral programme
Application question(s):
- Do you have have the right to work in the UK?
- Do you have a full UK driving license ?
- Are you available to work Fulltime?
- Do you have a level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management ?
- Do you have more than 1 year as a registered manager in a children’s residential care home (OFSTED) ?
Work Location: In person
