Purpose:
1. To assist and as required, deputise for the Manager to support, direct and utilize staff and resources to ensure that the home achieves its strategic aims
2. To ensure that all the home’s activities are focused on maximizing positive outcomes for our service users
Main Tasks and Responsibilities
1. To be able to always evidence Animate Social Care ‘s values, which underpin
Animate Social Care’s mission of “Animate Lives ,Nurturing Futures”
- Listening to and respecting all individuals
- Working in an inclusive way
- Doing the right thing
- Making a difference
- Being optimistic
- Inspiring and creating hope
2. To deputise for the manager as required
3. To act as the deputy senior professional in the staff team
4. To ensure staff access identified developmental opportunities for serviceusers
5. To protect the service users from threat to their health, well-being and development, both from inside and outside the home
6. To ensure that the home environment is appropriate and sensitive to the needs the service users
7. Where possible, to ensure service-users are included in any decision-making related to the running of the home
8. To manage staff in a manner that provides an empowering, positive experience for service-users through appropriate use of Animate Social Care processes including recruitment, support & supervision, annual appraisal and disciplinary
9. To implement management decisions in a manner that provides an empowering, positive experience for service-users
10. To ensure the key stages in service-user contact with the home, such as referral, admission and discharge, run smoothly and timely and reflect decisions recorded in care plans
11. Where appropriate, to participate in the development, implementation and nitoring of individual care plans
12. To develop and maintain good working relationships (where appropriate) with:
- Parents and other family members
- Social Workers
- School Staff
- Other professionals with a concern for the children's and young people's needs, such as General Practitioners or Psychologists.
To ensure that specific needs are met such as:
- Dietary requirements
- Culturally significant activities
- Religious observance
13. To ensure that service-users carry as much responsibility for their own lives as they can reasonably and demonstratively be expected to manage, keeping them informed of their circumstances and rights, involving them in planning their lives and supporting and helping them towards taking greater control and responsibility
14. To ensure compliance with all statutory and legislative requirements
15. Any other reasonable task as directed by your Line Management and Senior Management Team.
Education and Qualification
Essential -Relevant Level 4 Diploma or equivalent – and be prepared to complete Level 5 within two years of appointment.
Desirable -Qualifications (e g Degree Social Work,DipSW. CQSW, CSS or other appropriate childcare qualification)
Experience of:
- Working with children for at least one year
- Recruitment and selection of staff
- Supervision, motivation and development of staff
- Management meetings
- Ability to work under pressure / deadlines
- Competency in recording and devising risk assessments/ care plans and all legislative paperwork.
- Ability to adapt Communicationstyle to suit a wide range of stakeholders
Pay: £40,000.00-£44,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Work Location: In person
