Job Summary
To be responsible for shaping and delivering the residential home’s Statement of Purpose, and managing the team to ensure positive outcomes.
To provide high quality care services that support the needs of the residents, to be an advocate for their wellbeing, and to provide strong, motivational leadership to staff.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
The home and administration
- To manage the residential home and ensure the efficient operation of the service in accordance with the relevant legislation, procedures, policies, and the home’s Statement of Purpose.
- To produce a development plan for the service that ensure the delivery of high quality, clinically informed practice.
- To co-ordinate and monitor casework and administrative functions of the home, and to evaluate the standards of performance.
- To ensure that the company’s financial and administrative procedures are adhered to, and to work within a set budget.
- To ensure that all clinical practices and medication processes within the home are conducted in line with legislation.
- To be accountable and take responsibility for liaising with regulatory organisations in relation to the way the home is managed.
- To ensure al necessary documentation required by regulators in completed to a high standard and is available for inspections, checks, or interviews, as requested.
- To be part of an on-call system.
- 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.
Children and young people
- To assist and supervise in the continual assessment of the needs of the children and young people, and to identify and prepare specific development plans to ensure the most appropriate service provision.
- To chair meetings, reviews, and discussions as necessary.
- To be responsible for safeguarding and promoting individual rights, providing good quality care which is free from oppression and where differences are respected and valued.
- To promote appropriate and therapeutic relationships between staff and young people and their families, promoting the children and young people’s involvement and participation in the day-today life of the home.
Staffing and working with others
- To contribute to the development of appropriate relationships with and between staff, young people, and other stakeholders.
- To support staff in achieving the highest standards of care for residents.
- To be involved in the recruitment of staff, including checks, interviewing, and inducting new employees.
- To contribute to a comprehensive staff training and development program to enable the company to provide all necessary skills and levels of expertise to meet the needs of the young people in the home.
- To liaise with the various internal and external multi-disciplinary teams and commissioning authorities to ensure that the care needs of all new and existing residents are met.
- To ensure that professional ethics and behavior are demonstrated by all staff at all times. To actively co-ordinate the service provision, and be a focal point for support, advice, and coaching for all staff within the home.
- To assist in the management, appraisal, supervision, and support of all residential staff.
- To organize duty rotas in order to ensure that the needs of the young people are met at all times.
- To work with other managers to ensure that all staff work together and with others towards meeting the emotional and physical needs of the young people, and planning for positive outcomes.
- To participate in a range of corporate and management activities as defined by the directors.
- To ensure that safe working practices are employed by all staff at all times in accordance with Health and Safety at Work legislation, and to co-operate with designated personnel exercising their responsibilities in relation to the Health and Safety at Work Act.
Pay: £30,505.29-£57,237.28 per year
Work Location: In person
