Head of Home

4 weeks ago

Aylesbury, United Kingdom Buckinghamshire Council Full time

**Salary**

£50,869 - £53,479

**Reference number**

BUC07478

**Contract type**

Permanent

**Working hours**

Full Time

**Level of DBS check required**

Enhanced with Barred List

**Date posted**

28 Mar 2023, 11 p.m.

**Application deadline**

29 Apr 2023

**Overview**:
**Buckinghamshire Council Residential Services are pleased to announce this exciting opportunity. We are now hiring a new Head of Home for our Home in Aylesbury - The Coach House.**

As a Home Manager you will form part of the existing Children’s Home’s Team developing a new home situated within Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire and will care for young people with a range of diverse emotional needs. This new venture will need you to be registered with Ofsted which requires you to collaborate with the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 and the Quality Standards.

**About us**:
Our residential homes provide stable, effective placements for young people, including those with challenging behaviour - providing them with a safe, caring community in which they can learn how to build positive relationships.

**We are delighted to announce one of our residential homes has been rated outstanding by OFSTED.**

Quotes from Ofsted:
“Children flourish because of the sincere and nurturing relationships that they have with staff.”

“Staff understand and manage the safeguarding issues relating to the children’s behaviours extremely effectively”.

“The registered manager expertly demonstrates excellent practice. This creates a culture of high expectations and aspirations for children and staff”.

**About the role**:
**Main responsibilities and duties**:

- To supervise managerial and senior residential social work staff, taking responsibility for standards of professional practice and levels of performance and ensuring that good practice is maintained
- To ensure best outcomes are achieved for young people and the care team
- To confidently manage the Ofsted inspection process against the Children’s Homes Regulation 2015
- To work closely with the Head of Service and management team to develop the service, promote its work and improve its performance.
- To provide management cover at Team Manager level in other parts of the service, if required, in the temporary absence of the post holder.
- To represent the service and the council as required at external events requiring residential care expertise as well as taking part in any relevant internal working groups, panels or projects requiring service input.
- To manage the care practice of the team in a manner that promotes equality of opportunity and positive outcomes for all children and young people
- To participate in, and lead where necessary, both staff recruitment activity and team or service development events

Please see the job summary attached for full details.

**About you**:
You will be responsible for the delivery of strategic planning for developments within the home, and all day-to-day management matters. You will demonstrate the ability to build on the well-established ethics and practice standards existing within Buckinghamshire Council and proactively contribute to the continuous improvement of these standards

The “primary purpose” is to make a positive contribution to the lives of children. We make this contribution by ensuring that all our interactions are exceptional, that our knowledge and skills represent excellence and that we support people to develop purposeful and warm relationships.

**Other information**:
**Buckinghamshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk**

**Our values**:
We have a set of values, which our employees have chosen, that represent what we are **- Proud, Ambitious, Collaborative and Trustworthy.**

By joining Buckinghamshire Council, you can expect:

- a fair and inclusive culture
- the chance to really make a difference to those around you
- health and well-being initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and mindfulness workshops
- a unified voice through our Employee Representative Group
- ongoing support, and the opportunity to develop and progress in your career with us
- opportunities to take part in fun activities such as fundraising and social events

**About the Business Unit**:
We are looking for talented and driven individuals to help us achieve the best outcomes for our children, young people and families in Buckinghamshire. Our key priorities include continuing to protect vulnerable children and young people harm, whilst sustaining an environment where social work practice can thrive. Through our vital work with our partners, including The Buckinghamshire Safeguarding Children’s Partnership, we continue to improve our collective response to children and young people who have been exposed to domestic abuse, exploitation, substance misuse and mental health issues.

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