Children's Home Manager

2 months ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Affinity Care Recruitment Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Children's Home Manager to join our team at Affinity Care Recruitment. As a key member of our management team, you will be responsible for the organization, management, and supervision of residential services for children.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the team in the development of a high-quality looked-after children practice, ensuring that work is appropriately planned, critically evaluated, and reviewed.
  • Contribute to overall strategic planning and management of the service, developing high-quality services that meet the needs of children and young people.
  • Manage the team in line with service policies, procedures, and guidelines, ensuring that the functions of the service are carried out effectively and in accordance with legislation, regulations, and local procedures.
  • Implement supervision policies, particularly as it relates to residential staff, and address any issues concerning staff welfare in accordance with policies and procedures.
  • Ensure effective induction of new staff, training and development of staff, and evaluation of staff performance in accordance with the needs of the young people.
  • Manage budgets held by the residential home under span control, allocate work, and contribute to the development of unit costs for residential homes activity.
  • Participate in out-of-hours management cover as appropriate to the residential home, drive quality of practice, and establish, sustain, and develop a quality audit system within the service.
  • Supervise staff in accordance with the supervision policy, including regular audits of practice, and share learning about good practice to contribute to training and development activities.
  • Contribute to devising, implementing, and evaluating changes with the involvement of front-line staff to continually improve services, systems, and standards in conjunction with the directorial team.
Requirements
  • A Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare or a professional or vocational qualification required for the service area.
  • A management qualification (MBA, DMS, NVQ Level 4 Care Management) or equivalent.
  • Registered Manager Status, with a requirement to undertake and achieve the qualification within three years of starting date.
  • Broad experience of staff supervision and practice supervision.
  • Experience of working with children and young people in a residential setting or equivalent experience.
  • Experience of care planning services for looked-after children.
  • Management of social care services or joint services.
What We Offer
  • A highly competitive salary.
  • Minimum of 28 days' leave each year (including bank holidays).
  • 40 hours' working week.
  • Private healthcare (with Vitality).
  • Pension scheme.
  • Full clinical supervision, both individually and as a team.
  • Family-friendly policies, including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.


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