Residential Care Manager

At Inspire Children's Services, we are dedicated to providing high-quality care and education to young people with complex needs. Our team of experienced professionals is committed to creating a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment that fosters growth and development.

We operate throughout the NorthWest of England, working in partnership with Local Authorities and other professionals to provide flexible care and education packages that meet the unique needs of each child. Our single and dual placement homes are OFSTED registered and provide a warm, comfortable, and stable family-oriented environment essential for young people aged 8-18 years.

Our Independent School is registered with the Department for Education, and offers tailored learning packages for children with complex educational needs. Our homes and school are staffed with experienced social care professionals and teachers, all equipped with the skills necessary to ensure that young people can flourish in our care.

The welfare of any young person is paramount. We contribute to young people's care, learning, development, and safeguarding, and this is reflected in every aspect of our practice and service provision.

Staff will work with parents and families who are partners in the care, learning, development, and safeguarding of their children, recognizing they are often a young person's first and most enduring carers and educators.

We prioritize the welfare of the young person as paramount. Individuality, diversity, and difference are valued and celebrated, and permeate our entire service provision.

Diversity, equality of opportunity, and anti-discriminatory practice are actively promoted within all aspects of the organization's practice.

We actively promote the health and well-being of each young person. At Inspire, young people have their personal and physical safety safeguarded, while allowing for risk and challenge as appropriate to the capabilities of the individual.

Self-esteem and resilience are recognized as essential to every young person's development. Confidentiality and agreements about confidential information are respected as appropriate unless a young person's protection and well-being are at stake.

Professional knowledge, skills, and values are shared appropriately at Inspire in order to enrich the experience of the individual more widely.

Best practice requires a continuous search for improvement and self-awareness of how our staff are perceived by others.

We value our staff and ensure we invest in their training and developmental needs to ensure that they deliver the best possible service to young people in our care.

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Residential Care Manager to join our team. The successful candidate will have a genuine commitment to the welfare of Looked After Children and a commitment to Anti-Oppressive practice and Honesty, Tolerance, Trustworthiness, Patience, Flexibility, and an Interest in the development of other workers.

The ideal candidate will have knowledge in the following areas: Children Act 1989/2004, Leaving Care Act 2000, Leaving Care Regulations 2010, Equality Act 2010, Data Protection Act 1998, Human Rights Act 2000, Working Together 2013, Supported Accommodation Regulations including Quality Standards 2023, Adoption Act 2002, NHS & Community Care Act 1990, Human Rights Act, rights of the Child 1989, Key Govt Policies & initiatives on Leaving Care.

The successful candidate will have a NVQ/ILM/QCF Level 4 or 5 in Management (Residential Childcare) or working towards this. They will also have a sound knowledge and understanding of areas relating to Safeguarding and Knowledge of child development.

Full Driving License is required. The ideal candidate will have 5 years post-qualification in a child care setting with experience of management in residential or care setting with children. Flexibility to respond to the needs of the unit and young people, Good communication and interpersonal skills, Ideally a candidate that has good IT skills, able to write reports and very well organized.

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the highest standards of care take place at all times. They will devise and implement individual and team learning and development plans in conjunction with professional and organizational requirements.

They will ensure all policies and procedures in relation to children, staff, and others (professionals & visitors) are implemented. They will contribute to the monitoring, evaluation, and review of policies and procedures as appropriate.

They will provide and/or ensure supervision in conjunction with laid-down standards and requirements. They will conduct regular reviews and appraisals at appropriate intervals to monitor and address staff performance.

They will ensure the implementation of all designated areas of the child's care plan in accordance with OFSTED standards, regulations, and the child's LAC plans.

They will chair regular team meetings, co-ordinate and deliver regular team performance and service reviews. They will ensure staff team administer and record medication prescribed by GP/Health Practitioner in accordance with requirements.

They will ensure the health and safety of all young people, staff, and visitors to the home by conducting and responding to regular hazard and risk assessments including Reg 34 and Schedule 6.

They will conduct and/or ensure risk assessments are carried out in respect of any activity undertaken by the child or staff in relation to their duties.

They will ensure that all records are properly maintained in conjunction with the requirements of data protection and human rights legislation and regulation.

They will ensure that confidentiality is maintained at all times in respect of organizational policies in respect of children and staff.

They will check and monitor all staff records in relation to daily tasks, housekeeping, and health and hygiene.

They will attend or designate attendance to appropriate staff members for the attendance of all relevant child care planning, reviews, and meetings.

They will promote equality at all times in respect of standards of care, staff behavior, and performance.

They will co-ordinate effective selection procedures to ensure that high-calibre staff are recruited to the organization.

They will conduct staff disciplinary and grievance issues and address poor performance.

They will ensure all administrative duties and tasks are completed according to requirements.

They will take responsibility in partnership with the Children's Service Manager/Director for own learning and developmental needs and ensure implementation of own Individual Development Plan.

They will attend supervision/consultation sessions on an agreed basis with your Service Manager.

They will ensure preparation for internal and external audit and inspection purposes.

Important Note: The work of Inspire Children's Services is both varied and challenging, which results in some unpredictable circumstances. There is an integral need for all employees to be flexible in response to situations that arise outside of this job description.

Additional duties will most likely be required to cover unforeseen circumstances or changes in work that maintain staff activity and quality of service provision.

Inspire Children's Services requires a commitment from all staff to promote quality, equality, and diversity.

This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced criminal records bureau check (CRB).