Registered Manager
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The role will involve overall responsibility for day-to-day management of the children's home and will be accountable for the delivery of a high quality of service provision. The registered manager for the home will be required to fulfil the obligations set out in the Children's Homes Regulations (2015) & Quality Standards, along with the homes statement of purpose. Ensuring that the care provided is of the highest quality in an environment which supports and encourages children to reach their full potential. Some children may have had traumatic experiences and therefore staff will be required to respond sensitively to their needs. The Registered Manager will effectively manage a team of staff providing child centred care for children in a residential setting in accordance with legislation and departmental policies and procedures and individual care plans.
In this job you will
1. Lead and manage a team, ensuring that appropriate professional advice is given to enable high quality care to be provided for children in a safe and stable environment, carefully monitor staff members' adherence to clear professional boundaries in relation to children in their care and ensure that staff receive good quality and timely support, supervision, performance management and appraisal in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.
2. Develop and maintain a child centred and stimulating environment, in which children can receive high quality physical, emotional, social, and intellectual care through positive adult role models.
3. Allocate, prioritise, and monitor the work of the team, identify areas for improvement and development of individuals and the team and ensure that these are addressed through team and personal development plans and access to appropriate continuing professional development opportunities.
4. To safeguard and promote the welfare of resident children, encouraging appropriate behaviour and managing challenging behaviour both in the home and wider community.
5. Work with partners and other agencies to ensure the co-ordination and delivery of integrated services to improve the outcomes and achievements of cared for children and young people
6. Maintain effective record keeping systems to provide reports as required including an annual plan and progress report on agreed goals and performance and monthly monitoring checks as required under the regulations and national minimum standards.
7. Lead on policy development, planning and implementation for the home, liaising with other professionals, third party agencies, listening to and involving children and young people, staff and parents/carers where possible to ensure that the service delivered reflects the needs of the cared for children and young people.
8. Take overall responsibility for managing delegated budgets and seek partnership funding to support individual care plans in accordance with departmental policies and procedures and ensure that resources are effectively deployed to provide the highest quality service for cared for children and young people.
9. Delegate to staff responsibility to keep computerised care plans, reports and assessments for each child/young person, which are regularly reviewed and produce achievable outcomes based on assessed need.
10. Respond to and ensure appropriate action is taken following internal and external inspections, audits, complaints, and investigations.
11. Represent the service and liaise with statutory bodies, key local bodies, inspection bodies, other professionals, children's representatives, and parents/carers, this will involve chairing and participating in meetings to share information, develop services to ensure that children's needs are being met.
12. Have a confident understanding, keep up to date and comply with, any legislation, statutory requirements, departmental policies and other regulations and procedures, in relation to Safeguarding, Health and Safety, Equal Opportunities, Data Protection ensuring that they are being adopted and adhered to, and ensure that staff are appropriately briefed and trained to enable them to do the same.
13. Oversee the recruitment, induction, development, and management of staff in accordance with departmental policies to ensure that staff perform to a high standard and maintain the required levels of competence and attendance.
14. Take responsibility for own professional development and participate in supervision, appraisal and training events as agreed.
The job holder may be required at any time to undertake any work up to and/or at a level consistent with existing responsibilities. These tasks may be at any location in Cheshire East, to ensure the effective deployment of labour, materials, transport and equipment to meet daily service requirements.
For more information contact Cheryl Wells via email - Cheryl.Wells@cheshireeast.gov.uk