Registered Manager in Derby

Holiday entitlement will be 28 days including public and bank holidays. Working hours are between 9-5pm. Location of the home is DE11. Full location will be disclosed to the right candidate due to safeguarding reasons.

KEY TASK AREAS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Children and Young People

• To meet the requirements of the Registered and Placing Authority.
• To ensure that the Home always meets the regulations set by the Regulatory Body.
• To deliver services in line with the Children's Home Regulations including quality standards and Ofsted Social Care Common Inspection Framework (SCCIF) and company policies.
• To safeguard all Children and Young People in the Home and to ensure good safeguarding procedures and principles detailed by your local safeguarding board are always in place and applied consistently.
• Work with the team to ensure that referrals and applications are made as and when necessary and within the set time frames e.g. Safeguarding, Deprivation of Liberty.
• Contribute to the process of assessment of referrals as and when required.
• Work with the care team to coordinate admissions of suitable Children and Young People to the Home.
• Ensure that all the relevant personal/pathway/placement plans for Children and Young People are in place, accurate, up to date and are adhered to by staff.
• Support Key Worker Responsibilities for Children and Young People.
• To ensure effective and timely contact and communication with the appropriate external agencies and Children and Young People's relatives, advocates and others.
• Within a multidisciplinary team, monitor the progress of all Children and Young People's personal/pathway/placement plans, offering advice, support and consultation.
• Undertake regular reviews of the service provided to Children and Young People, involve relevant external agencies and take steps to represent the Children and Young People's interests.
• Act on and/or delegate actions or recommendations from any reviews and ensure that all outcomes are completed.
• Provide direct care and supervision, as required, to Children and Young People in the Home, including providing occasional cover for staff absence as necessary.

• Work with the Operations to ensure that appropriately qualified and experienced staff are recruited per Company policy and standards set by the Regulatory Body.
• Work with the Operations to ensure that staffing meets the standards and levels as set out in the Home's Statement of Purpose.
• Ensure that employment checks under Schedule 2 are undertaken with regard to the recruitment of staff following the standards set by the Regulatory Body, for example, references and DBS checks.
• Take the lead on recruitment decisions with assistance from the Administration Department.
• Ensure that all staff complete a full induction following Company policy and standards set by the Regulatory Body.
• Support Operations effectively apply the probation process and contribute to decisions regarding the ongoing employment of staff.
• Assist in planning and updating of qualifications and contribute to personal development of self and others in line with personal and organisational objectives.
• Provide regular supervision and annual appraisals following company policies and standards set by the Regulatory Body.
• Conduct Return to Work meetings for direct reports and manage sickness and absenteeism following Company policy.
• Involvement in disciplinary, capability, grievance and other people management procedures following Company policy as appropriate.
• Ensure that Operations carry out supervisions, probation reviews, annual appraisals, return to work meetings and manage their staff in line with Company policy and standards set by the Regulatory Body.
• Ensure regular team meetings in line with Company policy and standards set by the Regulatory Body.
• Delegate responsibilities based on the competence of staff and the needs of the Company and review to promote teamwork and communication.

• To ensure that appropriate standards are maintained, especially about care, educational and clinical programmes (service dependent) for the Children and Young People in their care, following company policies.

• Ensure awareness that the service operates to agreed budgets and contribute to keeping within these budgets as instructed.
• Exercise vigilance regarding Health and Safety and promptly report all hazards and/or remedy them where appropriate. Undertake all duties in a manner calculated to minimise or avoid unnecessary risks, personally or to others.
• Reports issues and/or incidents relating to staff Children and Young People that have arisen promptly to the relevant Line Manager or appropriate person.
• To carry out on-call duties as required.
• Operate at all times following Company policies and procedures, with particular reference to Safeguarding, Child Protection, Whistleblowing, Complaints and Representations and Behaviour Policies.
• Participate in training and take responsibility for personal development.
• Participate in team meetings, supervisions and annual reviews following Company policy and the standards set by the Regulatory Body.
• Work to promote the Home as a valued, professional asset within its community and conduct themselves at all times in a manner that reinforces this image.
• Ensure that all actions are in the interests of the Children and Young People and the Company.
• To work to and exhibit the values of the Company and maintain standards of behaviour following Company policies, procedures and practices.
• To carry out any other reasonable and relevant duties as required.

Barker Ross Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.