Senior Children's Registered Manager in Stoke-on-Trent

As Registered Service Manager you will ensure that good quality care is delivered to the young people at all times without exception. You will have responsibility for recruitment, training, supervision, placements, care plans, audits, budgets and working with multidisciplinary teams.

Supporting the Needs of Children and Young People

• To actively safeguard and promote the welfare of the young people within your care.
• To contribute to the development of appropriate relationships with and between staff, young people, families and other stakeholders including education, health and other services.
• To ensure there is a multi-disciplinary approach to providing positive outcomes for young people and lead/chair meetings pertaining to the care of young people.
• To promote appropriate relationships between staff and young people and their families, promoting the children and young people's involvement and participation in the day-to-day life of the Home.
• To respond immediately to any unsafe practices and conditions.
• Register with regulatory body Ofsted and full compliance with the requirements under the registration terms.
• Ensure that staff are aware of the individual needs of all young people and skilled to deliver the support required to ensure life chance opportunities, positive development and resilience building ready for adult life.
• Develop and make known to staff a variety of intervention strategies that support the environment regarding behaviour management and the promotion of pro-social behaviour.
• To produce and implement a development plan for the service that ensures the delivery of high quality, effective practice.
• Provide staff with sufficient information that ensures they understand their role and implement monitoring systems which will ensure they perform to a high standard.
• Promote and actively encourage the professional development of staff.
• To provide support and direction to the staff team, directly deliver supervision to identified members of staff and regularly appraise performance as outlined in company policy.
• Responsibility for the management and supervision of all staff members including delegation of supervision responsibilities to appropriately skilled and experienced staff where this is deemed appropriate.
• Work in collaboration with Human Resources to manage all employee relations within the home, in line with current employment legislation and the company’s policies and procedures.
• Work in partnership and develop professional working relationships with colleagues, other agencies and professionals to meet the needs of young people and their families.
• Motivating employees and ensuring a focus on the objectives in line with the home’s statement of purpose and young people care plans.
• Lead, inspire and develop a culture of collective support for young people to fulfil the needs of young people being met at all times.

Regulatory and Administrative

• Ensure all staff are aware of their responsibilities in relation to adherence of policies, both in the home, the company and those set out in Regulations or other statutory guidance.
• Ensure that a robust process of internal monitoring and critical reflection is maintained with a view to complying with regulation and the continual development of the service and the Company as a whole.
• Ensure that the home functions in such a manner that staff and children understand, recognise and celebrate the diversity of cultures and beliefs within the local and wider community.
• Manage and monitor labour costs, staffing structures and rota’s, ensuring they meet requirements of the children’s needs and are in line with allocated labour budgets.
• Complete the administration of financial, payroll and staffing related matters in the home within the prescribed time scales.
• Undertake and participate in any required training programmes which are relevant to the employment of staff, working with young people, support the independence and life skills of young people and management of the service.
• Following all actions necessary to ensure the service is complying with all Fire, Health and Safety requirements with clear robust Fire, Health and Safety Procedures at the service including carrying out relevant risk assessments and challenging any unsafe practices or conditions that present a safety risk.
• Ensure that the physical state of the building is maintained to a high standard and that all repair/maintenance problems are dealt with promptly.
• The post holder may be reasonably expected to undertake other duties commensurate with the level of responsibility that may be allocated from time to time.
• All staff are, therefore, expected to work in a flexible way when the occasion arises that tasks which are not specifically covered in their job description must be undertaken but which will be within their level of responsibility.
• It may be amended from time to time, to take account of changing trends in social care relevant legislation, together with Employment Law.

DBS Staff Disqualification & DBS Obligations

• All Candidates for social care positions - please note that these roles are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and therefore you must include details of all and any offences, even if 'spent'.
• Employees have a general duty to assist in implementing its Health and Safety policies.
• The company supports Equal Opportunities in Employment and opposes all forms of unlawful discrimination on grounds such as colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sex, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief and age.