Registered Manager Children & Young People in Swadlincote

Responsible to: Responsible Individual/Director.

Responsible for: The Home, Staff and Children/Children and Young People Relatives, advocates.

Key External Contacts: Placing Authorities, Regulatory and Inspection bodies, Local Services – Statutory, Voluntary and Community, Neighbours.

Location: Swadlincote (Postcode area DE11)

Salary: Up to £60,000 DOE. Plus Performance Bonus

Job purpose: To be the legally Registered Manager with Ofsted, providing inspirational leadership and strategic oversight. You will hold primary accountability for ensuring the home not only meets but exceeds the statutory requirements of the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and the Quality Standards. Leading a specialised 3-bed provision for children with Learning Disabilities, you will embed a high-quality, therapeutic, and child-centred culture. You will ensure that care is individualised, providing 1:1 and 2:1 adult ratios to provide a safe, stable, and sensory-aware environment. Your purpose is to act as an advocate and 'Corporate Parent' for our children, ensuring that despite their communication or cognitive barriers, they are empowered to express their wishes, develop life skills through the AQA Unit Award Scheme, and achieve their full potential in a 'forever home' setting.

Aim & Mission: The aim is to provide a safe, caring, and educational family environment. We ensure children are safe, loved, educated, and supported with their development. We help children understand age-appropriate risks, embedding dynamic risk assessment into daily life, and allowing them to make decisions with safety nets in place. Our mission is to put the child at the centre of all that we do. We provide a home where we support and encourage children to become healthier, happier individuals who feel confident and stable going into the next chapter of their lives. We achieve this through our unique "Builder's Philosophy".

Key task areas and responsibilities:

• To meet the requirements of the Registration 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, and reviewed regularly.
• 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.
• To complete the process of assessment for referrals for the home, and ensure they met the home's SOP.
• Ensure that all the relevant 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 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.
• Oversee and ensure that all staff effectively manage challenging behaviour, in line with their individual plans.
• Maintain effective daily contact with internal and external professionals.
• Work effectively and positively with relatives, advocates and others involved with Children and Young People.
• Direct and coordinate the care and support of each Child and Young Person to ensure that their targets are met.
• Take responsibility for coordinating risk assessments and ensuring they are reviewed and updated.
• Monitor and ensure that all Children and Young People’s financial transactions are recorded and administered following individual placement agreements, and Company and Regulatory Body policies and procedures.
• Ensure awareness and implementation of appropriate practical application of the Mental Capacity Act including the Deprivation of Liberty.
• Work as a key member of the multidisciplinary team which encompasses education, residential and clinical services relevant to the Home.
• Ensure the physical environment is "Sensory-Safe".
• Ensure that all training needs are met in line with the homes SOP and this is reviewed regularly to ensure the children’s needs are consistently met in line with their needs.
• Ensure regular audits and reviews on the care and support provided, and keep up to date records.
• To complete KPI’s and report to the Responsible Individual.
• To track trends and behaviours, relating to children’s needs and triggers.
• To use research to inform practice (specific to children with LD needs) and embed this into the home.

Staff:

• 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.
• Ensure that all staff complete a full induction following Company policy and standards set by the Regulatory Body.
• Ensure 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 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.
• Ensure and undertake verbal debriefs with staff as required and necessary and ensure relevant paperwork is completed.
• Ensure that staff exhibit the values set out by the Company and uphold standards of behaviour following Company policies.

Quality: To ensure that appropriate standards are maintained, especially about care, educational and clinical support for the Children and Young People in their care, following company policies.