Responsible Individual – Children's Residential Services
Location: Accrington / Bury and Rochdale locations
Salary: From £65,000 per annum
Benefits
- Salary from £65,000 per annum
- Private Medical Insurance following successful completion of probation
- Death in Service benefit of 3x annual salary
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Buy and sell annual leave
- Additional annual leave and long-service awards
- Company pension
- Free food on site
- Employee discounts
- Free on-site parking
- Health & Wellbeing Programme
- Opportunity to provide strategic leadership and governance across children's residential services
- Supportive senior leadership environment with opportunities for continued professional development
What We're Looking For
- Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management for Residential Childcare or equivalent (essential)
- Previous senior leadership or Registered Manager experience within children's residential care
- Experience working at a strategic or senior management level within a residential childcare setting
- Strong knowledge of Children's Homes Regulations, Quality Standards and Ofsted requirements
- Proven experience leading, supervising and developing staff teams
- Strong safeguarding and child protection knowledge
- Experience with quality assurance, compliance, auditing and continuous improvement
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organisational and analytical skills
- Resilient, enthusiastic and motivated approach
- Calm, approachable and non-judgemental manner
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
- Full UK Driving Licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes
- Additional relevant qualifications or transferable skills, such as First Aid, are desirable
- Strong commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership, governance and oversight across children's residential services
- Provide management support, professional supervision and constructive challenge to Registered Managers
- Ensure services are safe, well-led, compliant and focused on achieving positive outcomes for children
- Conduct regular formal and informal supervision with Registered Managers
- Ensure policies and procedures remain current, compliant and aligned with each home's Statement of Purpose
- Lead on safeguarding and maintain oversight of safeguarding arrangements across services
- Support Registered Managers with Ofsted registration, inspections and subsequent improvement planning
- Monitor and oversee actions arising from Ofsted inspections, reviews and audits
- Maintain a robust audit schedule covering regulatory compliance, safeguarding, records and quality of care
- Ensure continuous improvement and development plans are established, monitored and effectively implemented
- Oversee safer recruitment, induction, disciplinary, capability and grievance processes
- Promote staff wellbeing and ensure compliance with health and safety requirements
- Ensure children's needs, wishes and feelings are central to service delivery and decision‑making
- Liaise with Ofsted and other regulatory and external bodies regarding significant events and statutory notifications
- Maintain oversight of regulatory notifications, inspection requirements, compliance actions and quality assurance activity
- Ensure regulatory breaches, serious incidents, safeguarding concerns, complaints and emerging risks are appropriately escalated, investigated and resolved
- Ensure learning from incidents, complaints and quality assurance activity is embedded across services
- Work closely with Registered Managers to ensure high standards of care planning, transition planning, safeguarding, risk management, record keeping and partnership working
- Support effective relationships with Local Authorities and other professionals involved in the care of children and young people
- Monitor service performance and ensure strong governance, safe care and sustained improvement are evidenced across the organisation
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