Careers

The residential Home manager is responsible for upholding and managing the hightest level of care and maintaining the friendly and safe environment for the young individuals in its care.If you hold the skill and care to drive the nurture of young individuals by promoting confidence and self development abilities, We want to hear from you!

Our client has a reputation for excellence in standards of care and seeks to employ a Residential Home Manager that shares its values and understands the complexities of young individuals in care between in ages of 8-17.

Experience:

• 3 Yrs+ working in residential childrens settings

• 2yrs+ working as a Home Manager in residential settings 

• Ability to lead , mentor and develop team members 

• Report and incident writing skills 

• Conflict resolution and staff dispute managment 

• Financial managment and budget control

Core Compentencies:

• Comfortable using information and communications technology

• Commuicates persuasively and effectively at all levels across the organisation and outside

• Keeps abreast of all business alignments

• Displays detailed knowledge and understanding of regulatory compliance 

• Deep safeguarding knowledge

• Demonstrates solid leadership and practice applications

· Working in partnership with parents, carers and other professionals to safeguard and promote the welfare of young people

· To provide leadership, guidance and management to the other staff.

· To be responsible for the deployment and control of staff on a day-to-day basis, including reporting of issues of performance to line management.

· To ensure compliance with the Children’s Homes Regulations (2015) and the Quality Care Standards.

· To ensure that specific needs are met, such as dietary requirements, religious observance and culturally significant activities.

· To encourage and support children and young people to take responsibility for their own lives commensurate with their age and ability.

· To develop and maintain good working relationships with parents and other family members; social workers; school staff and other professionals with a concern for the children’s needs such as general practitioners or psychologists.

· To ensure the home environment is appropriate and sensitive to the needs of the children and young people being looked after and is compliant with the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 and the Quality Standards for Children’s Homes.

· To be involved in the recruitment, monitoring, training, retention and mentoring as necessary.

· To maintain good communication systems, including handovers, logbooks, regular supervision and staff meetings.

· To maintain a safe environment, complying with health and safety and other legal requirements.