Registered Manager - Children's Home (Sutton)

Registered Manager - Children's Residential Home (Sutton)

• Full-time | 40 hours per week

• £ 45000 - £ 60000 per year

• Rotational shift (includes evenings and sleep-ins)

About Regain Recruitment

Regain Recruitment is a Health & Social Care Recruitment Consultancy offering effective staffing solutions to residential and nursing home care providers throughout the UK.

Our customized recruitment services cater to the unique needs of the healthcare industry, providing top-notch bespoke service to both candidates and clients. With a focus on integrity and unrivalled expertise, we ensure successful placements that drive quality care and support.

We provide access to a diverse employer mix for more opportunities, and free advice on career building and resume development. Additionally, we offer first-class resume consultation and interview preparation, empowering candidates to make confident strides in their healthcare careers.

About the Client

Our client is a charity focused on creating educational children's homes to provide equal opportunities for children in care. They believe in using a social pedagogy approach to support young people. Their team is dedicated to fostering empowering environments guided by values like Difference, Empowerment, Curiosity, Compassion, Play, and Commitment. They opened their first state-of-the-art children's home in Sutton, designed to support 12-17 year-olds with emotional, social, and behavioral difficulties. They embrace diversity and value individuals from all backgrounds to contribute to their vision.

About the Role

As the Registered Manager, you'll join a committed team dedicated to providing a loving and warm environment for children. Your role is to lead a team of social pedagogy practitioners to ensure high-quality care, empower young people, and innovate to enhance the home's services while also contributing to broader improvements in the childcare sector.

Summary of Responsibilities

Managing the Home: This involves providing effective leadership, empowering staff, ensuring resource allocation, maintaining quality care, record-keeping, and overseeing the physical environment.
Working with Young People: The role includes building trust with young people, safeguarding their well-being, involving them in decision-making, and supporting their individual needs, including education.
Working with Families, Professionals, and the Community: This involves building partnerships with service providers, effective communication with professionals, working with families, and integrating young people into the local community.
Safeguarding: As the Designated Safeguarding Lead, responsibilities include risk assessment, overseeing safeguarding processes, ensuring physical well-being, and reporting concerns.
Recruitment and Professional Development: The manager is responsible for recruiting, coaching, and developing the staff team, managing their performance, and ensuring ongoing training and qualifications.
Financial and Operational Risk Management: This involves overseeing operational risk, contractual and operational risk assessment, monitoring home performance, maintaining occupancy levels, and managing the home's finances within budget.

Qualifications

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Care or an equivalent qualification
Management experience in children's homes and leadership skills.
Work with troubled teenagers and experience in youth organizations.
Track record of improving services, innovative thinking, and system development capability.
Successful management of Ofsted inspections and knowledge of regulatory frameworks.
Occupancy level maintenance and contract/funding expertise.
Proficiency in using management systems, budget management skills, and financial planning.
Staff leadership and motivation, staff performance improvement, and on-call support participation.
Knowledge of child welfare laws, commitment to equality, and diversity integration enthusiasm.
Understanding of child development, problem-solving ability, and decision-making skills.
Strong relationship-building, representation ability, and effective communication skills.
Commitment to professional development, resilience, and emotional intelligence.
Enhanced DBS check willingness.

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