Registered Manager

Must have level 5 and at least 2 years managerial experience in children residential home. Key duties Children and Young People * To meet the requirements of the Registered 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 * 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 * Contribute to the process of assessment of referrals as and when required * Work with the care team to coordinate admissions of suitable Children and Young People to the Home * Ensure that all the relevant personal/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 relatives, advocates and others * Within a multidisciplinary team, monitor the progress of all Children and Young People’s personal/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 takes steps to represent the Children and Young People interests * Act on and/or delegating 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, enabling Children and Young People to develop from a position of needing external control, toward self-control * Maintain effective daily contact with internal and external colleagues * 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 personal 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 personal financial transactions are recorded and administered in accordance with individual placement agreement, 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 service relevant to the Home * Liaise with staff from other departments to provide a consistent approach to all aspects of Children and Young People’s care