4Recruitment Services are seeking  an expereinmced  Registered Manager to work for a client based in Northampton.

You will be based at a a residential respite home for children aged 4-18 years with disabilities who have a diagnosis of autism, complex health needs and/or complex behaviour, up to the age of 18.  

The home offers a structured and safe environment delivered by skilled staff including nurses. The home is Ofsted and CQC registered. The service gives parents and carers the opportunity to ‘recharge their batteries’ in the knowledge that their child is in a safe and stimulating environment. The priority is putting children first; the children who use short break homes have very complex needs and sometimes life limiting disabilities.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Creating a service ethos that delivers a consistently safe and quality service that complies and meets all the requirements of client and the regulating body’s expectations of a good, outstanding or equivalent service, achieved through the application of effective planning, review and monitoring of the service.
•  Leading by example to replicate and cascade to your line reports to inspire, motivate and manage a varied range of workers, ensuring safe and regulatory staffing levels.
• Providing supportive 1-2-1’s and reflective supervision to direct reports and to ensure this standard is replicated, to create a service/team who are aware of their responsibilities and are motivated, skilled and qualified (registered with the appropriate registering body) in line with regulatory requirements.
• Delivering positive and continuous improved outcomes for children and young people, utilising performance data and evidence-based outcome measures consistent with the clients, regulatory body and commissioner requirements.
• Managing and being responsible for all aspects of the home, ensuring an innovative, responsive, high quality and person-centered services are delivered to children, young people and their families based on an assessment of need that is regularly and professionally reviewed and is outcomes driven.
• Promoting and delivering the highest standards of safeguarding practice utilising existing processes and best practice to create a safe positive work and service environment.
• Ensuring systems and processes are in place, and applied correctly, consistently and in timely to comply with all legal and statutory recording in line with regulatory and organisational requirements. To also complete quality self-assessment report within timescales and to a high professional standard
• Taking responsibility for an operational delegated budget, tracking income and expenditure, consistent with Action for Children financial policy, procedure and to agreed timelines.
• Developing and establishing effective working relationships and maintain channels of communication with colleagues, community organisations, partner agencies and other external agencies, including chairing and leading multiagency meetings as appropriate.
• Developing work capacity to grow and develop service provision, and to also contribute to business development proposals and or contributing to tenders and grant applications to sustain or grow the home/service

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE:

• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (and Scotland SVQ Level 4 Management & Leadership); or for England 2. Or an equivalent Level 5 Diploma as defined by the DFE Guide to Children’s Homes Regulations, 2015
• Personal maintenance of professional qualifications and evidence of ongoing management training and development
• Knowledge and understanding of the CQC regulations, OFSTED (Scotland-Care Inspectorate) requirements
• Satisfactory fit person interview with Ofsted (or Scotland-Care Inspectorate)
• Flexible approach to working hours and to cover on call arrangements if necessary and participate in the on-call manager rota
• Current driving license  
• Creating an inclusive service, in terms of meeting the needs of the children and establishing a workforce that further enables an inclusive environment
• Demonstrable experience of working with children and young people who exhibit very challenging, emotional and behavioural difficulties.
• Experience of leading by example with the application of safeguarding practices and policies
• Delivery of quality service that meets the needs of service users.
• Enhanced DBS

Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services is an equal opportunities employer.

To discuss this vacancy in further detail or any other vacancies, please contact our Team on 0800 988 6307 or email  gpadmin@4recruitmentservices.com.