Elite

REGISTERED CHILDREN'S HOME MANAGER - CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Registered Home Manager - Children & Young People EBD and challenging behaviour

Cambridgeshire

£32k-£36k dependent on skills, knowledge and experience

Job Purpose:

To assist the Responsible Individual in the development, and to be responsible for managing a Registered Children’s Home in the Cambridgeshire area.

Key Tasks

  • To ensure that the home and staff operate in full accordance with all statutory, regulatory and standards requirements including:-

    • Children Act 1989 & 2004
    • Care Standards Act 2000
    • Children’s homes regulations 2001
    • National Minimum Standards - Children’s Homes
  • To ensure that all children and young people have their needs meet, welfare promoted at all times and that they are safeguarded from any harm, abuse, neglect, exploitation
  • To supervise the Assistant Managers, enabling them to supervise the staff team
  • Responsible for ensuring that effective records are maintained in accordance with Children’s Home Regulations 2001 and associated Regulations and Standards
  • Responsible for ensuring that effective rotas are prepared and followed and provide on call rota
  • To be responsible for co-ordinating admissions and discharges for the home and responding flexibly to requests for service, within the context of individual agreements and the homes Statement of Purpose
  • To deliver and co-ordinated service through effective liaison with Social Workers, other Professional staff/parents/carers in order to bring together the "Every Child Matters" agenda
  • To work effectively with Commissioning Partner, Police LSCB and Ofsted
  • To ensure staff receive support and supervisions in line with NMS - Children’s home

Qualifications

  • Minimum 2 years experience of working with Children in the last Five Years
  • Degree, Dip.SW, RMA, NVQ4, Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management, OR the proven academic and managerial ability
  • Ability to relate to/communicate with children
  • Understanding Regulatory Frameworks including Children’s Home Regulations 2001 and National Minimum Standards
  • Ability to identify the needs of looked after children and plan to meet their needs
  • Commitment to Equal Opportunities
  • Knowledge and understanding of expectations consistent with Safeguarding and Child Protection

For more information, please telephone Elite as soon as possible on 01604 633747.

Vacancy Enquiries

Permanent Vacancies

We always have permanent vacancies which we recruit for on behalf of companies who are looking for high quality staff - this includes care management and residential homes manager posts.

Please call us on 01604 879345 and ask to speak to our specialist division to see how we can help you, or send us your details via the contact page.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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