Details:
- Salary: £46,700 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Hailsham East Sussex
- Date: 2 weeks ago
Description:
Role: Children’s Home Manager
Location: Hailsham, East Sussex
Salary: up to £46,700 plus up to £7,000 performance related bonus
Hours: Full Time
Job Description:
A small children’s home near Hailsham is currently seeking an experienced and committed care professional to become the Registered Manager of this small residential home. This role is with a leading childcare provider within the UK, and the ideal candidate for this role must be an experienced manager and must have a proven track record of working in children’s services.
About the Service and Role:
The service specialises in individualised care programmes for children and young people with a variety of needs including emotional/behavioural needs. As Registered Manager, you will manage every aspect of the care provision and ensure an outstanding level of service for those under your care. You should have considerable experience of working with young people with complex needs and / or mental health, OFSTED Care experience and successful experience in improving OFSTED outcomes and supporting and providing debrief to staff who work with challenging behaviour. In return, my client can offer an excellent salary of up to £46,700 amongst other employee benefits.
What makes my client different?
• A designated Psychologist within the home and community.
• A dedicated education service.
• Industry-leading training and support with renowned Psychologist.
• Direct therapeutic work with children.
• Child-centred budgets and home decorated to the highest standard.
• Supportive and reliable on-call system.
• A wide range of organisational support from IT, HR and Marketing and bespoke database systems, giving you the time to do what is important within your home.
Job Requirements:
• To develop and sustain professional & caring relationships with all young people, actively support young people to develop their understanding of their own health & wellbeing either directly or through working with key staff across the service.
• To liaise with and support a variety of internal and external colleagues and professionals to promote an integrated approach to meeting our young peoples’ complex requirements. These may include: psychiatrists; clinical psychologists; clinical paediatricians; dieticians; GP’s; psychotherapists and others.
• To work with and guide the residential team, ensuring the health and safeguarding of every young person underpins practice.
• To be an active member of the senior leadership team in ensuring all young people’s health and safeguarding needs are met.
• To represent the health and safeguarding within the school for external inspectorate visitors such as OFSTED, LA’s, etc.
Skills/ Qualifications:
• Sound knowledge of current Ofsted care regulations for children’s homes and all associated legislation – you must have a minimum of 2 years Ofsted experience
• A recent 'Good' or 'Outstanding' Ofsted rating
• 5 years’ experience in a position relevant to residential care of children
• Previous management experience
• Dynamic & Enthusiastic
• Ability to lead, motivate and develop staff
• NVQ Level 5 or Equivalent in Residential Childcare
What can my client offer you?
• Competitive salary of up to £46,700 with a £5,000 Relocation Package.
• Receive up to £7,000 bonus package receiving a “good” or “outstanding” Ofsted rating, as well as performance-related bonuses.
• Support through your Ofsted inspections.
• Training options for Level 7 and therapeutic training qualifications.
• Engagement days, individual team building and house holidays.
• High-performance coaching from a performance coach.
• Experienced staff team of your choice with a Deputy Manager, Seniors and Support Workers.
• Access to our health and wellbeing support platform. Receive cashback for various medical and well-being appointments and treatments with our MediCash scheme, as well as the chance to win up to £150 in vouchers every month from our staff nominated REACH Awards.
• Earn up to £3,250 by recommending a foster carer or up to £1,000 by recommending a full-time staff member