Children's Home Manager

Responsible to Operations Manager/Responsible Individual/Director

Responsible for The Home, Staff and Children/Children and Young People Key Internal Contacts Other staff within the care team

Staff in other Homes, To ensure that the regulation requirements are met through the Statement of Purpose and that this statement meets organisation requirements and is implemented, evaluated and reviewed within the appropriate timescales. To take full responsibility for the management of the Home/s and to provide the highest quality of care and support to Children and Young People in accordance with Company policies, procedures and practices and the standards set by the Regulatory Body, 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


Job description


• 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


Staff


• Work with the Operations to ensure that appropriately qualified and experienced staff are recruited in accordance with Company policy and standards set by the Regulatory Body



• Work with the Operations to ensure that staffing meets the standards and levels as set out in the Home's Statement of Purpose



• Ensure that employment checks under Schedule 2 are undertaken with regards to recruitment of staff in accordance with the standards set by the Regulatory Body, for example references and DBS checks



• Take lead on recruitment decisions with assistance from the Administration Department



• Ensure that all staff complete a full induction in accordance with Company policy and standards set by the Regulatory Body



• Support Operations effectively apply the probation process and contribute to decisions regarding ongoing employment of staff



• Assist in planning and updating of qualifications and contributes to personal development of self and others in line with personal and organisational objectives



• Provide regular supervision and annual appraisals in accordance with company policies and standards set by the Regulatory Body



• Conduct Return to Work meetings for direct reports manage sickness and absenteeism in accordance with Company policy



• Involvement in disciplinary, capability, grievance and other people management procedures in accordance with Company policy as appropriate



• Ensure that Operations carry out supervisions, probation reviews, annual appraisals, return to work meetings and manage their staff in line with Company policy and standards set by the Regulatory Body



• Ensure regular team meetings in line with Company policy and standards set by the Regulatory Body



• Delegate responsibilities based on competence of staff and needs of the Company and review in order to promote teamwork and communication



• Ensure and/or undertake verbal debriefs with staff as required and necessary and ensure relevant paperwork is completed



• Take lead on the suspension of staff involved in Safeguarding issues in conjunction with the Operations



• Identify training needs of staff and contribute to the training and development of staff, Ensure that staff exhibit the values set out by the Company and uphold standards of behaviour in accordance with Company policies


Quality


• To ensure that appropriate standards are maintained, especially in relation to care, educational and clinical programmes (service dependent) for the Children and Young People in their care, in accordance with company policies.


Specific areas include:

o The Homes Statement of Purpose

o Safeguarding Individuals

o Health & Safety - environmental health, food, fire, risk assessments

o Complaints and representation

o General Social Care Council Codes of Practice

o Care Quality Commission (registration) regulations/ Care Standards

o Equality

General


• Ensure awareness that the service operates to agreed budgets and contribute to keeping within these budgets as instructed



• Exercise vigilance in respect of Health and Safety and promptly report all hazards and/or remedying them where appropriate. Undertake all duties in a manner calculated to minimise or avoid unnecessary risks, personally or to others



• Reports issues and/or incidents relating to staff and Children and Young People that have arisen promptly to the relevant Line Manager or appropriate person



• To carry out on call duties as required



• Operate at all times in accordance with Company policies and procedures, with particular reference to Safeguarding, Child Protection, Whistleblowing, Complaints and Representations and Behaviour Policies



• Participate in training and take responsibility for personal development



• Participate in team meetings, supervisions and annual reviews in accordance with Company policy and the standards set by the Regulatory Body



• Work to promote the Home as a valued, professional asset within its community and conduct themselves at all times in a manner that reinforces this image



• Ensure that all actions are in the interests of the Children and Young People and the Company



• To work to and exhibit the values of the Company and maintain standards of behaviour in accordance with Company policies, procedures and practices



• To carry out any other reasonable and relevant duties as required
  
  Within the last 5 years, worked for at least 1 year in a position relevant to the residential care of children.


Experience at management level in a residential setting

Worked for at least one year in a role requiring the supervision and management of staff working in a care role

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (England) ("the Level 5 Diploma"); or (ii) a qualification which the registered provider considers to be equivalent to the Level 5 Diploma.

Have appropriate experience, qualification and skills to manage the home effectively and lead the care of children; and (ii) be physically and mentally fit to manage the home; and (c) full and satisfactory information is available in relation to each of the matters in Schedule 2

Skills, Knowledge and Aptitude

Ability to work independently and as part of a team