Registered Manager

Location: Derbyshire
KEY TASK AREAS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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 eff ective and timely contact and communication with the appropriate external agencies and Children and Young People's relatives, advocates and others

● Within a multidisciplinary team, monitor the progress of all Children and Young People's personal/pathway/placement plans, off ering advice, support and consultation

● Undertake regular reviews of the service provided to Children and Young People, involve relevant external agencies and take steps to represent the Children and Young People's interests

● Act on and/or delegate 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
Job description

● Oversee and ensure that all staff eff ectively manage challenging behaviour, enabling Children and Young People to develop from a position of needing external control, toward self-control

● Maintain eff ective daily contact with internal and external colleagues

● Work eff ectively 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 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 fi nancial transactions are recorded and administered following individual placement agreements, 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 services 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 qualifi ed and experienced staff are recruited per Company policy and standards set by the Regulatory Body

● Work with the Operations to ensure that staffi ng 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 regard to the recruitment of staff following the standards set by the Regulatory Body, for example, references and DBS checks

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

● Ensure that all staff complete a full induction following Company policy and standards set by the Regulatory Body

● Support Operations eff ectively apply the probation process and contribute to decisions regarding the ongoing employment of staff

● Assist in planning and updating of qualifi cations and contribute to personal development of self and others in line with personal and organisational objectives

● Provide regular supervision and…