Peripatetic Manager

Registered Manager – Peripatetic (Dumfries based but travel required around Scotland)

Up to £49,500 plus overtime.

Hours:

Full Time, Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm – flexibility expected.

The Greenleaf Team

We’re looking for people to join our team that share our beliefs. We believe in a holistic approach: that even the smallest detail can mean a world of difference to a vulnerable young person. We want team members who never give up on our young people, who are compassionate and who believe that our young people deserve the best we can give them.

We specialise in solo placements for young people in care up to the age of 21 and adopt a therapeutic, trauma‑informed approach to care. In our work, we uphold Greenleaf’s values of Integrity, Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration, and Respect.

Our vision is for every young person who lives with us to experience a safe, happy and nurturing present and a future that is filled with hope and optimism.

You will provide support to managers and teams across our services, therefore frequent travel will be required. You will guide the team in their implementation to achieve better quality of care and life for our young people. And you will be responsible for appropriate outcome measures, record‑keeping and data analysis.

You will lead, manage and support practitioners to demonstrate achievement of performance and activity targets, embedding a culture of mindful and continuous improvement, ensuring any people and performance matters are speedily dealt with and that practice and culture is continuously reviewed and challenged.

To succeed in this role, you will be compassionate, patient, nurturing, and therapeutic in your approach to care.

• 33 days holiday entitlement
• Additional annual leave with length of service, starting at 2 years’ service
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) with a 24/7 wellbeing line and free counselling
• Health Cash Plan, which includes dental and optical cover, physio therapies, and a 24/7 GP helpline
• Greenleaf For You platform which offers a range of savings including discounts, offers, and money back on vouchers
• Pension scheme with Nest Pensions

• Possess significant experience of working in a residential children’s home.
• Have experience in supervising or managing a team.
• Possess an SVQ 4 & HNC in Social Care or equivalent.
• Possess an NVQ level 4 DipSW, CQSW, CSS, Management qualification or willing to work towards it.
• Demonstrate excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Understand safeguarding and child protection.
• Possess a full UK manual driving licence and be a confident driver.
• Understand the behaviours displayed by children and young people and be skilled in a range of intervention strategies.
• Have working knowledge of legislation in relation to childcare including Health & Social Care Standards 2018, Children (Scotland) Act 1995, GIRFEC.
• Have an understanding of the process of child development.

• Develop Senior Practitioners to enable them to reach their full potential and achieve their job objectives.
• Monitor and review Senior Practitioners’ performance, effecting improvement where possible.
• Oversee the implementation of Operations, Health and Safety policies through the Care Practitioners.
• Support staff in taking a mindful approach to develop and maintain good relations with key stakeholders.
• Suggest appropriate improvements for the development of facilities.
• Effectively manage the home budgets on a monthly basis to ensure appropriate spending of allowances.
• Ensure that all policies and procedures are adhered to by all Residential Care Practitioners.

• Ensure that the Child Protection policy is always adhered to by members of staff and that correct procedures are followed for any incident.
• Ensure that the progress of all our young people is appropriately and effectively monitored, recorded and reported.
• Ensure that regular and effective communication is developed and maintained between all key stakeholders.
• Ensure that all our young people’s medical needs are met and monitored.
• Contribute and participate in young people’s reviews, case…