PURPOSE OF JOB
To lead a team offering a comprehensive Residential Placement to Children and Young People. The aim being to ensure the physical, social and emotional care and development of the Child or Young Person and the establishment.
MAIN PURPOSE(S) OF THE JOB
- To act as Ofsted Registered Manager, deliver services which are fully compliant with legislative and regulatory requirements particularly The Children’s Homes Regulations and Quality Standards 2015.
- Responsible for the effective development and delivery of high-quality residential services to children young people and their families which improve outcomes.
- Leadership and management of a team, ensuring that team members work effectively with children, young people, families and all internal and partner agency staff.
- To carry out their statutory duties as determined, principally in relevant childcare legislation, children’s homes regulations and standards.
To ensure that all services are planned and delivered in a way that maximises participation and reflects children’s rights in relation to services being provided. Within the overall context of:
- The Children’s Homes Regulations and Quality Standards 2015
- Children Act 2004, Care Act 2014 and other relevant legislation
- Working Together to Safeguard Children
- The Homes Statement of Purpose
- The Code of Conduct and relevant policies.
The post holder is responsible for ensuring that all child protection policies are adhered to and concerns are raised in accordance with these policies.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- To be responsible for the day-to-day operation/management of an Ofsted regulated residential provision.
- To ensure the highest standards of emotional, social and physical care, promoting best outcomes for young people through research, development and partnership.
- To ensure strategic overview and vision of the organization are embedded in policies, procedures, and management strategies in with teams within the Trust.
- To deliver highly motivated leadership and development to the team for which you are responsible.
- Ensure that training is relevant, robust, and effective and that the training program is dynamic, adaptive to the needs of current residents.
- To ensure that the staff team adhere to training requirements and timescales
- To develop high standards of communication with social work teams, the Virtual School, clinicians, and other key partners.
- To ensure the provision maximize resources within a planned timescale and ensure all services are delivered in a way which maximizes the participation of young people, respects their rights and is responsive to their wishes and views
- To take overall responsibility for all regulatory requirements associated with Ofsted registration and the home’s Statement of Purpose.
- To ensure all safeguarding risks are acted upon immediately and the relevant action taken to mitigate the risk.
- Communicate effectively, in a timely way with all agencies and internal reports
- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and always promote and ensure equality in practice.
- Undertake and participate in any required training programmed.
- Develop and maintain effective working partnerships with external providers as an integral part of the care pathway for children.
- To be able to challenge, in a sensitive way, engender collaboration for educational achievement and attainment, and foster a mutual responsibility for outcomes for all young people.
- Ensuring that the Educational needs of children in residence are assessed and provided for, liaising with educational professionals producing Personal Education Plans.
MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES
- Take overall responsibility for all staff, delegating effectively and appropriately.
- To develop and maintain collaborative working relationships with partner agencies and clinical teams to ensure individual assessment plans and support packages are achievable and adhered to.
- To ensure leadership and management of staff including annual appraisal, regular individual supervision and induction and development is available to all staff working in these provisions.
- To retain up to date information relating to any legislative changes and disseminate this information throughout the service as required, including policy revision.
- To develop and ensure maintenance of monitoring systems in accordance with Health and safety requirements, ensuring that the necessary staff training is undertaken and recorded.
- Establish and ensure maintenance of administrative systems for children’s casework records, referrals, and assessments, including risk assessments, to ensure that staff apply them, and that confidentiality, standards and boundaries are adhered to.
- Ensuring that the physical buildings, fixtures, and fittings are maintained to a high standard and in good decorative order and is secure.
- Ensure there are effective formal and informal communication channels within the provision, that policy and procedural information is adhered to, so staff can always operate knowledgeably and safely.
- To ensure a robust and dynamic induction procedure is adhered to.
- To adhere to the provision policy and procedures on recruitment.
- Work in partnership with other professionals and agencies and develop and maintain a positive public relations image for the whole trust.
- Ensure the home is always Ofsted ready and prepare to respond to all requirements.
- Achieve and maintain an Ofsted rating of at least Good, with Outstanding being the goal within 3 years.
- Ensure clear, consistent, and professional record keeping, including audit and supervision.
- Ensure that complaints are handled quickly, effectively, and sensitively.
- Ensure that all safeguarding legislation, policies, and procedures are adhered to.
- Ensure that the provisions function in such a manner that staff, and children understand, recognize, and celebrate the diversity of cultures and beliefs within the local and wider community.
- Ensure that records in the provisions are stored and held in a manner which is compliant with regulation and policy.
- To be responsible for establishing and monitoring quality assurance compliance with Ofsted requirements and internal and external monitoring arrangements.
- To oversee the management of all the children’s individual support packages to ensure that they continue to be relevant and responsive to the individuals’ needs and wishes.
- To develop a shared planning approach in partnership with children, their relatives and other professionals involved in their care, if appropriate.
- Take the lead in ensuring an open culture, one in which young people and families feel that they can make representation and that they are listened to.
- To ensure that the Health needs of young people are assessed and provided for, developing, and maintaining effective working partnerships with health professionals.
- Ensure that participation in a range of therapeutic, social, and recreational activities/opportunities for individual or groups of young people is encouraged.
- To ensure that all children have a full and appropriate education timetable. To be able to form positive relationships within education institutions, leading promoting and advocating for the educational needs and rights of the child.
You must ensure you are fully aware of your responsibilities for Health & Safety, and the relevant activities expected of you as a Manager including the need to ensure:
- All new employees, that you manage, are fully briefed at induction
- Your team are regularly reminded of key issues and responsibilities
- Your staff are set appropriate targets at appraisals
- Your staff undertake appropriate health and safety training, including refresher training as necessary
- You carry out risk assessments, and implement them, for processes, operations and activities under your control.
- Health & Safety is a regular topic at Team Meeting
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