Registered Manager - Vinney Green Secure Children's Home

at  South Gloucestershire Council

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU

• It is essential that you have a Level 5 qualification in Leadership and Management and also a Social Work qualification, with a current Registration with Social Work England and able to meet the registration requirements for the home through registration with Ofsted.
• We require you to have substantial experience in the delivery of social care, including the understanding of legislation, child protection and safeguarding issues and considerable experience at a senior strategic level within a children’s social or healthcare environment.
• It would be preferable for you to have experience of managing residential childcare in a secure setting or have a strong understanding of a secure home environment and its operational challenges and welfare commitments.
• You must have substantial people management experience, including managing professional, qualified staff in a complex area and experience of Resource Management and staff supervision in a childcare environment and proven experience of delivering strategic policy direction and leadership, operational management with financial control and a substantial level of strategic leadership experience.
• It is key that you have the ability to identify, develop and sustain strategic partnerships both internally and externally, with strong influencing, networking and stakeholder management skills.
• It is essential that you have an understanding of local government’s social and political role including knowledge of all relevant legislation, statutory guidance, local policy and procedures, national codes, and multi-disciplinary practice.
• We require you to have a strong financial and commercial acumen with significant experience in strategically managing budgets and financial expenditure, with the ability to identify and develop income generation opportunities.
• You will deliver against equality, diversity and inclusion objectives within relevant service areas clearly using performance measures to identify imbalances and advance equality opportunities for all.

• You will be responsible for maintaining and improving the service provision and performance in an Ofsted regulated setting and developing the strategic policy in a collaborative partnership with other agencies and professionals in line with national legislation, the Youth Custody Service contract, as well as establishing links with the Welfare Co-ordination unit to provide accommodation for young people looked after in accordance with section 25 of the Children Act 1989.
• In the role you will ensure that all children within the home are supported and cared for and take the lead to provide an effective delivery of services, that safeguard and provide excellent welfare of our children with evidence-based looked after approaches.
• You will be leading and directing all services within the home, establishing, monitoring and evaluating standards of service and performance against legislation, national and local outcomes and targets, taking action where necessary to ensure high quality performance and good outcomes.
• Responsible for all business, operational and financial strategic planning for the home, you will make sure that resources and staffing are used effectively and efficiently, and that financial monitoring and review mechanisms are in place.
• Promoting a positive staff culture is key, so you will provide strong leadership, direction and clarity of decision-making and ensure that all staff are supported and clear about the values, ethos and their responsibilities and are motivated to deliver a high-quality child focused service.
• In the role you will develop and build effective strategic and operational relationships across departments, external agencies and partnerships to meet the statutory requirements of the service and ensure necessary collaborative arrangements are in place to achieve good outcomes for children and young people, taking action to remedy any issues.