Children's Home Manager - Derby - Sanctuary Personal

Sanctuary Personnel Ltd; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A committed recruitment agency is seeking a Children’s Home Manager to oversee day-to-day operations in Derby. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills, a Diploma Level 5 in Leadership and Management, and experience in children's home management. You will ensure regulatory compliance, advocate for children’s rights, and manage resources effectively, alongside a dedicated team. This position offers a salary up to £50,269 per annum and various benefits to foster workplace satisfaction and diversity.

Benefits

Discount Schemes

Cycle to Work Scheme

Active Health & Fitness Scheme

Employee Memberships

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Prior experience as Manager preferable; significant experience in Children’s Home Management as Deputy Manager essential.
• Understanding of relevant Residential Regulations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee regulatory compliance for OFSTED registration and day-to-day management.
• Ensure statutory duties under child protection policies are adhered to.
• Lead positive relationships with educational institutions, advocating for children’s rights.
• Manage resources and staffing costs to meet children’s needs.

Skills

Leadership

Childcare regulations knowledge

Communication

Team management

Education

Diploma Level 5 Leadership and Management Qualification for Residential Childcare

Job description

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Children’s Home Manager to work full time (37 Hours) based in Derby.

The salary for this permanent Children’s Home Manager job is up to £50,269 per annum.

• Be responsible/accountable for all regulatory requirements associated with OFSTED Registration and the homes statement of purpose including the day-to-day operation/management of an OFSTED regulated residential provision.
• Ensure that the strategic overview and vision of DCC is embedded in the home’s practice and culture and that you take the lead in ensuring an open culture, one in which young people and others feel that they can make representation and are listened to.
• All statutory duties are carried out, principally in relevant childcare legislation, children’s homes regulations and standards, ensuring all child protection policies are adhered to and concerns raised in accordance with these policies.
• You and all staff have a shared planning approach in partnership with children, their relatives, carers and other professionals involved in their care.
• You quality assure to meet compliance with legal OFSTED requirements and internal and external monitoring arrangements.
• Accountability for placement matching, assessing risk of each placement, ensuring safe defensible decision-making to protect the safety of each young-person being placed in the home.
• You form positive relationships within education institutions, leading promote and advocating for the educational needs and rights of the child.
• You develop and maintain high standards of communication with all key stakeholders, working in partnership with others, building trust, respect and lasting relationships, increasing employee engagement, motivation and satisfaction.
• You work with the Service Manager and Head of Service to maximise resources, managing staffing costs structures, rota’s to ensure all services are delivered in a way that meets the needs of the children and young people.
• All records are clear, consistent and professional and are stored and held in adherence to GDPR regulation, Children’s Regulations and DDC policy.
• Ensuring staff work towards national and local best practice guidelines in relation to OFSTED inspection requirements, statutory guidance, emerging case law and a wide range of legal frameworks, and policies and procedures by setting service, monitoring and challenging against quality standards.
• Responsibility to ensure that effective change management is delivered where required, bringing staff and young people along on the journey negotiating with effective communication channels ensuring that they are kept open throughout with a range of stakeholders.

Requirements for this Children’s Home Manager role:

• Diploma Level 5 Leadership and Management Qualification for Residential Childcare.
• Understanding of relevant Residential Regulations.
• Prior experience as Manager is preferable, however significant proven experience in Children’s Home’s Management as Deputy Manager essential.

Benefits of Working with Derby:

• Discount Schemes.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Active Health & Fitness Scheme, Employee Memberships.
• Working Flexible Hours.
• Contact:

This Children’s Home Manager job is advertised by Neil Clements; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications, we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

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