Children's Home Manager - St Christopher's - up to £70,000

Croydon Council; Croydon; On-site; GBP 59,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity for children and young people is seeking a Children's Home Manager in Croydon. The successful candidate will lead a dedicated team, ensuring the best outcomes for young residents. This permanent role offers a competitive salary and extensive training opportunities.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays

Contributory pension scheme

Enhanced Maternity and Company Sick Scheme

BUPA Employee Assistance Programme

Interest-free season ticket loan

Cycle to work scheme

Childcare vouchers

Bluelight card discount scheme

Discretionary funded training programs

Employee Awards based on performance

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of staff supervision and management experience.
• Willingness to undertake Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a professional team committed to transforming young lives.
• Ensure positive outcomes for young people in the home.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Business Awareness

Flexibility

Drive

Resilience

Education

Degree in Psychology

Degree in Social Work

Degree in Mental Health Nursing

Degree in Youth Work

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management

Job description

Children's Home Manager - St Christopher's - up to £70,000

Salary:upto £70,000depending on experience and qualifications

40 hours per week Monday to Friday

Contract: Permanent

Location: East Croydon

closest station is Sanderstead Station, CR2 - one stop after East Croydon on the Southern Railway.

Are you a Home Manager looking for your next challenge?

We have a fantastic opportunity to join St Christopher's fellowship as a Registered Manager for our new specialist Children’s home in Croydon. You will lead and support a professional team of staff committed to transforming young lives and creating positive outcomes. You will be supported by Deputy Managers, Team Leaders, experienced Residential Practitioners as well as our Wrap Around and Education Teams.

About Us

Our vision is for every child and young person to be safe, loved and happy, to achieve their potential and have a bright future.

St Christopher's is a leading charity for children and young people. We are proud of our history of providing fostering, children's homes and innovative leaving care services across the UK & Isle of Man. We have a passionate commitment to our young people, placing them at the centre of everything we do. We provide positive life experiences for young people who are unable to sustain a placement in their parental or foster home.

We are an equal-opportunity employer keen to develop an inclusive workforce where people feel they belong. We hope to attract applications from under- represented groups, including people from different cultures, nationalities, socioeconomic backgrounds, ages, disabilities, religions, faith, sex, orientation, childcare responsibilities, and gender-diverse identities.

About the Role

We have a passionate commitment to our young people, placing them at the centre of everything we do and as the Home Manager; you will be a key player in building and extending this commitment.

You will lead and support a team: Deputy Managers, Team Leaders and Residential Workers and all committed to transforming lives and creating positive outcomes.

In addition we have an in house team of Therapists providing support to staff and young people within the home.

St Christopher’s Academy

Our 'St Christopher’s Academy' ensures our staff are continually developing.We will support you to map out your career trajectory and help you achieve your professional ambitions.If you want to learn more about St Christopher’s Academy, please clickhere .

The successful candidate will have:

• A degree in a relevant discipline (e.g. Psychology, Social Work, Mental Health Nursing, Youth Work etc)
• A Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare or be willing to undertake the qualification
• Prior experience in residential children’s homes, including at least 2 years’ experience of staff supervision and management responsibility.
• A passion for achieving the best possible outcomes for young people.
• Excellent leadership and staff management abilities.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to deliver at least ‘good’ in the home’s Ofsted inspection.
• Sound business awareness and a flair for promoting the service.
• Flexibility, drive and resilience.

This role will involve some shift work plus some on call duties in the evening and at weekends. Applicants will be subject to enhanced DBS (police) checks.

In return we offer:

• Salary up to £70,000 per annum, depending on experience and qualifications.
• A friendly working environment, a fun, open and honest culture.
• 25 days holiday rising to 27 days after 3 years’ service, plus Bank Holidays, pro-rata.
• Industry Leading training programme including Young People’s right and participation, CSE, empowerment, mental health, Social Pedagogy.
• Contributory pension scheme, Enhanced Maternity and Company Sick Scheme.
• UK Life Assurance (Death in service) to the value of 3 times your annual salary.
• BUPA Employee Assistance Programme, offering counselling, financial advice and legal support.
• Interest-free season ticket loan, cycle to work scheme, childcare vouchers.
• Bluelight card; discount shopping scheme at hundreds of retailers across the UK.
• Discretionary funded training programs.
• Employee Awards based on performance and length of service.

At St Christopher’s we are committed to the safeguarding of all children and young people in our care. During the recruitment process you will be expected to complete an online application form to ensure we capture essential information to meet legislation, best practice and vetting requirements.

Applicants will ideally already be on the DBS Update Service; if this is not the case St Christopher's will carry out a DBS (police) check prior to starting.

Your online application must include a supporting statement addressing the criteria stated in the Person Specification. CV’s will not be accepted.

For the full Job Description and Person Specification, please clickhere .

• This post has a minimum age restriction of 21 year for roles working directly with children and young people in our residential and supported accommodation Homes in line with the Equality Act ‘occupational requirement’.
• It is illegal to applyfor any role that involves working with children and young people under the age of 18, if you know you are barred from working with children.
• All shortlisted candidates invited to interview will be asked to submit aSelf-Declaration and Disclosureform which will need to be returned prior to an interview being booked.

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