Children'S Services Registered Manager

Caretech Group; Sandy; Presencial; GBP 50.000 - 61.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Welcome bonus £5,000

Annual quality and commercial bonus £5

Management Development Training

Competitive pay

Pension scheme

Employee Assistance Service

Wellbeing Programme

Recommend a Friend scheme

Team Rewards with discounted options

Long Service Awards

Descripción de la vacante

Cambian, part of the CareTech family, seeks a Registered Manager for a 4-bed children's home in the Bedfordshire region. You will develop tailored care plans, build a strong team, consult with young people, appoint Key Workers, uphold high care standards, address complaints and work with families and professionals to safeguard welfare.

Ideally you will have Level 5 Leadership and Management in Residential Care, be driving-licensed, and demonstrate trauma-informed understanding.

Formación

• Passionate about making the difference to the lives of young people in care.
• Relevant Experience: At least 2 years in a position related to residential care of children, with at least 1 year in a supervisory role within the last 5 years.
• Qualifications: Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (or equivalent), or willingness to start within 6 months of employment.
• Knowledge: Understanding of The Quality Standards, SCCIF, childcare legislation, and regulatory requirements.
• Skills: Efficient in; planning, organizing, budget control, resource allocation, and team leadership.
• Communication: Confidence in effective spoken and written communication.
• Understanding Trauma: Knowledge of the needs of children with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties, including managing challenging behaviour.
• Driving License: Full UK required.

Responsabilidades

• Develop Comprehensive Care Plans: Ensure each young person has a tailored plan that addresses their care, education, social, emotional, cultural, therapeutic, and health needs.
• Develop a great team: Working with the recruitment teams support, bring in the right people for your home to ensure your success. Complete company induction and personal development plans, retaining a strong team to ensure familiar faces for the young people.
• Foster Consultation: Develop systems to consult young people about the care they receive.
• Allocate Key Workers: Assign a Key Worker to each young person to implement their childcare plan.
• Maintain High Standards: Establish and monitor high-quality care standards in line with National Minimum Standards and the Home’s Statement of Purpose.
• Handle Complaints and Concerns: Take responsibility for addressing any complaints or child protection concerns.
• Collaborate with Stakeholders: Work in partnership with parents, carers, and other professionals to promote the welfare of young people.
• Participate in Meetings: Attend and contribute to child care planning and review meetings as appropriate.
• Embrace a safe culture: Ensure the children in your service are cared for at the best possible standard.
• Effective Commercial Management of your home: Ensure you manage your home aligned to budget expectations.

Conocimientos

Team leadership

Budget control

Planning & organizing

Communication

Trauma understanding

Educación

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare

Descripción del empleo

Are you passionate about transforming the lives of young people? Join us as a Children's Registered Manager in Bedfordshire and make a lasting impact to young people as part of our Trust First services.

At Trust First, we're proud to be the UK's leading provider of residential services for children and young people who have experienced, or are at significant risk of CSE.

We provide specialist residential care for young people aged 11-18, supported by a dedicated network of schools to ensure continuity of education and the best possible outcomes.

Our internal clinical team works alongside our care and education colleagues to provide bespoke and flexible support tailored to each young person's needs. Using child-centred approaches, Dyadic Developmental Practice (DDP) and P.A.C.E principles, we help young people build trust, develop resilience and create brighter futures.

Through our STEP framework, we support children on their individual journey through

• Stabilisation - helping young people feel safe, settled and secure.
• Strengthening - building trust, confidence and positive relationships.
• Transitioning - supporting young people to progress, grow and achieve their potential.

What We Offer

• Entry salary up to £55,000 per annum DOE
• Welcome bonus £5,000 paid on registration
• Annual quality and commercial bonus from £5,000
• Eligible to be a member of the Company’s Management Incentive Plan
• Management Development Training Programme and continuous development from our in-house Leadership Academy. Whose courses provide our existing and future leaders the time and psychological space to explore the expectations of a leader, with a focus on core behavioural skills. To motivate, empower, inspire and stretch leaders to develop their knowledge and skills in leadership and management, by reflecting on themselves and how they interact and work with their teams, their networks and the wider business.
• Additional Benefits: Competitive pay, pension scheme, and a range of benefits including:
  • Employee Assistance Service
  • Wellbeing Programme
  • Recommend a Friend scheme
  • Team Rewards with discounted restaurants and family days out
  • Long Service Awards

As a Registered Manager our expectation is that your home will be rated as at least “Good” by Ofsted

This is a 4 bed Children’s Home where you will:

• Develop Comprehensive Care Plans: Ensure each young person has a tailored plan that addresses their care, education, social, emotional, cultural, therapeutic, and health needs.
• Develop a great team: Working with the recruitment teams support, bring in the right people for your home to ensure your success. Complete company induction and personal development plans, retaining a strong team to ensure familiar faces for the young people.
• Foster Consultation: Develop systems to consult young people about the care they receive.
• Allocate Key Workers: Assign a Key Worker to each young person to implement their childcare plan.
• Maintain High Standards: Establish and monitor high-quality care standards in line with National Minimum Standards and the Home’s Statement of Purpose.
• Handle Complaints and Concerns: Take responsibility for addressing any complaints or child protection concerns.
• Collaborate with Stakeholders: Work in partnership with parents, carers, and other professionals to promote the welfare of young people.
• Participate in Meetings: Attend and contribute to child care planning and review meetings as appropriate.
• Embrace a safe culture: Ensure the children in your service are cared for at the best possible standard.
• Effective Commercial Management of your home: Ensure you manage your home aligned to budget expectations.

Essential Requirements and Experience

• Passionate about making the difference to the lives of young people in care.
• Relevant Experience: At least 2 years in a position related to residential care of children, with at least 1 year in a supervisory role within the last 5 years.
• Qualifications: Level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare (or equivalent), or willingness to start within 6 months of employment.
• Knowledge: Understanding of The Quality Standards, SCCIF, childcare legislation, and regulatory requirements.
• Skills: Efficient in; planning, organizing, budget control, resource allocation, and team leadership.
• Communication: Confidence in effective spoken and written communication.
• Understanding Trauma: Knowledge of the needs of children with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties, including managing challenging behaviour.
• Driving License: Full UK required.

Why Cambian?

• As part of the CareTech family, To be part of the most exciting Childrens care team in the UK, to make a difference each day every day for the young people we support.
• All of our colleagues – Care & Support Workers, Educators, Clinicians, Therapists, Fostering and Support Services are fully committed to CareTech’s goals. They understand the challenges and rewards of working with our Service Users, Children and Young People and know that every day they will achieve things that really matter.
• A career in Care can be life-changing. The chance to make a real, positive difference every day and the opportunity to build experience, skills and recognised qualifications in a friendly, empowering environment, where people are at the heart of everything we do.
• As one of Europe’s largest Care & Special Needs Education providers, you will be able to grow and develop your career at CareTech - a place where we can offer job satisfaction and long-term career prospects.

CareTech is a Disability Confident Employer and an Equal Opportunities Employer. We value the wisdom that comes from life experience and are committed to promoting the safeguarding and welfare of all in our care. All applicants must undergo an enhanced DBS check and provide at least two references covering the past two years. Applicants must also provide information for all positions related to working with children and the vulnerable and details of employment going back to full time education.