Registered Manager

Response Personnel; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment company seeks an experienced Registered Manager to lead a family assessment unit in Liverpool. The role involves overseeing assessments, ensuring compliance with legal requirements, and providing leadership to the staff team. Candidates should have substantial experience in residential care and hold relevant qualifications in social work and leadership.

Qualifications

• Three+ years’ experience within residential care.
• Minimum two years’ experience in supervising and managing staff.
• Ability to manage stress and emotional resilience.

Responsibilities

• Ensure day-to-day operations maintain child safety.
• Oversee assessment processes and quality improvements.
• Lead audits and inspections to comply with regulations.

Skills

Inter-agency work

Staff training and development

Relationship building

Quality monitoring

Case management writing

Education

HCPC recognised Social Work qualification

Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care

Job description

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Location: Liverpool

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We are looking for an experienced Registered Manager to lead and manage a family assessment unit for 2 families.

Responsibilities: Registered Manager

• To ensure the day-to-day running of the service provides the environment for assessment to take place and that babies and children are protected during their stay at the centre.
• To ensure that parenting and supplementary programmes are facilitated daily, and the centre provides to the individual court requirements for each family.
• Provide services, including supervision and management of the staff, planning for assessment and placement, safeguarding children and families, communications, reporting, and quality and compliance monitoring.
• To be responsible for and oversee the assessment process, take the lead in court proceedings, and support other colleagues to develop their court and assessment skills.
• To monitor and evaluate the quality of assessment and support offered at the centre and ensure the centre makes continuous improvements.
• To provide effective leadership to the team and take the lead in service delivery and quality management of the centre.
• Ensure the centre complies with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Develop constructive working relationships in the broader community to promote the overall outcome for children and families.
• Provide continuity of support for each child and family placed at the centre.
• Ensure staff have the skills, experience, and qualifications required to support families placed for assessment.
• Produce quality monitoring reports, evaluations of risk and lessons learned to promote the continuous development of the centre.
• Ensure each family has individual placement planning tailored to their specific needs and requirements as outlined in their care plans and the letter of instruction.
• Establish professional relationships with the team around the child, multi-agency partnerships, and parents, families, and other stakeholders.
• To take responsibility for case management as and when required.
• To chair senior management meetings and facilitate monthly staff meetings.
• To manage the centre’s health and safety responsibilities and ensure compliance with legislation and good practice requirements.
• To facilitate Ofsted Inspection and embed Ofsted requirements in the centre.
• To liaise with the responsible individual on all matters relating to the viability of assessments, termination of assessments, complaints, compliance and matters relative to effective service delivery.
• To provide a monthly monitoring report to the responsible individual on all operational aspects of running the family centre.
• Lead on placements and contract management with the relevant commissioners.
• Ensure the annual development plan is implemented and targets are met.
• Deliver and develop the services under any service agreement between external agencies and the organisation.
• Identify and manage growth opportunities.

Skills / Experience: Registered Manager

• Three + years’ experience within residential care and two years at senior level or above.
• Minimum two years’ experience in supervising and managing professional staff.
• Inter-agency work.
• Experience of budgets and financial management.
• Undertake and oversee the provision of robust, fair and evidence-based family assessment within a 12-week time frame.
• Take responsibility for staff training, development, supervision, and rosters.
• Ability to ensure continuity of safeguarding and support for children and families.
• Able to manage stress and emotional resilience.
• Ability to perform a wide variety of administrative tasks consistent with the day-to-day management of a family centre.
• Ability to prioritise and organise workload to maintain and promote quality.
• Monitor the service for quality of care in line with the requirements of Ofsted inspection.
• Develop constructive working relationships with the broader community and multi-agency teams.
• Write excellent quality reports and have a high standard of case management writing skills.
• Able to deal with complex family issues and manage volatile and unpredictable behaviour.

Qualifications & Education: Registered Manager

• HCPC recognised Social Work qualification.
• Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care and Children and Young People’s Services; or equivalent; or preparedness to work towards the same.

Response Personnel, an independently owned company and experts in recruitment since 1997.

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