Deputy Home Manager

Ann's Home Care; Ulster; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

€300 quarterly bonus (voucher)

Free meals on shift

Paid training and induction

Annual pay review

Dedicated management team

Team building days

Job summary

Ann's Home Care in Ireland seeks a qualified senior residential care supervisor to assist the home manager in delivering a caring, safe and professional environment for young people and staff. You will deputise in management, lead staff, oversee safeguarding duties, and help drive daily operations including reporting and audits.

The role requires 3+ years in children’s residential care (2 in a team-leader role), a relevant degree (Level 7/8), a full driving licence and flexibility for shifts,

Qualifications

• Level 7 degree or above in Social Care, Social Work, Health and Social, or related fields.
• Level 8 Honours degree in Psychology or related area.
• At least 3 years in children's residential care, with 2 years at team leader level.
• Full driving licence and business insurance.
• Flexibility to cover evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Assist home manager in creating and maintaining a caring, safe, stable environment and deputise as needed.
• Ensure staff understand National Standards, legislation, policies and procedures.
• Act as Designated Liaison Person for safeguarding and mandated reporters.
• Cover on-call shifts as required and oversee day-to-day running of the home.
• Oversee budgets, petty cash, health and safety compliance, and staff supervision.
• Attend and facilitate team meetings and multidisciplinary reviews.
• Write, edit and submit reports for meetings and reviews.

Skills

Staff supervision

Team leadership

Communication

Report writing

Time management

Education

Level 7 qualification (degree) in Social Care/ Social Work/ Health and Social etc.

Level 8 qualification (Honours degree) in Psychology

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

What you can expect

• Highest paid rates in children's residential
• €300 quarterly bonus paid in a voucher if no sickness during the period
• Higher rate for a Sunday
• Paid training and induction
• Annual pay review
• Family run company that believes in doing the small things right
• Dedicated and competent management team
• Each of homes are finished to a very high standard (check our webpage!)
• Continuous training and development
• Free meals in the homes when on shift
• Team building days

Principal responsibilities

• To assist the home manager in creating and maintaining a caring, safe, stable, and professional environment for both the young people to live in and the staff to work in and deputise on behalf of management in their absence
• Have clear knowledge and understanding in relation to the National Standards as well as relevant legislation and how this translates to practice
• Ensure that staff have clear knowledge and understanding of such legislation, policies and procedures
• Undertake the role of Designated Liaison Person (DLP) in supporting staff in their awareness and understanding of their duties as mandated reporters in line with child protection procedures
• Be able to cover on call as and when required
• Support management in ensuring the day to day running of the home including appropriate delegation of tasks to staff
• Oversee budgets such as petty cash and ensure the home and staff are complying with relevant policy and procedures such as Health & Safety
• Good attention to detail and excellent communication skills both written and oral
• Attend team meetings and facilitate meetings such as supervision, team meetings, present as multi-disciplinary meetings such as Child in Care Reviews / Looked After Children Reviews
• Complete identified pieces of monitoring work as directed by the home manager
• Oversee, supervise and develop the skills of staff in their daily working practice.
• Complete internal audits on key work files to ensure all is in line with National Standards and company policy and procedures
• Ensure and undertake supervisory responsibilities, including the written supervision of care team support workers, within legislative time scales.
• Oversee, write and edit all reports when submitted for meeting and reviews.

Qualifications Required

Level 7 qualification (degree) or above in one of the following:

• Social Care
• Social Work
• Health and Social
• Child & Adolescent Psychotherapy
• Youth & Community
• Teaching
• Nursing
• Social Science
• Addiction Counselling
• Counselling / Psychotherapy
• Family Support
• Disability Studies
• Applied Behavioural Analysis
• Early Years Care

Level 8 qualification (Honours degree) or above in one of the following:

• Psychology

Experience Required:

• At least 3 years relevant experience working in children's residential care (2 years must be at team leader level)
• Flexibility to work shifts if required.
• Up to date knowledge of legislation surrounding Residential Childcare and Safeguarding
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working with a range of professionals in the industry
• Ability to deliver reports and meet deadlines.
• Full driving licence and business insurance
• Flexible approach to meet business needs as the role may entail covering evenings / weekends.

We reserve the right to enhance the criteria at shortlisting stage

Ann's are an Equal Opportunities Employer