Interim Children's Home Manager

Currently seeking an Interim manager – 6 months for a 3 bed children's homes in Wolverhampton for children/young people with EBD/LD.

Your role will see you as a role model to the young people, aiding in improving their overall health and well-being. Ensuring that the staff team feel valued allowing them to ensure that the children receive the best care possible and to create a home with a warm atmosphere.

• To fulfil the role of the Registered Manger as defined within the Care Standards Act, this may include travel within the UK.
• To ensure the home environment is appropriate and sensitive to the needs of the children and young people being looked after and is compliant with the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015 and the Quality Standards for Children’s Homes.
• To use the residential experience as a means of support and social learning for children and young people.
• To develop and maintain good working relationships with parents and other family members; social workers; school staff and other professionals with a concern for the children’s needs such as general practitioners or psychologists.
• To ensure that specific needs are met, such as dietary requirements, religious observance and culturally significant activities.
• To encourage and support children and young people to take responsibility for their own lives commensurate with their age and ability.
• To ensure compliance with the Children’s Homes Regulations (2015) and the Quality Care Standards.
• Working in partnership with parents, carers and other professionals to safeguard and promote the welfare of young people.
• To provide leadership, guidance and management to the other staff.
• To be responsible for the deployment and control of staff on a day-to-day basis, including reporting of issues of performance to line management.
• To be involved in the recruitment, monitoring, training, retention and mentoring as necessary.
• To maintain good communication systems, including handovers, logbooks, regular supervision and staff meetings.
• To maintain a safe environment, complying with health and safety and other legal requirements.
• To maintain the fabric of the building, its grounds and equipment in good order, encourage staff and children to care for their surroundings and make best use of the available resources.
• To manage physical, financial and human resources effectively.
• To read and understand Company policies and procedures and ensure their operation within the home. This should include all polices on Tri-X.
• To maintain up to date knowledge of the statutory and procedural framework for residential care and communicate this to staff as appropriate.
• To undertake any other managerial duties as may be necessary.
• To participate, in the on-call system.

The above is not meant to be an exhaustive list but a summary of the important elements of the role.