Homes Manager

Responsible to: Responsible Individual and Nominated Individual

Responsible for:  As the Registered Manager you will be registered with Ofsted. It will be imperative that the home you are responsible for meets the children’s home regulations and the Ofsted Quality standards and that as the manager you ensure a high level of compliance against these standards. You will lead the whole staff team in ensuring a service that delivers exceptional care and support and that creates and delivers positive outcomes for the young people. You will be required to carry out a range of duties within your role. The key responsibilities are detailed below but there will be other duties consistent with the role that you may be requested to undertake by your line manager.

Main purpose of role: To manage the home effectively and efficiently. To work within and ensure effective delivery of the main responsibilities and key result areas identified within the role of a manager.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Take overall responsibility for all care team members, delegating effectively and appropriately.
• Manage and monitor labour costs, care team’s staffing, structures, and rota’s, ensuring they meet requirements of the children’s needs and are in line with allocated labour budgets.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team within the home, within GBA Care structure and with external agencies.
• Ensure all care team members are aware of their responsibilities in relation to adherence of policies, both in the home, the organisation and those set out in Children’s Legislation and Regulations.
• Ensure all care team members adhere to and work within the policies and procedures established in the organisation and the home.
• Develop and make known to care team members a variety of intervention strategies regarding behaviour management in order that children can develop coping mechanisms and changes in patterns of behaviour.
• Take a lead in ensuring meetings and reviews of children and care team members are delivered within required time scales.
• Ensure effective delivery of individual care planning requirements for children.
• Ensure that the high standards expected in the delivery of care are upheld, and that the standing of the Company is maintained.
• Ensure the home has sufficient and varied information which is accessible to all regarding access to support agencies that will promote the health and well-being of children in placement.
• Ensure effective delivery of the therapeutic element, shared by CCATS
• Manage the joint working relationship with CCATS and promote the psychologically informed approach, within the home daily.
• Take the lead in ensuring an open culture is created, one in which children feel that they can complain and that they are listened to.
• Ensure that the home functions in such a manner that care team members, children understand, recognise, and celebrate the diversity of cultures and beliefs within the local and wider community.
• Complete the administration of financial, payroll and care team staffing related matters in the home within the prescribed time scales.
• Work in collaboration with Avensure/ Directors to manage all employee relations within the home, in line with current employment legislation and the organisations policies and procedures.
• Work within the code of confidentiality and ensure that records in the home are stored and held in a manner which is compliant with regulations.
• Undertake and participate in any required training programmes which are relevant to the employment of care team members working in children services, paying particular regard to residential care and the management role.
• Provide care team members with sufficient information that ensures they understand the role of a key worker and devise monitoring systems, which will ensure this is delivered to a high standard.
• Promote and actively encourage the professional development of care team members.
• Ensure that all administrative requirements of the home are maintained in such a way that they are compliant with good childcare practice, homes procedures, company policies and children’s regulations.
• Ensure care team members are aware of and deliver the support required, to ensure the life chance opportunities of children are met in relation to their social, educational, leisure, emotional, physical and cultural needs.
• To have systems and processes in place which all care team members understand and are compliant with Safeguarding and Child Protection under Children’s Regulations.
• At all times promote and ensure anti discriminatory practice.
• Produce, co-ordinate and edit reports to ensure they are delivered to a high standard.
• Take responsibility for the delivery of supervision, and Personal Development Plans (PDP) to all members of care team members, working within the organisations policies and procedures.
• Directly deliver supervision to identified members of care team members, in relation to Supervision and Personal Development Plans (PDP).
• Promote and actively encourage the delivery of a safe, structured, and nurturing environment.
• Safeguard and protect the health and well-being of children.
• You must co-operate with the Company in complying with the Health and Safety requirements and are therefore expected to follow Company policies, to acquaint yourself with the Fire, Health and Safety Procedures at your place of work and carry out relevant risk assessments of unsafe practices and conditions that present a safety risk.
• Safeguard and promote the welfare of all children and young people in the home by being familiar with and aware of the children’s home’s safeguarding policy, procedures and guidelines and to adhere to them at all times.
• Lead, exemplify and evaluate excellent practice. To ensure a high standard of practice within your staff teams.
• Take part in the assessment process of potential new admissions to the home. This is inclusive of the emergency placement if appropriate.

Company requirements:

• Report and log hours by using the SLING system.
• Access, read and acknowledge all work emails and calendar invites.
• Access, read and acknowledge GBA Care policies and procedures.
• Ensure timesheets are completed and signed off ready for payroll.
• Ensure you keep up to date with on-call protocol.
• Familiarise with the company policies and procedures.
• Maintain confidentiality as per your employment contract.
• Promote equal opportunity, anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive policies, and practices.
• Familiarise with the Whistleblowing Policy and maintain approachability.
• Adhere and promote the company values and maintain personal and professional development.
• Present a professional image of yourself and the Organisation.
• Support the organisation’s future forecasting.
• Ensure effective management of staff sickness and absence.
• On occasion care team members may be asked to use their own personal vehicle, this is optional but is rewarded and supported by GBA (you must have business insurance).

Contacts:

• Develop and maintain positive relationships with service users, providers, and other care professionals from external agencies, for example: – Health Visitors, School Nurses, General Practitioners, Paediatricians, Teachers, Probation Officers, CCATS & Career Advisors.

Notes:

• The Organisation reserves the right to alter the content of this job description to reflect changes to the job or services provided, without altering the general character or level of responsibility.
• The duties described in this job description must be carried out in a manner which promotes equality of opportunity, dignity and due respect for all employees and service users and is consistent with the Equal Opportunities Policy.

Person Specification

To apply for this position, please click here to download the application form.

Completed application forms can be e-mailed to recruitment@gbacare.com.