Registered Children's Home Manager

CPL Healthcare are working in partnership with a fantastic client in Northampton recruiting for their Registered Childrens Manager (must hold Level 5 Qualification). Please see below details of the role.

Core Role

To fulfil the role of the Registered Manager as defined within the Care Standards Act, this may include travel within the UK.

To deliver on the content of the Certificate of Registration and the Statement of Purpose for the establishment.

To ensure compliance with the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations (2015) and the Quality Standards.

To establish and monitor high quality standards of care in line with Quality Standards and the Home’s Statement of Purpose and developing quality assurance measures to ensure these standards are maintained.

To take the lead in setting standards and evaluating achievements.

Managing People

To provide effective leadership by implementing organisational strategies, in order to enable the objectives of CLCG to be achieved.

To create a positive and supportive culture within the staff team.

To promote team development and effective team working.

To provide leadership, guidance and management to the other staff.

To be responsible for the deployment and management of care staff on a day-to-day basis.

To actively participate in recruitment, grievance, disciplinary, health and safety and other staffing matters with support from the Senior Management Team

Teaching, Training & Supervision

To have line management responsibilities for a staff team, ensuring that all staff receive appropriate induction, supervision and appraisal.

As a supervisor of care staff, oversee the provision of professional supervision for all staff.

To ensure that all staff have an annual appraisal and that this is used in order to set and review targets and objectives for the Children’s Home staffing team in order to ensure that work is focused and has clear direction.

To ensure that staff training and development needs are identified and ensuring that those needs are met. To assist in the provision of teaching and training to staff on the effective care and management of young people.

To ensure that there is a training plan for the home, including induction and ongoing training compliant with regulatory requirements and the needs of the Home.

To promote professional qualifications and development.

To provide, advice and training to staff working with young people across the service, where appropriate.

Managing Finance

To monitor on-going expenditure, and to report to the Operations Manager.

To ensure that staff operate the petty cash system within the required guidelines.

Managing Resources

To ensure that the home environment is safe and that is complies with all health and safety and legal requirements.

To regularly inspect the condition of the structure, fabric, furnishings and fittings of the building to ensure that all necessary equipment, etc. is in good working order and of a reasonable and acceptable standard of repair.

To ensure that all resources and equipment are in good working order (including Company vehicles).

To manage all physical, financial and human resources effectively.

To use community resources where appropriate, encouraging young people to integrate in to the local community where appropriate to do so.

To ensure that there are adequate staffing levels at all times in order to meet the needs of all young people, and to ensure the safety of staff and young people.

This is a fantastic opportunity – Please apply today