Job Description:

Are you an experienced team leader within a Children’s home looking to progress under an ex-Outstanding management team?

• Job Title: Registered Children’s Home Manager
• Home Type: 2 Bedded EBD home – therapeutic PACE/DDP approach
• Location: Walsall Wood
• Basic Salary: £36,000 - £38,000 (DOE) + £50 per sleep-in ON TOP
• Overall Package: Up to £44k per annum
• Hours: 10am-10:30pm on a rough 2 on 4 off pattern – flexibility required
• Progression: opportunity to register a brand-new home as a Registered Manager. Enrol onto a fully funded Level 5 in Leadership & Management and learn a DDP informed approach!

Who will you be working for?

Start your journey as a Trainee Registered Manager within this fantastic 2 Bedded EBD home in Walsall Wood!

This is a fledgling organisation with one small children’s home currently in Walsall with plans to expand with a second home in the Wednesbury area. They have been registered for just over a year and support young people that display social and emotional difficulties, behaviours that challenge, and come from traumatic backgrounds using a therapeutic PACE approach, informed by principles of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP).

You would be supported by an incredible senior management duo with prior success achieving Outstanding with Ofsted as Registered & Deputy Managers, now excelling in the Responsible Individual and Home Manager capacities, respectively. They are looking for an excellent individual with a drive to learn and progress with the organisation as they expand and look to identify their next class of managers in-house.

The Package & Benefits:

• Basic Salary: Up to £38,000 p.a, depending on experience and qualifications, plus £50 per sleep-in on top!
• Estimated Package: Earn up to £44,000 p/a based on 10 sleep-ins per month!
• Annual Leave: Enhanced Holiday Entitlement of 30 days p/a!
• Learning & Development: Opportunity to complete a fully funded & accredited Level 5 in Leadership and Management for Residential Childcare qualification, paid induction program, and continuous training opportunities, including the therapeutic ‘PACE’ approach, and more!
• Progression Opportunity: This organisation are on the lookout for their next Trainee Registered Manager as they look to open a brand-new home in Wednesbury in the near future

What Will The Role Entail?

As a Deputy Children’s Home Manager, you will be the backbone of the staff team whilst on shift. You will pull from your experience working in children’s homes to manage and lead your passionate team to ensure smooth operation of the home and second-to-none delivery of care for young people.

The Successful Deputy Children’s Home Manager / Trainee Registered Manager Candidate Will Excel At:

• Supporting the Registered Manager to operate the home to an excellent standard, adhering to Ofsted’s Children’s Home Act (2015), Quality Standards, and Safeguarding Procedures
• Managing a staff team, completing supervisions and appraisals, and ensuring trainings are completed in line with Quality Standards
• Developing and reviewing Ofsted required paperwork such as care plans, behaviour support plans, risk assessments, and regulated “Reg” reports & attending and engaging in LAC, EHCP, PEP and Pathway Planning meetings and reviews.
• Communicating effectively with young people, colleagues, families, and external professionals.
• Conducting administrative tasks such as health and safety checks, medication audits, rotas, finances, and taking part in recruitment activities and inductions
• On-call responsibilities; ensuring the home has your expert advice in out-of-hour crises

Requirements for the Deputy Children’s Home Manager role:

• 2+ years’ experience leading a team specifically within a children’s home environment
• Level 3 or 4 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent)
• Full UK Manual Driving Licence and access to a vehicle
• Flexibility to carry out the shift pattern described at the top of the advert, including sleep-ins and on call responsibilities
• A genuine passion for supporting the well-being and healthy development of young people, as well as for your staff team

Any successful candidates will, as per Safer Recruitment guidelines, undergo an enhanced DBS check, references, and an employment history verification.