Our client is a large local government organisation and looking for an experienced Registered Manager to join their team. They are opening children’s homes which cater for a mix of age ranges (from 10 years upwards) and needs. These include homes caring for those who need a period of stability in a group care to enable them to move back to a family setting, to those for older children and young people, who need to be supported for a longer period in a children’s home and supported into independence.All homes will offer a service to those children and young people for whom residential care is a placement of choice and assessed to be the most appropriate resource to enable them to fulfil their potential. We’re committed to working with our statutory partners as part of a trauma-informed, integrated approach which focuses holistically on what needs to change in order to achieve timely permanence. Our health partners have actively invested in our vision.About youIf you are an aspiring or experienced Registered Manager who is committed to improving outcomes and being at the forefront of this exciting service development we would like to hear from you. We’re particularly interested in hearing from established managers or deputies with leadership skills backed up by demonstrable outcomes regarding the children’s homes you’ve been leading over the last 2+ years. We’d also be interested in hearing from qualified social workers who currently have line management responsibilities and are interested in broadening their experience and expertise from fieldwork into this regulated service, and for whom comprehensive support and training would be available.There are lots of opportunities for you to join a workforce with great training and career development, supported by our highly regarded Social Work Academy. As part of this support, we have also appointed a dedicated Specialist Advanced Educator for Residential Care, whose focus is to support each of our children’s homes to develop outstanding services for our children and young people.As well as your experience of working in children’s homes and/or aspirations to develop expertise within this area of regulated service provision, there are some things we require of you to be successfully appointed to this post:
• level 5 Diploma in Leadership and Management for Residential Care (or nearing completion/able to begin the programme) or an equivalent qualification e.g. Degree in Social Work (or equivalent).
• evidence of continued professional development.
• a full driving licence and willingness to drive.
• DBS clearance