Registered Home Manager

Salary: £33,600 – £39,600 per year

Introduction

Spirit Care is looking for a dynamic and tenacious leader, to be the Registered Manager for one of our clients Children’s homes in Kirkham. The company put the children and young people in their care at the very heart of everything they do, and every decision they make. Their goal is to help children recover from difficult, often traumatic early life experiences by providing skilled, consistent, warm and affectionate care, in an environment that is safe and reparative. The Service is situated in a rural area called Kirkham, between Blackpool and Preston.

Job Role

As the Registered Manager for a small sized service, looking after Children and Young People with Social, Emotional, behavioural issues you will be leading, inspiring and mentoring your staffing groups to ensure they are meeting and exceeding the emotional support of the Children and Young People in their care. You will be regularly monitoring and reviewing the policies and procedures of the service and updating where necessary to keep in line with the regulations.

The successful candidate will step into a home and continue to carry out the exceptional level of child focused work previously instilled and be passionate about the quality of care and support for young people.

Key responsibilities include:

* Recruiting staff for the home, in-line with safer recruitment guidelines

* Assist with the development of staff reporting to you and identify training needs, putting plans in place to ensure these needs are met

* Experience of OFSTED regulations and implementing requirements needed

* Effectively plan and manage budget for the home

* Ensure all documentation for all policies and procedures are kept up to date and completed appropriately

Requirements (Must have’s)

* Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a managerial role with line manager responsibilities (this could be a deputy role)

* Experience in Children’s Residential environments

* Level 5 in Leadership & Management or part way through this

* UK Driving License

Shift Pattern

* Monday – Friday

* 9am – 5pm

* There is flexibility with working hours depending on the reason why this is needed

Renumeration

* Competitive annual salary

* Car allowance

* Pension package

* Additional on-call payments when required

Why work for our client?

* Fantastic reputation for delivering quality services

* Even though it’s a medium sized company with circa 70 colleagues, there is still a real family dynamic

* Team events and days out. These have included, escape rooms, meals, theme parks etc

* Be part of a valued team where everyone’s contributions are heard and rewarded

* An established company with plans for future expansions and growth