Registered Manager

Salary: £50,400 per year

Registered Children’s Home Manager – New Service

Newmarket, Suffolk

Up to £42k + £3k joining bonus

I am currently looking for a Registered Manager to work at a newly established multi-site Specialist Mental Health service with educational provision. You will manage a 5 bedded home that caters for children aged 12 – 18 years, all of whom require additional support due to mental illness or concerns about them being able to stay safe due to considerable risk of self-injurious behaviours. This is a challenging role, but for the right person offers great opportunities working for one of the largest providers of specialist behavioural health services for children in the UK.

Duties for this role will include:

• Ensuring that the home’s policies and procedures are adhered to and that resources are managed effectively
• Acting as the responsible person in managing child protection concerns and complaints
• Liaising with Local Authorities, School, Health and other professionals to achieve best outcomes for young people
• Working as part of as multi-disciplinary team
• Ensuring that each young person has a plan which reflects their care, education, social, emotional, cultural, therapeutic and health needs and that this plan is regularly reviewed
• Establishing and monitoring high quality standards of care in line with the children’s homes regulations and quality standards and the Home’s Statement of Purpose and developing quality assurance measures to ensure these standards are maintained

For this role you must have:

• NVQ4 in residential care (or equivalent) and/or a Level 5 qualification in management
• A knowledge of Childcare legislation and Safeguarding
• An understanding of the needs of complex needs Children
• The ability to manage challenging behaviour
• At least two years’ experience in a senior role working with children and young people in residential care
• Experience of supervising and managing a staff team
• A full UK driving licence