Registered Manager Residential Children's Home

My clients are looking for a Registered Manager for their Sheringham Children's Home 

Job Purpose:

* To provide leadership and management to deliver positive outcomes for children and young people
across all areas of their development. To achieve this by managing the home as a whole, using all
resources to create a positive, inclusive environment in which children and young people thrive.

* To take responsibility for leading and managing two solo therapeutic services by creating an
environment to enable positive, safe, healing relationships.

* To build and lead a team who are trauma informed practitioners meeting the needs of young
people who may have experienced multiple placement breakdowns.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:
Managing delivery:

· Listening to and respecting all individuals
· Working in an inclusive way
· Doing the right thing
· Making a difference
· Being optimistic
· Inspiring and creating hope
· To ensure that staff deliver positive, sensitive care to the children and young people in the home in
accordance with my clients values, legislation, policies, and procedures as laid out in the Statement of
Purpose
· To oversee the management of sound childcare practices and ensure that high professional standards
are maintained within available resources.
· Manage a home that meets, respects and affirms children’s physical, emotional, identity, cultural,
religious and educational needs in accordance with their plans for care
· To work effectively with Ofsted and within regulations to ensure the home delivers the highest
standard of care.
· Lead a team which encourages children and young people to develop a positive sense of self and
individual identity.
· To oversee and contribute to the evaluation and management of risk and the protection of young
people from harm, including the provision of a safe and stimulating living environment and teaching
children and young people to become ‘risk competent’.
· To ensure positive behaviour is encouraged and manage any challenging behaviour in accordance with
legislative and organisational policy and practice requirements.
· To build networks of support with professionals including police, social workers, mental health support
workers, educationalists alongside Commissioners and LA decision makers.
· To deliver services within a children’s rights framework and support the team in understanding,
respecting and actively promoting children’s rights and their right to participate in the decisions in
their lives and the running of their home.
· To ensure that the service works with professionals around the young people placed to build robust
plans to support the placement whilst the young person is experiencing crisis.
· To provide management oversight and support during safeguarding incidents and responding to
incidents with clear action plans.
· Work in partnership with young people, their family and friends, colleagues and other agencies to
achieve the best possible outcomes for children and young people – including supporting young
people to express their views in all forums.
· To promote effective internal and external communication.
· To contribute to the management and development of residential services as a member of the Care
Management team.

Managing Resources:
· To oversee and contribute to the effective and efficient use of physical and financial resources in
compliance with financial and other procedures and regulations.
· To contribute to the efficient deployment of staff through effective rota management and ensuring
systems are maintained in respect of monitoring annual leave, sickness absence, training and other
related matters.

Managing People:
· To manage the recruitment, selection and induction of staff in accordance with the safer
recruitment procedures.
· To provide effective support to staff, including providing advice and guidance, reflective supervision
and annual appraisals
· To contribute to identifying and reviewing the training and development needs of staff.
· To manage performance related issues as required and in accordance with policy.
· To take responsibility for own learning and professional development through
participation in Children’s Home Manager meetings, reflective supervision and undertaking training.
Promote and enforce the Health and Safety and risk management policies and maintain safe
working practices for self and others.
· To work with other services to ensure that they are given the right resources, skills and knowledge to work effectively and resiliently with the
young people placed.

If you are a Registered Manager of a Residential Children's Home and you wish to find out more about this rewarding role please call Bryony Williams on or e mail