Registered Manager Children's Home

Location: Moulton, Northampton
Duration of assignment: 12 Weeks
Working hours: 37 Hours

Job Role

Children s Home which provides long-term residential care for children who have a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder and associated learning disabilities. Must have experience with Autism and learning disabilities.

As the Registered Manager you will be responsible for ensuring that the day-to-day management of the home remains compliant with Ofsted regulations and in line with the ethos of the home. You will act on behalf of Northamptonshire Children s Trust to ensure that the staff team provides a high standard of consistent care and service in accordance with legislation, central government guidance, regulations and standards, and the policies and procedures.

You will be committed to and focussed on improving the outcomes for the children and young people living in the home and on developing their life opportunities and chances

Main Accountabilities

1 The Team Manager is required to lead, manage and direct the day-to-day operation

of the home. Each home is made up of a staff team of around 21 staff, plus a bank

of sessional workers, comprising of Assistant Team Managers, Senior Residential

Care Workers, Residential Care Workers and support staff. The Team Manager is

legally responsible for ensuring that the home complies with National Minimum

Standards, The Care Standards Act 2000 (Registration)(England) Regulations 2010,

The Children s Homes (England) Regulations 2015 and in accordance with the Care

Standards Act 2000.

All duties must be carried out in accordance with prescribed standards, procedures

and protocols, taking case related decisions in accordance with the scheme of

delegated authority for Children s Social Care Services and within the relevant

Legislation governing Regulated Services to ensure the Safeguarding of Children

within the home.

2 To develop and write the Team Plan which ensures that the home contributes to

meeting the objectives and performance targets set within the NCT Residential

Service Action Plan and the wider plan for NCT; to ensure that an efficient and

effective service is provided, and to continually develop and improve the service for

the young people, performance managing the team to achieve the relevant

objectives and targets.

3 To recruit, supervise and appraise staff in line with the Trust requirements and in

accordance with the statutory requirements for Children s Homes and to ensure that

the staff have the relevant qualifications, skills knowledge and training to provide an

effective and efficient service.

4 To manage a budget, to ensure efficient and effective use of resources, to monitor

expenditure monthly, capturing patterns in expenditure to inform budget planning

and setting within the Directorate.

5 To secure service improvements through effective audit, quality assurance,

management of data systems, performance management of staff and timely

management of complaints in accordance with the Trust s statement of required

practice and external regulation and inspection.